UNOOSA Statements

Niklas Hedman (2022 - ) 

2023

UNOOSA Acting Director Statements Date Location
Statement at the sixtieth session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 6 February Vienna, Hybrid Meeting
Statement at the sixty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee 20 March Vienna, Hybrid Meeting
Statement at the sixty-sixth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 31 May Vienna

 

2022

UNOOSA Acting Director Statements Date Location
Statement at the 65th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) 1 June Vienna, Hybrid Meeting
Statement at 61st session of the Legal Subcommittee 28 March Vienna, Hybrid Meeting

 

 

Simonetta Di Pippo (2014-2022)

2022

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Statement at 59th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 7 February Vienna, Hybrid meeting

 

2021

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Briefing for Permanent Missions on the Secretary-General's Report on "Our Common Agenda" 13 October Vienna, Hybrid meeting
Keynote statement at the High-level panel on Space governance 26 May Geneva, Hybrid meeting

2020

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Keynote statement at the New Space Economy ExpoForum 11 December Virtual meeting
Closing remarks at the World Space Forum 2020 10 December Virtual meeting
Keynote statement at the World Space Forum 2020 9 December Virtual meeting

Improving Space Safety: the Multi-Actor Option, Paris Peace Forum

11-13 November Paris and virtual

G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting (Space20)

  • UNOOSA G20 White Paper on cooperation between Space Agencies in the response to COVID-19, presented at G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting (Space20)
 7 October Riyadh and virtual
Space & International Cooperation as Critical Tools for a Better Future: Remarks at the United Nations/Austria Symposium: "Space Applications for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action" 3 September Virtual Meeting
The Way Forward: Remarks at UNOOSA Group of Friends meeting on Space for Building Forward Better 20 July New York, US
Statement at 57th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 3 February Vienna, Austria

2019

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Keynote statement at the World Space Forum 21 November Vienna, Austria
Statement at 62nd session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) 12 June Vienna, Austria
Statement at 58th session of the Legal Subcommittee 3 April Vienna, Austria
Statement at 56th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 11 February Vienna, Austria
Statement on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 February Vienna, Austria

2018

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Opening Remarks for the High-level Segment of the UN/Germany 2018 High Level Forum 15 November Bonn, Germany
Remarks for the press briefing on the KiboCUBE programme at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 1 October Bremen, Germany
Remarks for the Kibo session at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Workshop 30 September Bremen, Germany
Welcome Address to the First United Nations Conference on Space Law and Policy 11 September Moscow, Russian Federation
Statement at the 61st session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) 25 June Vienna, Austria
Statement at the Opening of the UNISPACE+50 High-level Segment 20 June Vienna, Austria
Statement at the Opening of the UNISPACE+50 Symposium 18 June Vienna, Austria
Statement at the Global Space Economic Workshop 24 May Brindisi, Italy
Statement at the International Conference on Effective Multilateralism in a Globalized World 16 May Vienna. Austria
Statement at 55th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 29 January Vienna, Austria
Presentation for Permanent Missions at the United Nations Office in Vienna 22 January Vienna, Austria
Briefing for Permanent Missions at the United Nations Office in Vienna 22 January Vienna, Austria
Statement at ACUNS Vienna UN Conference 10 January Vienna, Austria

2017

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Briefing on UNISPACE+50 for Permanent Missions 8 September Vienna, Austria
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, sixtieth session 7 June Vienna, Austria
Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, fifty-sixth session 27 March Vienna, Austria
Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Fifty-fourth session 30 January Vienna, Austria
Statement at ACUNS Vienna UN Conference 17 January Vienna, Austria

2016

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Closing Statement High Level Forum "Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable Development" 24 November Dubai, UAE
Opening Statement High Level Forum "Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable Development" 20 November Dubai, UAE
Briefing for Permanent Missions 19 September Vienna, Austria
Fifty-ninth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) 8-17 June Vienna, Austria
Opening of the UN-SPIDER+10 Conference. Enhancing the resilience of nations through the use of space-based information 7-8 June Vienna, Austria
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE, Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Fifty-third session 15-26 February Vienna, Austria

2015

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Tenth Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) 1 - 6 November 2015 Boulder, Colorado
Joint Ad Hoc meeting of the General Assembly 1st and 4th Committee 2 October 2015 New York, USA
Launch of the World Disaster Report "Focus on local actors, the key to humanitarian effectiveness" 5 October 2015 Vienna, Austria
United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management - "A consolidating role in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030" 14-16 September 2015 Beijing, China
My Planet from Space: Closing Ceremony 8 September 2015 New York, USA
Fifty-eighth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) 10-19 June 2015 Vienna, Austria
Fifty-fourth session of the legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 13 - 24 April 2015 Vienna, Austria
ICAO/UNOOSA AEROSPACE SYMPOSIUM, Emerging Space Activities and Civil Aviation - Challenges and Opportunities 18-20 March 2015 Montreal, Canada
ESPI Evening Event in Cooperation with UNOOSA, Space for Global health 3 February 2015 Vienna, Austria
Fifty-second session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 2-13 February 2015 Vienna, Austria
Press Conference with NASA Chief Scientist Julie Robinson 5 February 2015 Vienna, Austria
ACUNS, Vienna 2015 Annual Conference - lessons Learned from the Millenium Development Goals: Perspectives for the Post 2015 Development Agenda 14 - 16 January 2015 Vienna, Austria

2014

UNOOSA Director Statements Date Location
Ninth Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), Hosted by the European GNSS Agency (GSA) 10 -14 November 2014 Prague, Czech Republic
UNITED NATIONS/CHINA/APSCO WORKSHOP ON SPACE LAW - "The Role of national Space Legislation in Strengthening the Rule of Law" 17-20 November 2014 Beijing, China
Opening Ceremony of the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (China), RCSSTEAP, Beihang University 17 November 2014 Beijing, China
United Nations/Austria Symposium on "Space Science and the United Nations" 22 - 24 September 2014 Graz, Austria
UN/Germany Expert Meeting on Space Technologies for Flood and Drought Risk Reduction 5-6 June 2014 Bonn, Germany
57th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 11-20 June 2014 Vienna, Austria
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Fifty-seventh session, REPORT ON THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE INTER-AGENCY MEETING ON OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES (UN-SPACE) 11-20 June 2014  
UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY MEETING ON OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES, Thirty-fourth session 13-14 May 2014 New York, USA
Open Informal Session of the United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities (UN-Space), Engaging Space Tools for Development on Earth - Contribution of Space Technology and Applications to the Post-2015 Development Agenda 14 May 2014 New York, USA
LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE, Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Fifty-third session 24 March - 4 April 2014 Vienna, Austria

 

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