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Dr Dumitru
Dr.
Dumitru--Dorin Prunariu
Chairman of UN COPUOS
Singapore, December 8, 2011
World’s first human spaceflight
Yuri Gagarin, 12 April 1961
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June 1st, 2011, Vienna, – anniversary session of UN COPUOS
September 17, 1958, New York – UN decided to include “Question of
the peaceful uses of Outer Space” on its agenda
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The 50th anniversary declaration
1.
deep concern about:
¾ the fragility
g y of the space
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environment;;
¾ the challenges to the long-term
sustainabilityy of outer space
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activities;
¾ the impact of space debris.
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¾ 2007 - Space Debris
Mitigation Guidelines of
COPUOS
¾ Inter
Inter-Agency
Agency Space
Debris Coordination
Committee (IADC)
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2009 - Safety Framework for
N l
Nuclear
Power
P
S
Source (NPS)
Applications in Outer Space
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Working Group on the long-term sustainability of outer space activities
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Objectives:
To identify and examine a wide range of issues and concerns to
the long-term sustainability of space activities
To prepare a consolidated set of practices and operating
procedures and guidelines.
a.Sustainable
a
S stainable space utilization;
tili ation
b.space debris mitigation;
c.safe space operations and collision avoidance;
d.space situational awareness;
e.impact of space weather phenomena on operational space systems;
g
y frameworks,, including
g guidance
g
for actors in the
f.national regulatory
space arena and technical standards,
g.technical and legal capacity-building
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The 50th anniversary declaration
2.
Stressed the need to look more closely into:
¾ how advanced space research and exploration systems and
technologies could further contribute to meeting challenges,
including that of global climate change, and to food security
and global health,
health
¾ endeavour to examine how the outcomes and spin-offs of
scientific research in human space flight could increase the
benefits, in particular for developing countries
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International Space Station
6th ICG meeting
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2011 - Japan
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September
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10 Regional Support
Offices, including the
Asian Disaster Reduction
Center (ADRC)
UN-SPIDER
UN
SPIDER –
United Nations Platform for
S
b
d Information
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ti for
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Space-based
Disaster Management and
Emergency Response
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The 50th anniversary declaration
3.
Emphasizes that regional and interregional
cooperation in the field of space activities:
¾ assist States in the development of their space
capabilities;
¾ contribute
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to the
h achievement
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off the
h goals
l off the
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United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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JAXA Global Rain fall Watch
The integrated and coordinated use of
space technologies and their applications
can play a crucial role in supporting
disaster management
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COPUOS recommendations to Rio + 20
The 50th anniversary declaration
4.
The need for closer coordination between COPUOS
and other intergovernmental bodies involved in the
global development agenda of the United Nations,
including with respect to the major United Nations
conferences
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and
d summits
i ffor economic,
i social
i l and
d
cultural development.
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Space-derived
Space
derived geospatial data challenges to sustainable
development
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Global Climate model simulation
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Impact of the environment on
human health
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UN COPUOS 2012
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