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Provisional Agenda for the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The UNOOSA website has posted the Provisional Agenda for the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Legal Subcommittee Forty-eighth session Vienna, 23 March-3 April 2009. Included on the Agenda is:

1. Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda.
2. Statement by the Chairman.
3. General exchange of views.
4. Status and application of the five United Nations treaties on outer space.
5. Information on the activities of international intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations relating to space law.
6. Matters relating to:
(a) The definition and delimitation of outer space;
(b) The character and utilization of the geostationary orbit, including
consideration of ways and means to ensure the rational and equitable use of the geostationary orbit without prejudice to the role of the
International Telecommunication Union.
7. Review and possible revision of the Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space.
8. Examination and review of the developments concerning the draft protocol on matters specific to space assets to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment.
9. Capacity-building in space law.
10. General exchange of information on national mechanisms relating to space debris mitigation measures.
11. General exchange of information on national legislation relevant to the peaceful exploration and use of outer space.
12. Proposals to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space for new items to be considered by the Legal Subcommittee at its forty-ninth session.