A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CRP.7

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1 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 23 March 2017 English only Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Legal Subcommittee Fifty-sixth session Vienna, 27 March-7 April 2017 Item 5 of the provisional agenda * Status and application of the five United Nations treaties on outer space Status of International Agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2017 A Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty) Adoption by the General Assembly: 19 December 1966 (resolution 2222 (XXI)) Entry into force: 10 October 27 January in London, Moscow and Washington, D.C. Depositaries: ussian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America (Sources: 18 UST ; TIAS ; 610 UNTS 4 205) 2. AA Agreement on the escue of Astronauts, the eturn of Astronauts and the eturn of Objects Launched into Outer Space (escue Agreement) Adoption by the General Assembly: 19 December (resolution 2345 (XXII)) * A/AC.105/C.2/L Depository contact information may be obtained from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the respective State of depository. For depository information where the Secretary-General of the United Nations is the depository, please contact the Treaty Section of the U nited Nations Office of Legal Affairs, 2 UN Plaza 323 E 44th St., oom DC New York, NY 10017, United States of America. 2 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. 3 Treaties and Other International Acts Series. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series. V (E) * *

2 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 Entry into force: 3 December Depositaries: 22 April in London, Moscow and Washington, D.C. (Sources: 19 UST 7570; TIAS 6599; 672 UNTS 119) ussian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America 3. Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (Liability Convention) Adoption by the General Assembly: 29 November (resolution 2777 (XXVI)) Entry into force: 1 September Depositaries: 29 March in London, Moscow and Washington, D.C. (Sources: 24 UST 2389; TIAS 7762; 961 UNTS 187) ussian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America 4. EG Convention on egistration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (egistration Convention) Adoption by the General Assembly: 12 November (resolution 3235 (XXIX)) 14 January in New York Entry into force: 15 September Secretary-General of the United Nations (Sources: 28 UST 695; TIAS 8480; 1023 UNTS 15) 5. Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Moon Agreement) Adoption by the General Assembly: 5 December (resolution 34/68) Entry into force: 11 July 1984 (Sources: 18 ILM ; 1363 UNTS 3) 18 December in New York Secretary-General of the United Nations B. General 6. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 5 August in Moscow Entry into force: 10 October Depositaries: (Sources: 14 UST 1313; TIAS 5433; 480 UNTS 43) ussian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America 7. BS Convention elating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite 21 May in Brussels 5 International Legal Materials. 2/12 V

3 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 Entry into force: 25 August Secretary-General of the United Nations (Source: 1144 UNTS 3) Institutions 8. Agreement elating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (), with annexes Entry into force: 12 February August in Washington, D.C. United States of America (Sources: 23 UST 3813 and 4091; TIAS 7532) 9. INT Agreement on the Establishment of the INTESPUTNIK International System and Organization of Space Communications Entry into force: 12 July (Source: 862 UNTS 3) 15 November in Moscow ussian Federation 10. Convention for the Establishment of a European Space Agency (), with annexes 30 May in Paris Entry into force: 30 October 1980 (Source: 14 ILM 864) France 11. AB Agreement of the Arab Corporation for Space Communications (AABSAT) (amended in May 1990) Entry into force: 16 July 14 April (14 abi II 1396 H) in Cairo League of Arab States (Source: Space Law and elated Documents, U.S. Senate, 101st Congress, 2nd Session, 395 (1990)) 12. Agreement on Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes (INTECOSMOS) 13 July in Moscow Entry into force: 25 March 1977 (Source: 16 ILM 1) ussian Federation 13. Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization, with annex (amended in April 1998 to provide for the restructuring of Inmarsat; the amendments entered into force on 31 July 2001); further amended in October 2008 to provide for oversight by of GMDSS providers in addition to Inmarsat, and for oversight of long-range tracking and identification of ships (LIT); the amendments entered into force on the basis of provisional application with effect from 6 October 2008 pending their formal entry into force) Entry into force: 16 July (Sources: 31 UST 1; TIAS 9605) 3 September in London Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization V /12

4 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP Convention Establishing the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) (amended in accordance with decisions taken by the EUTELSAT parties in May 1999 to provide for the restructuring of EUTELSAT) 15 July in Paris Entry into force: 1 September 1985 France (Source: UK Misc. No. 4, Cmnd (1984)) 15. Convention for the Establishment of a European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (ETSAT) (amended in June 1991 to broaden its objectives to include climate monitoring and to allow for the execution of optional programmes; the amendments entered into force on 19 November 2000) 24 May in Geneva Entry into force: 19 June 1986 Switzerland (Source: Germany, Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1987, Teil II (1987), p Note: This convention has been published in the national bulletins of the ratifying States.) 16. International Telecommunication Constitution and Convention Entry into force: 1 July December in Geneva Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union and Convention (Source: Secretariat, Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland) 4/12 V

5 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 V /12 C. Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space (as at 1 January 2017) ( = ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or succession; S = signature only; D = declaration of acceptance of rights and obligations) AA EG BS INT Afghanistan Albania Algeria S Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina S Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium S Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) S S Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana S Brazil S Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso S AB

6 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 6/12 V AA EG BS INT Burundi S S S S S a Cambodia S Cameroon S S Canada Cape Verde Central African epublic S S Chad Chile China Colombia S S Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa ica S S Côte d Ivoire S Croatia Cuba Cyprus S Czech epublic Democratic People s epublic of Korea Democratic epublic of the Congo S S S Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican epublic S Ecuador Egypt S El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea b AB

7 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 V /12 AA EG BS INT Estonia Ethiopia S S Fiji Finland France S S Gabon Gambia S S Georgia Germany Ghana S S S Greece Grenada Guatemala S S Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana S Haiti S S S S Holy See S Honduras S S Hungary Iceland S India S Indonesia Iran (Islamic epublic of) S S Iraq Ireland Israel S Italy Jamaica S Japan Jordan S S S AB

8 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 8/12 V AA EG BS INT Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People s Democratic epublic Latvia Lebanon S Lesotho S S Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg S Madagascar Malawi Malaysia S S Maldives Mali S Malta S Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco S Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar S AB

9 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 V /12 AA EG BS INT Namibia Nauru Nepal S Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua S S S S Niger Nigeria Norway Oman S Pakistan Palau Panama S Papua New Guinea Paraguay S Peru Philippines S S S Poland Portugal S Qatar epublic of Korea epublic of Moldova omania S ussian Federation wanda S S S Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe AB

10 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 10/12 V AA EG BS INT Saudi Arabia Senegal S S Serbia S Seychelles Sierra Leone S S Singapore S Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia S S S South Africa South Sudan Spain S Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab epublic Tajikistan Thailand The former Yugoslav epublic of Macedonia Timor-Leste AB Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago S Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu

11 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 V /12 AA EG BS INT Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United epublic of Tanzania United States of America AB S Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian epublic of) S Viet Nam S S Yemen S Zambia Zimbabwe Palestine European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites European Space Agency European Telecommunications Satellite Organization D D D D D D D D

12 A/AC.105/C.2/2017/CP.7 12/12 V Total (ratification, acceptance, approval accession or succession) Total S (signature) Total D (declaration of acceptance of rights and obligations) AA EG BS INT Note: When there is no entry in a row in which a State s name appears, that State has not signed the agreement referred to in that column heading or is not a party to it or has withdrawn from it. a Burundi has not yet filed an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval in accordance with its declaration under arti cle XIX and has not yet signed the operating agreement. b Canada has a cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency but is not a member of the Agency. AB