In 2001, pursuant to the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE-III), the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established the Action Team on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) under the leadership of the United States and Italy and with the voluntary participation of 38 Member States and 15 organizations. The Action Team was one of 12 action teams established by COPUOS to implement priority recommendations of UNISPACE-III, as identified by Member States of the United Nations. The deliberations of the Action Team on GNSS led to the establishment of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) under the umbrella of the United Nations. ICG's establishment recognizes that GNSS has become a truly international resource and demonstrates the willingness of providers and users to ensure that GNSS services continue to be available in the future for the benefit of humankind. ICG is a milestone in the demonstration of Member States to cooperate in the use of outer space for peaceful purposes.
To support the work of the ICG, the Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) of the Secretariat of the United Nations was designated as the Executive Secretariat of the ICG. In that capacity the OOSA, through its Programme on GNSS Applications, is organizing regional workshops, training courses and international meetings focusing on capacity-building in the use of GNSS-related technologies in various rapidly growing fields of applications, as well as deploying instruments for the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI). OOSA is also developing an in-depth GNSS education curriculum for inclusion in the training programmes at all UN-affiliated Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education, which also serve as ICG Information Centres. Annually all these activities bring together a large number of experts, including those from developing countries, to discuss and act on issues that are also of high relevance to the ICG.
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United Nations/United Arab Emirates/United States of America Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16 - 20 January 2011
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