Topic 1: Exchange of Views on the Implementation of Article XI of the Outer Space Treaty
The Working Group agreed that at the sixty-third session of the Subcommittee in 2024, it should commence the exchange of views on the implementation of article XI of the Outer Space Treaty, in which States agreed to inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as well as the public and the international scientific community, to the greatest extent feasible and practicable, of the nature, conduct, locations and results of activities in outer space, including on the Moon and other celestial bodies.
Related Documents
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Issue |
Document Symbol
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Title of Document | Available
Language(s) |
| 2025 | Non-Paper by the Chair of the Working Group | First Ideas for a Template on Article XI Outer Space Treaty | English |
| 2025 | Non-Paper by Belgium | Contribution by Belgium to the Discussion on the Implementation of Article XI of the 1967 United Nations Treaty on Outer Space in the Working Group on the Status and Application of the Five United Nations Outer Space Treaties of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | English |
| 2025 | A/AC.105/C.2/L.342 | Summary by the Chair of the Working Group on the Status and Application of the Five United Nations Treaties on Outer Space of views on the implementation of article XI of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies | all official languages |
| 2025 | A/AC.105/C.2/L.338 | Implementation of article XI of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, and article IV of the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space
Background Paper by the Secretariat |
all official languages |
| 2024 | A/79/20 Annex II | WGTRE Report (including workplan in para. 23) | all official languages |
| 2024 | Non-paper | Draft workplan on the exchange of views on the implementation of article XI of the Outer Space Treaty
Non-Paper by the Chair of the Working Group on the Status and Application of the Five United Nations Treaties on Outer Space |
English |
| 2024 | A/AC.105/C.2/2024/CRP.21 | Sharing approaches of the United Kingdom to Article XI implementation and notifications | English |
| 2023 | Non-Paper by Luxembourg and Germany | Dedicated Tools and Practices for Enhanced Information Sharing | English |
| 2023 | A/AC.105/C.2/2023/CRP.40 | Dedicated Tools and Practices for Enhanced Information Sharing | English |
| 2023 | A/AC.105/1285 | Report of the Legal Subcommittee on its sixty-second session | English |
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Topic 2: Recommendations Concerning the Submission of Registration Information on Space Objects Forming part of a Satellite Constellation -
Topic 3: Guidance Document on the Legal Framework for Space Activities
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Topic 4: Responses to the Set of Questions provided by the Chair of the Working Group on the Status and Application of the Five United Nations Treaty on Outer Space
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Topic 5: Responses to the Questionnaire on the Application of International Law to Small-Satellite Activities -
Topic 6: Status of International Agreements Relating to Activities in Outer Space
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Topic 7: Schematic Overview of National Regulatory Frameworks for Space Activities/ National Regulatory Overview