FACT SHEET: U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission
July 7, 2009 at 8:50 pm | In Space Law | Leave a Commentby P.J. Blount with the blog faculty
From the President of Russia website (hat tip Hyperbola):
July 6, 2009,
The Kremlin, MoscowFACT SHEET: U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission
The two Presidents agreed to create a Bilateral Presidential Commission, which they will chair and Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Lavrov will coordinate. The Commission will include the following working groups. Additional working groups will be created and announced in the coming months, along with sub-groups under each working group as appropriate. Secretary Clinton will travel to Moscow in the fall for the first meeting of the Commission coordinators.
Commission Co-Chairs: President Dmitry A. Medvedev, President Barack Obama
Commission Coordinators: Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
Working Groups:
. . .
- Arms Control and International Security: Sergei A. Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
. . .
- Science and Technologies: Andrei A. Fursenko, Minister of Education and Science, and John Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Space Cooperation: Anatoly N. Perminov, Head of Roskosmos, and Administrator, NASA
. . .
Kyrgyz President Signs Law on Manas Airbase
July 7, 2009 at 4:49 pm | In Aviation Law | Leave a Commentby P.J. Blount with the blog faculty
From RIA Novosti:
Kyrgyz president signs law on U.S. Manas transit center U.S. Manas Air Base
BISHKEK, July 7 (RIA Novosti) – Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed on Tuesday a law allowing the U.S. to continue using its Manas airbase for the transit of troops and supplies to Afghanistan.In February, the ex-Soviet Central Asian state ordered the shutdown of the base, which has been used to support U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan since 2001. The decision was widely seen as being influenced by Russia, which had just granted Kyrgyzstan a large financial aid package.
However, Kyrgyzstan and the U.S. signed on June 22 an agreement to establish a transit center at Manas international airport “to address the situation in and around Afghanistan, which is beginning to present a real threat to Central Asia, and Kyrgyzstan in particular.” Rental charges for the base have more than tripled under the new deal.
The Kyrgyz parliament approved the deal on June 24. . . . [Full Story]
Nigeria Accedes to Registration Convention
July 7, 2009 at 6:48 am | In Space Law | Leave a Commentby P.J. Blount with the blog faculty
According to the United Nations Treaty Section Nigeria has acceded to the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. The Accession document is available through the Treaty Section’s website:
Reference: C.N.392.2009.TREATIES-2 (Depositary Notification)
CONVENTION ON REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE
NEW YORK, 12 NOVEMBER 1974
NIGERIA: ACCESSIONThe Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary,
communicates the following:The above action was effected on 6 July 2009.
The Convention entered into force for Nigeria on 6 July 2009 in accordance with its article
VIII(4) which reads as follows:“For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited subsequent to the entry
into force of the Convention, it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instrument of
ratification or accession.”6 July 2009
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