The 61st session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will include a special segment, UNISPACE+50, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first UN Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in 1968. The goal of the segment is to build a comprehensive Space2030 agenda for the contribution of space activities to the achievement of the SDGs, addressing overarching, long-term development concerns, and which is based on the peaceful exploration and uses of outer space.

UNISPACE+50 will take into account the interdependencies in the space sector and foster international cooperation, paying special attention to the future space-faring and developing countries while carefully considering the long-term sustainability of outer space activities.

dates: 20-21 June 2018
location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
contact: UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
www: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/current.html
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/unispaceplus50/index.html