A/RES/65/97
Noting the progress achieved in the further development of peaceful space
exploration and applications as well as in various national and cooperative space
projects, which contributes to international cooperation, and the importance of further
developing the legal framework to strengthen international cooperation in this field,
Convinced of the need to promote the use of space technology towards
implementing the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2
1F
Seriously concerned about the devastating impact of disasters, 3
2F
Desirous of enhancing international coordination and cooperation at the global
level in disaster management and emergency response through greater access to and
use of space-based services for all countries and facilitating capacity-building and
institutional strengthening for disaster management, in particular in developing
countries,
Deeply convinced that the use of space science and technology and their
applications in areas such as telemedicine, tele-education, disaster management,
environmental protection and other Earth observation applications contribute to
achieving the objectives of the global conferences of the United Nations that
address various aspects of economic, social and cultural development, particularly
poverty eradication,
Taking note, in that regard, of the fact that the 2005 World Summit recognized
the important role that science and technology play in promoting sustainable
development, 4
3F
Having considered the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space on the work of its fifty-third session, 5
4F
1.
Endorses the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space on the work of its fifty-third session;5
2.
Agrees that the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, at its
fifty-fourth session, should consider the substantive items recommended by the
Committee at its fifty-third session, 6 taking into account the concerns of all
countries, in particular those of developing countries;
5F
3.
Notes that, at its forty-ninth session, the Legal Subcommittee of the
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued its work, 7 as mandated
by the General Assembly in its resolution 64/86;
6F
4.
Agrees that the Legal Subcommittee, at its fiftieth session, should
consider the substantive items and reconvene the working groups recommended by
the Committee, 8 taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those
of developing countries;
7F
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2
See resolution 55/2.
The term “disasters” refers to natural or technological disasters.
4
See resolution 60/1, para. 60.
5
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/65/20).
6
Ibid., para. 339.
7
Ibid., chap. II.D; and A/AC.105/942.
8
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/65/20),
paras. 228–231.
3
2