For information only - not an official document 18 June 2012
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Concludes 55th Session in Vienna VIENNA, 18 June (UN Information
Service) - The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (COPUOS) has concluded its deliberations over ways
and means to maintain outer space for peaceful purposes and to
ensure that space technology and its applications continue to
benefit many areas critical to all humanity at its 55th session,
held from 6 to 15 June. The Committee agreed on a new agenda
item, "Space and sustainable development", to consider, among
others, the outcomes of the upcoming United Nations Conference
on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the use of space
technology and its applications for socioeconomic and
sustainable development. The Committee also agreed to
commemorate in 2013 the fiftieth anniversary of the first space
flight by a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on 16 June
1963, with a special panel consisting of pro