At the forty-fifth session of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, in 2006, the Working Group on Matters Relating to the Definition and Delimitation of Outer Space agreed to address to Member States the following questions:
(a) Does your Government consider it necessary to define outer space and/or to delimit airspace and outer space, given the current level of space and aviation activities and technological development in space and aviation technologies? Please provide a justification for the answer; or
(b) Does your Government consider another approach to solving this issue?
Please provide a justification for the answer ( A/AC.105/871, annex II, para. 7 (f)).
Information received from member States is available in UN document A/AC.105/889 and Addenda.
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.10 | 2012 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Algeria, Australia, France, Norway, Russian Federation, Thailand, & Turkey |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.9 | 2011 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Algeria & Denmark |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.8 | 2011 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Mauritius, Norway & United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.7 | 2011 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Denmark & Jordan |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.6 | 2010 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Czech Republic, Estonia, & United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.5 | 2010 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Bangladesh, Germany, Iraq, Serbia, Thailand & Tunisia |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.4 | 2009 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Azerbaijan, Mexico, Qatar, & Saudi Arabia |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.3 | 2009 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Belarus, Germany & Mexico |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.2 | 2009 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Azerbaijan & Brazil |
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| A/AC.105/889/Add.1 | 2008 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Addendum Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Jordan, Nicaragua & Ukraine |
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| A/AC.105/889 | 2007 | Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space:replies from Member States
Czech Republic, Iceland, Nigeria & Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
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