United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs


Joint publication by UNOOSA and WMO under the
Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities
with contributions from UN entities.
PDF file in English only (3.2 MB)

 

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. UNOOSA serves as the secretariat for the General Assembly's only committee dealing exclusively with international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).

UNOOSA is also responsible for implementing the Secretary-General's responsibilities under international space law and maintaining the United Nations Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space.

Through the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, UNOOSA conducts international workshops, training courses and pilot projects on topics that include remote sensing, satellite navigation, satellite meteorology, tele-education and basic space sciences for the benefit of developing nations. It also maintains a 24-hour hotline as the United Nations focal point for satellite imagery requests during disasters and manages the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER).

UNOOSA is the current secretariat of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG).

UNOOSA also prepares and distributes reports, studies and publications on various fields of space science and technology applications and international space law. Documents and reports are available in all official languages of the United Nations through this website.

UNOOSA is located at the United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria.

What's New

18 January 2012

General Assembly Resolutions Relating to Outer Space
A/RES/66/71: International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
General Assembly Resolutions (PDF format, available in all official languages of the United Nations)

 

4 January 2012

Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 2012
Provisional agenda for the Forty-ninth session (includes indicative schedule of work)
A/AC.105/C.1/L.310 (available in all official languages of the United Nations in PDF format)

 

12-16 December 2011

United Nations International Meeting on Global Navigation Satellite Systems, 12-16 December 2011, Vienna
Meeting information

Brochure "10 years of achievement of the United Nations on Global Navigation Satellite Systems"

Press Release

 

25 November 2011

United Nations Programme on Space Applications
United Nations/Malaysia Expert Meeting on Human Space Technology, 14-18 November 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Meeting Results

 

21 November 2011

Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space
Notification by the United States of America of a Safety Assessment for nuclear-powered Mars probe/lander "Mars Science Laboratory"
A/AC.105/1012 (available in all official languages of the United Nations in PDF format)

 

4-10 October 2011

WORLD SPACE WEEK - 50 YEARS OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
Video Message from UNOOSA Director

7 October: Press release

Event images (provided by UNIS on Flickr)

 

28 September 2011

SPACE MATTERS
A Guide to the work of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
ST/SPACE/45 (6MB PDF file in English only)

 

23 August 2011

International Space Law
Travaux Préparatoires for the Outer Space Treaty, Rescue Agreement, Liability Convention and the 1963 Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space
Travaux Préparatoires main page

 

14 June 2011

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: 2011

Technical Presentation made during the session
Online Presentations

 

26 January 2011

General Assembly Resolutions Relating to Outer Space
A/RES/65/97: International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
General Assembly Resolutions (PDF format, available in all official languages of the United Nations)

 

 

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