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.
2 September 2008
International Space Law
UN/Thailand/ESA Workshop on Space Law "Activities of States in Outer Space in Light of New Developments: Meeting International Responsibilities and Establishing National Legal and Policy Frameworks"
24-27 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
Information Note and Application Form
13 August 2008
United Nations Programme on Space Applications
United Nations/Colombia/United States of America Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Medellin, Colombia, 23 - 27 June 2008
Online Presentations
31 July 2008
United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response - UN SPIDER
Updates
July 2008
International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
ICG Expert Meeting on GNSS Systems and Services, 15 July 2008, Montreal, Canada
Online Presentations
United Nations Programme on Space Applications
UN/Austria/ESA Symposium on Space Applications to Support the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
"Space Tools and Solutions for Monitoring the Atmosphere and Land Cover", Graz, Austria, 9 - 12 September 2008
Hotel Reservation Form (MSWord format in English only)
16 July 2008
United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response - UN SPIDER
"United Nations Regional UN-SPIDER Workshop: Building Upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for the Pacific Region"
Suva, Fiji, 16 to 19 September 2008
Information Note & Application Form (MSWord & PDF format in English only)
3 July 2008
United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response - UN SPIDER
Updates
June 2008
17 June 2008
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Fifty-first session, 2008
Technical Presentations made at the Committee
Online Presentations
2 June 2008
International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
Web-site updates
Providers Forum
ICG Activities
Regional Reference Systems
Education Resources
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