Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Comité des utilisations pacifiques de l'espace extra-atmosphérique
Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacificos
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URL: http://www.unoosa.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/unoosa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNOOSA
Founded
1959-12-12 New York NY USA
History
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Review the scope of international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space; bring the benefits of space applications to humankind; promote capacity building efforts on the use of space technologies for development.
Events
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Observer status granted to:
- E-XU2109 - Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO);
- Association of Remote Sensing Centres in the Arab World.
- D-XD3947 - European Southern Observatory (ESO);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- F-XD6538 - European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT IGO);
- F-XF2147 - European Union (EU);
- F-XF2091 - Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology (ISNET);
- International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT);
- F-XC4643 - International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO);
- B-XB2627 - International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO);
- C-XC2682 - Intersputnik;
- E-XE2678 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre for North African States;
- Square Kilometre Array Observatory.
- Instrumental in setting up: African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E)
- Instrumental in setting up: Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific /Affiliated to the United Nations/ (CSSTEAP)
- Instrumental in setting up: Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Latin America and the Caribbean /Affiliated to the United Nations/ (CSSTE-LAC)
- Instrumental in setting up: Centre régional africain des sciences et technologies de l'espace en langue française /Affilié à l'Organisation des nations unies/ (CRASTE-LF)
- Instrumental in setting up: Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Western Asia
- Affiliated with: United Nations (UN)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Observer status granted to:
- D-XD3536 - African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE);
- C-XD0908 - Association of Space Explorers (ASE);
- CANEUS-International
- E-XE1457 - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS);
- E-XE0323 - Committee on Space Research (COSPAR);
- F-XD2644 - Eurisy;
- E-XM2800 - European Space Policy Institute (ESPI);
- European Science Foundation (ESF), represented by the European Space Sciences Committee;
- N-XM6674 - For all Moonkind;
- D-XD4431 - Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Aeronautico y del Espacio y de la Aviación Comercial;
- F-XC1125 - International Academy of Astronautics (IAA);
- B-XB1149 - International Air Transport Association (IATA);
- D-XJ0137 - International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS);
- C-XC1381 - International Astronautical Federation (IAF);
- B-XC1382 - International Astronomical Union (IAU);
- D-XC4518 - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
- E-XE2163 - International Institute of Space Law (IISL);
- B-XB2189 - International Law Association (ILA);
- B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO);
- B-XB2496 - International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS);
- F-XF3229 - International Space University (ISU);
- Moon Village Association;
- National Space Society (NSS);
- Open Lunar Foundation;
- G-XG5349 - Planetary Society (PS);
- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW);
- E-XE2835 - Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP);
- Secure World Foundation (SWF);
- E-XJ4218 - Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications (SGAC);
- C-XJ7920 - University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC-Global);
- G-XN5163 - World Space Week Association (WSWA).
Publications
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- Transportation → Aerospace, Space
- Economics → Resource Utilization
- International Relations → United Nations
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE0535
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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