United Nations/Austria/European Space Agency Series of Symposiums
Since 1994 the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, in the framework of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, and the Government of Austria in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA) and other co-sponsors have been organizing a series of space-related Symposiums in Graz, Austria.
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1994-2002: The Symposiums addressed a wide range of space-related issues, such as the contributions of space technology and its applications to enhancing social, economic and environmental security, the potential of space for improving life, the cooperation of space industry in industrialised and developing countries, economic benefits of using space technology as well as the enhancement of the participation of youth in space activities.
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2003-2008: Following the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002, the Graz Symposiums contributed to the promotion of space-related activities in support of the WSSD Plan of Implementation.
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2009-2011: The Graz Symposiums became a vehicle to implement the
United Nations Basic Space Technology Initiative (BSTI), focusing in particular on the role of small satellite programmes for sustainable development.
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2012-2013: Space Weather and the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI)
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2014: Basic Space Science Initiative (BSSI)
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2016: Climate Change
Themes of United Nations/Austria Symposiums 1994 to 2016
Note: Most documents are searchable and available from the
UNOOSA Documents and Resolutions Database.