Reducing Space Threats Through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviours

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101a Prevention of an arms race in outer space, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2020–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/22

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/22	Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours	1,449	72%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/20	Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours	1,717	35%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/231	Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours	1,513	49%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/36	Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours	1,103	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

International Security Outer Space Space Exploration Space Objects

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Affirms that all States must conduct their activities in the exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, in conformity with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, and urges Member States to take this into account when formulating their space policies;

Encourages those States that have not yet become parties to the international treaties governing the exploration and use of outer space to give consideration to ratifying or acceding to those treaties in accordance with their national law, as well as incorporating them into their national legislation;

Expresses the desire that all Member States reach a common understanding of how best to act to reduce threats to space systems in order to maintain outer space as a peaceful, safe, stable and sustainable environment, free from an arms race and conflict, for the benefit of all, and consider establishing channels of direct communication for the management of perceptions of threat;

Invites States members and observers of the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission to inform those bodies of their national space security policies, strategies or doctrines, on a voluntary basis, in accordance with and in support of the mandates of those bodies;

Encourages Member States to study existing and potential threats and security risks to space systems, including those arising from actions, activities or systems in outer space or on Earth, characterize actions and activities that could be considered responsible, irresponsible or threatening and their potential impact on international security, and share their ideas on the further development and implementation of norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours and on the reduction of the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculations with respect to outer space;

Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to seek the views of Member States on the issues referred to in the foregoing paragraph and to submit a substantive report, with an annex containing these views, to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, for further discussion by Member States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Prevention of an arms race in outer space”, a sub-item entitled, “Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours”.

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