A/RES/57/116 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 importance of the recommendations in the resolution entitled “The Space Millennium: Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development”, adopted by the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III), held at Vienna from 19 to 30 July 1999, 2 Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of UNISPACE III, 3 Convinced that the use of space science and technology and their applications, in such areas as telemedicine, tele-education and Earth observation, contribute to achieving the objectives of the global conferences of the United Nations that address various aspects of economic, social and cultural development, inter alia, poverty eradication, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its forty-fifth session, 4 1. Endorses the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its forty-fifth session; 4 2. Urges States that have not yet become parties to the international treaties governing the uses of outer space 5 to give consideration to ratifying or acceding to those treaties as well as incorporating them in their national legislation; 3. Notes that, at its forty-first session, the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued its work, as mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/51;6 4. Notes with satisfaction the successful completion of the three-year work plan 7 by the Working Group of the Legal Subcommittee concerning the review of the concept of the “launching State”, and takes note of its recommendations; 8 5. Endorses the recommendation of the Committee that the Legal Subcommittee, at its forty-second session, taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries: _______________ 2 See 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), chap. I, resolution 1. 3 A/57/213. 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/57/20). 5 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (resolution 2222 (XXI), annex); Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space (resolution 2345 (XXII), annex); Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (resolution 2777 (XXVI), annex); Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (resolution 3235 (XXIX), annex); and Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (resolution 34/68, annex). 6 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/57/20), chap. II.D. 7 Ibid., Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 20 and corrigendum (A/54/20 and Corr.1), annex I, para. 3 (b) (iii). 8 Ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/57/20), para. 169. 2