A/RES/55/122 13. Notes with satisfaction that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee at its thirty-seventh session continued to consider, on a priority basis, the agenda item on space debris; 14. Agrees that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee should assess the effectiveness of existing space debris mitigation practices and the extent to which they are being implemented and that efforts to model and characterize the debris environment should continue; 15. Endorses the recommendation of the Committee that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its thirty-eighth session, taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries: (a) Consider the following items: (i) General exchange of views and introduction to reports submitted on national activities; (ii) United Nations Programme on Space Applications, following the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III); (iii) Matters relating to remote sensing of the Earth by satellite, including applications for developing countries and monitoring of the Earth’s environment; (b) Consider the following items in accordance with the work plans adopted by the Committee at its forty-third session: 11 (i) Use of nuclear power sources in outer space; (ii) Means and mechanisms for strengthening inter-agency cooperation and increasing the use of space applications and services within and among entities of the United Nations system; (iii) Implementation of an integrated, space-based global natural disaster management system; (c) Consider the following single issues/items for discussion: (i) Space debris, on a priority basis, consistent with paragraph 370 of the report of UNISPACE III; 12 (ii) Examination of the physical nature and technical attributes of the geostationary orbit and of its utilization and applications, including, inter alia, in the field of space communications, as well as other questions relating to developments in space communications, taking particular account of the needs and interests of developing countries; (iii) Government and private activities to promote education in space science and engineering; 11 See A/AC.105/697 and Corr.1, annex III, appendix, for the work plan for item (i), and A/AC.105/736, annex II, paras. 40 and 41 for items (ii) and (iii) respectively. 12 Report of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, 19-30 July 1999 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.I.3). 4