A/RES/74/82
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 49 (a)
International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer
space: international cooperation in the peaceful uses of
outer space
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 13 December 2019
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/74/408)]
74/82.
International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 51/122 of 13 December 1996, 54/68 of 6 December
1999, 59/2 of 20 October 2004, 61/110 and 61/111 of 14 December 2006, 62/101 of
17 December 2007, 62/217 of 22 December 2007, 65/97 of 10 December 2010, 65/271
of 7 April 2011, 66/71 of 9 December 2011, 67/113 of 18 December 2012, 68/50 of
5 December 2013, 68/74 and 68/75 of 11 December 2013, 69/85 of 5 December 2014,
70/1 of 25 September 2015, 70/82 of 9 December 2015, 70/230 of 23 December 2015,
71/90 of 6 December 2016, 72/77 and 72/78 of 7 December 2017, 73/6 of 26 October
2018 and 73/91 of 7 December 2018,
Emphasizing the significant progress in the development of space science and
technology and their applications that has enabled humans to explore the universe,
and the extraordinary achievements made in space exploration efforts, including
deepening the understanding of the planetary system and the Sun and the Earth itself,
in the use of space science and technology for the benefit of all humankind and in the
development of the international legal regime governing space activities,
Recognizing, in that regard, the unique platform at the global level for
international cooperation in space activities represented by the Committee on the
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and Legal
Subcommittee and assisted by the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat,
Deeply convinced of the common interest of all humankind in promoting and
expanding the exploration and use of outer space, as the province of all humankind,
for peaceful purposes and in continuing efforts to extend to a ll Member States the
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