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Ukraine-U.S. Framework Agreement

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From the Ukrainian Space Agency:

According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine the Framework Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America on Cooperation in the Exploration and Peaceful Use of Outer Space, which has been signed on March, 31, 2008, has come into effect on January, 22, 2009.
The agreement has been ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on December, 17, 2008 (the Law of Ukraine № 681-VІ).

A copy of this agreement in Ukrainian can be found in Space Law: Selected Documents 2008 available from the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law.