Inter-Agency Meeting

The United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities is a formal inter-agency mechanism aimed at enhancing coordination of space-related activities within the United Nations system. The Meeting convenes annual sessions and issues a report on it deliberations for the consideration of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the primary UN body that deals with peaceful uses of space and international cooperation in outer space. The meeting generates biennial reports of the Secretary-General on coordination of space-related activities within the United Nations system, and produces special reports on selected topics.

Sessions:

Session Dates Venue Host
Forty-second session 17-19 October 2023 Brindisi, Italy Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) in collaboration with the Service for Geospatial, Information and Telecommunications Technologies at the United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC)
Forty-first session 7-9 December 2022 Bangkok, Thailand

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD)

Fortieth session 14 December 2021 Virtual Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
Thirty-ninth session 28 October 2019 New York, USA Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
Thirty-eighth session  29 October 2018 New York, USA Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) in coordination with the Office for Partnerships (UNOP)
Thirty-seventh session  24 August 2017 Geneva, Switzerland Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO)
Thirty-sixth session  3 March 2016 New York, USA Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) in coordination with the Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA)
Thirty-fifth session 27-28 May 2015 Bonn, Germany United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER)/Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
Thirty-fourth session 13-14 May 2014 New York, USA Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
Thirty-third session 12-14 March 2013 Geneva, Switzerland United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Thirty-second session 7 - 9 March 2012 Rome, Italy World Food Programme (WFP)

Thirty-first session

16-18 March 2011 Geneva, Switzerland United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Thirtieth session 10-12 March 2010 Geneva, Switzerland International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Twenty-ninth session 4 - 6 March 2009 Vienna, Austria United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Twenty-eighth session 16 - 18 January 2008 Geneva, Switzerland United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Twenty-seventh session 17 - 19 January 2007 Vienna, Austria United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Twenty-sixth session 18 - 20 January 2006 Paris, France United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Twenty-fifth session 31 January - 2 February 2005 Vienna, Austria United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Twenty-fourth session 21-23 January 2004 Geneva, Switzerland World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Headquarters

 

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