United NationsOffice for Outer Space Affairs

Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 2024

Sixty-first session (29 January - 9 February 2024)

STSC 2023 Session Page

Statements

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Monday, 29 January 2024 AM, 995th meeting

• Statement by the Chair
• Statement (with Annex) by the Director, UNOOSA

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • G77 and China
  • African Group
  • European Union
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Slovakia
  • Germany
  • Belgium
  • Ecuador
  • The Philippines
  • Pakistan
  • Morocco
  • Türkiye
  • The Dominican Republic
  • Argentina
  • Peru
  • Armenia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Monday, 29 January 2024 PM, 996th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Chile
  • Luxembourg
  • Paraguay
  • Malaysia
  • India
  • The Russian Federation
  • Ukraine
  • Austria
  • The United Kingdom
  • Colombia
  • Egypt
  • Belarus
  • The Republic of Korea
  • Finland
  • Romania
  • South Africa
  • Sudan

• Item 5: Space for sustainable development: technology and its applications, including the United Nations Programme on Space Applications
• • Canada
  • The United States
  • India
  • The Russian Federation
  • Austria
  • China

Tuesday, 30 January 2024 AM, 997th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Japan
  • Greece
  • Singapore
  • Slovenia
  • China
  • Cuba
  • Kenya
  • The United States

• Item 5: Space for sustainable development: technology and its applications, including the United Nations Programme on Space Applications
• • European Union (EU)
  • France
  • Argentina
  • Indonesia
  • Nigeria
  • Ukraine
  • Japan

Tuesday, 30 January 2024 PM, 998th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Canada
  • Costa Rica
  • Czech Republic
  • Algeria
• Item 5: Space for sustainable development: technology and its applications, including the United Nations Programme on Space Applications
  • Brazil
  • Paraguay
  • Cuba
  • The United Arab Emirates
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Rwanda
  • Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
  • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
  • Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW)
• Item 6: Space debris
• • Canada
  • The United States

Wednesday, 31 January 2024 AM, 999th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views

• • Spain
  • Indonesia
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Poland
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Mexico
• Item 6: Space debris
• • Italy
  • Germany
  • India
  • The Russian Federation
  • The Philippines
  • Japan
  • Austria
  • China
  • The Republic of Korea
  • Slovakia
  • Colombia
  • Thailand
  • The United Kingdom
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Wednesday, 31 January 2024 PM, 1000th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • France
  • Rwanda
• Item 6: Space debris
• • The European Space Agency (ESA)
  • The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
• Item 7: Space-system-based disaster management support
• • Canada
  • The United States
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • India
  • The Russian Federation
  • Japan
  • Pakistan
  • China
  • France

Thursday, 1 February 2024 AM, 1001st meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
  • New Zealand 
  • Switzerland
  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
• Item 7: Space-system-based disaster management support
  • South Africa
  • Thailand
  • Argentina
  • The United Kingdom 
  • Indonesia
  • Rwanda
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Item 8: Recent developments in global navigation satellite systems
  • European Union
  • The United States
  • India
  • The Russian Federation
  • Japan
  • Pakistan
  • China
  • The Republic of Korea
  • France
  • Indonesia
  • Mexico
• Item 9: Space Weather
• • Brazil

Thursday, 1 February 2024 PM, 1002nd meeting

• Item 9: Space Weather
  • Nigeria
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on behalf of WMO, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), and the International Space Environment Service (ISES)
  • The United States
  • India
  • Japan
  • China
  • The Republic of Korea
  • France
  • South Africa
  • Colombia
  • Thailand
  • Argentina
  • The United Kingdom 
  • Indonesia
• Item 10: Near-Earth Objects
• • International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) 
  • Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) 

Friday, 2 February 2024 AM, 1003rd meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Brazil
  • Portugal
  • Syrian Arab Republic
• Item 10: Near-Earth Objects
• • The United States
  • Italy
  • The Russian Federation
  • Japan
  • China
  • The Republic of Korea
  • France
  • Germany
  • Belgium
• Item 11: Long-term sustainability of outer space activities
• • Luxembourg
  • The United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • Malaysia
  • The United States
  • India
  • The Russian Federation
  • Japan
  • Austria

Friday, 2 February 2024 PM, 1004th meeting

• Item 11: Long-term sustainability of outer space activities
• • The Republic of Korea
  • New Zealand
  • China
  • The Philippines
  • Belarus
  • France
  • Indonesia
  • Finland
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Mexico
  • Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• Item 12: Future role and method of work of the Committee
• • Chile
  • Canada
  • The Russian Federation
  • China
  • The Republic of Korea
  • New Zealand
  • The United Kingdom
  • Argentina
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Brazil
  • Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)

Monday, 5 February 2024 AM, 1005th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Thailand
  • CANEUS-International
  • International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
  • Global Satellite Operator's Association (GSOA)
• Item 12: Future role and method of work of the Committee
• • European Union
  • France
  • Spain
  • The United States
  • Germany
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic republic of)
  • CANEUS-International
    
• Item 13: Space and global health
• • The United States
  • India
  • China
  • Thailand
  • Indonesia
  • Argentina
  • Mexico

Monday, 5 February 2024 PM, 1006th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Israel
  • Tunisia
  • Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
  • The Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO)
  • The European Space Agency (ESA)
• Item 13: Space and global health
• • Switzerland
• Item 14: Use of nuclear power sources in outer space
• • The United States
  • The Russian Federation
  • China

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 AM, 1007th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • International Peace Alliance (Space)
  • Secure World Foundation (SWF)
  • National Space Society (NSS)
  • Moon Village Association (MVA)
• Item 14: Use of nuclear power sources in outer space
• • France
  • The United Kingdom
  • Indonesia
  • Mexico
• Item 15: Geostationary orbit
• • India
  • Pakistan
  • China
  • South Africa
  • Indonesia
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 AM, 1009th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
  • European Astronomical Society (EAS)
  • Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
  • University Space Engineering Consortium-Global (UNISEC-Global)
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Item 11: Long-term sustainability of outer space activities
• • South Africa
• Item 12: Future role and method of work of the Committee
• • South Africa
• Item 13: Space and global health
• • Report by Coordinator of the Space and Global Health Network

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 PM, 1010th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • World Space Week Association (WSWA)
  • European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO)
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • For All Moonkind

Thursday, 8 February 2024 AM, 1011th meeting

• Item 4: General exchange of views
• • International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)