United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Status of International Agreements relating to Activities in Outer Space

The status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space is compiled and distributed every year by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. The most recent compilation is available below.

The Office also provides an searchable online treaty status database for the five United Nations Treaties relating to the peaceful uses of outer space.

Status as of 1 January 2011
Instrument	Parties	Signatories	IGO Declaration

Outer Space Treaty	101	26	not applicable
Rescue Agreement	91	24	2
Liability Convention	88	23	3
Registration Convention	56	4	2
Moon Agreement	13	4	---

Latest Depository Notifications

27 January 2012: Accession by South Africa to the Convention on Registration of Objects launched into Outer Space
- C.N.47.2012.TREATIES-1 (Depositary Notification)
  - English (PDF format)
  - French (PDF format)

Document Symbol	Title	Available Languages
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A/AC.105/C.2/2012/CRP.3	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2012	---	---	PDF-E	---	---	---
A/AC.105/2011/CRP.12	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2011	---	---	PDF-E	---	---	---
ST/SPACE/11/Rev.2/Add.3	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2010	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
ST/SPACE/11/Rev.2/Add.2	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2009	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
ST/SPACE/11/Rev.2/Add.1	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2008	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
ST/SPACE/11/Rev.1/Add.1/Rev.1	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2007	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
ST/SPACE/11/Rev.1/Add.1	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2006	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
ST/SPACE/11/Add.1/Rev.2	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2005	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
ST/SPACE/11/Add.1/Rev.1	Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2004	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S