17/04/2026
🇺🇳🌌⚖️ It has been an insightful first week at the 65th Session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of COPUOS and from discussions, we see the outer space treaties, principles, and guidelines negotiated by COPUOS are coming to life in the 21st century.
🔭 As we look toward Earth’s orbit, the Moon and beyond, side events organised by States, Observers, and industry leaders underscored a collective commitment to enhancing global space governance alongside rapid technological advancements.
Key highlights included:
🌚 Future Lunar Missions - Painting a vivid picture of humanity’s exploration of and return to the Moon, including natural hazards and the use of space resources.
👓 Transparency - The vital need for information-sharing among Member States to enhance safe and sustainable space operations.
🌐 Inclusivity - How developing countries’ benefit from joining COPUOS, having a voice in the future of space governance, and ratifying outer space treaties.
Shout-out to German Aerospace Center (DLR), Canadian Space Agency, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, the Russian Federation and Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopiev, the UK Space Agency, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Committee on Space Research - COSPAR, the Lunar Policy Platform, and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) for events organised in week one.
But that’s not all – we were also pleased to convene the Annual Space Law Symposium by International Institute of Space Law (IISL) and ECSL - European Centre for Space Law.
🇺🇳 In her opening remarks, Director Aarti Holla-Maini said: “Space activities are growing at a much, much faster pace and rate than space diplomacy. Our collective efforts are many, but success will be measured by our ability to transform these priorities into robust member state-led governance frameworks that keep pace with the booming space sector.”
Stay tuned for more updates next week!
