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International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY A/AC.105/C.1/2004/CRP.5 23 February 2004 Original: English only ______________________________________________________________________________ COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE Scientific and Technical Subcommittee Forty-first session Vienna, 16-27 February 2004 Agenda item 6 Implementation of the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE: ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE EXPLORATION AND PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (UNISPACE III) Note by the Secretariat* Contents Page International Astronautical Federation ……………………………………………………. 2 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ……..………. 4 United Nations Environment Programme …………………………………………………. 5 United Nations Institute for Training and Research and United Nations Office for Project Services ………………………………………………………………….. 6 World Health Organization ……………………………………………………………….. 7 World Meteorological Organization ………………………………………………………. 10 * This document has not been formally edited. It will be edited, translated into all official languages of the United Nations and distributed as document A/AC.105/819/Add.1 after the forty-first session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee. V.04-51066 (E) 2 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) [Original Text: English] 1. Introduction 1. The IAF was founded in 1951 with the objective of fostering space activities for the benefit of mankind. It is an international, non-profit and non-governmental association, comprising over 160 member organizations from 45 countries. During the 52 years of its existence, it has become a worldwide society with its membership drawn from government organizations, industry, professional associations and learned societies. It has representatives in all parts of the world, in both developed and developing countries. It plays an important role in disseminating information, pulling together world experts in space development and utilization and providing a significant worldwide network to ensure that space activities benefit all humankind. 2. Relations with other international organizations 2. In 2002 and 2003, the IAF was represented in many international meetings such as those of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) within the Framework of the 52nd International Astronautical Congress in 2002, in Houston, USA and the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna, in February 2003, as the organizer of the Symposium “Applications of Satellite Navigation and their Benefit for the Developing Countries”. IAF has also collaborated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)/World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) on ethical issues. 3. The main activity of the IAF is to gather space experts as well as the providers of space services and their users on the occasion of Congresses and symposia. 4. The most important of these meetings is the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which the IAF, together with its associates, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), organize each year in a different country. In 2002, it was successfully held in Houston in conjunction with the 34th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR during the World Space Congress. 5. From 29 September to 3 October 2003, the 54th IAC took place in Bremen, Germany, on the theme of "new.opportunities@space", a well-chosen theme in this period of transition and interrogation for space activities. It is the only Congress to span all the aspects of space activities. It gathered about 4000 participants, 400 of whom were students. 6. In 2004, the IAC will be held in Vancouver, Canada and, in 2005 in Fukuoka, Japan. The IAF has also accepted the kind proposals of Spain and India to hold its Congress in Valencia in 2006, and New Delhi in 2007, respectively. 7. The IAF is also involved in organizing or helping to organize various symposia. During the World Space Congress, held from 10 to 12 October 2002, the annual Workshop on “Space Solutions for Global Problems - Building Working Partnerships with all Stakeholders in Human Security and Development” was successfully held in Bremen. The Workshop was also co-sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), COSPAR, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the United Nations. 8. The IAF helped in the promotion of other symposia such as the “Conference on Space Applications for Heritage Conservation” organized by one of the IAF members (Eurisy) and co- sponsored by UNESCO and three other IAF members: ESA, the International Space University (ISU) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America. 9. The IAF granted honorary sponsorships to various other symposia such as: “Europe and Space Debris”, which was held in November 2002 in Toulouse, France. 3 10. The IAF prepared, in 2003, its annual report to the United Nations, "Highlights in Space Technology and Applications". 11. In February 2003, an IAF/COPUOS symposium took place in Vienna on the theme of "Applications of Satellite Navigation and their benefits to developing countries". This dedicated symposium was a successful event, which was useful for industrial and developing countries regarding geography, traffic monitoring, agriculture, environment, oceanography, etc. 12. The IAF will organize a specialists’ symposium at the end of 2004, probably in Portugal, on the following theme “New Space Services for Coastal and Maritime Users, in the context of new regulation”, which could associate UNESCO. 13. The role of the IAF in the UN/IAF Workshop 2003, which centred on capacity building in remote sensing and remote sensing technology education, involved participation in the preparation of the sessions by encouraging its own members to take an active part in participating in the preparation of the sessions, as authors and future speakers. The head of the ESA Space and Education Programme facilitated some participation, based on ESA Education projects with emphasis on projects involving university students. Azerbaijan, a new member of the IAF, proposed a couple of exposés, which were selected for the Workshop. 14. A wide range of presentations in the Capacity Building in Space Technology through Research and applications session, as well as in the Capacity Building in Space Technology through Education session, were finally presented, opening the way for new development in 2004. Among the various attractive themes cited in the programme, the one on the catastrophe mitigation and disaster management is probably one of the most promising for space applications in the coming years. 15. The worldwide development of space science in university and secondary schools is also a trend revealed by the presentations on education. 16. The mixing of space researchers, scientists, specialists in systems and technologies, as well as businessmen and their experience in organizing projects, is particularly innovative in this transition period and could notably contribute to maintain and extend Space services for the benefit of humankind, through such Workshops. Capacity building in Space technology through research and remote sensing technology education could rapidly become a powerful tool for the development of space applications in developing countries. An affordable use of space images for all countries is still a problem to be resolved, and is probably a key factor in acquiring capacity building in the developing countries, as long as they have not all got their own infrastructures. 17. Regarding the financing of such activities, IAF earmarked in its 2003 budget a provision for 20,000 Euros in order to cover some travel expenses reserved for participants from developing countries. Whether this particular effort should be maintained in the future or not, is a question which will rise in the coming period, and it should be clear that the friendly relationship between the UN and the IAF should be established on a mutual benefit basis, taking into account all the possible avenues of cooperation between the two organizations. The UNESCO Major Programme II on natural sciences, subdivided into “Science, environment and sustainable development” and “Capacity-building in science and technology for development”, is well appropriated for such cooperation with IAF. 3. Conclusion 18. The International Astronautical Federation with its existing partnership with UN/UNESCO can: (1) facilitate the creation of networks and the launch of multilateral initiatives for the use of space services; (2) promote already existing achievements and programmes; and (3) promote how Space can be useful in solving society’s problems. 4 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) [Original Text: English] 1. The Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Development in Asia and the Pacific was held in New Delhi in 1999. It served to put the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III) into a regional scenario, under the second phase of the Regional Space
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