United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

About UN-SPIDER

In its resolution 61/110 of 14 December 2006 the United Nations General Assembly agreed to establish the "United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response - UN-SPIDER" as a new United Nations programme, with the following mission statement: "Ensure that all countries and international and regional organizations have access to and develop the capacity to use all types of space-based information to support the full disaster management cycle".

Whereas there have been a number of initiatives in recent years that have contributed to making space technologies available for humanitarian and emergency response, UN-SPIDER is the first to focus on the need to ensure access to and use of such solutions during all phases of the disaster management cycle, including the risk reduction phase, which will significantly contribute to reducing the loss of lives and property.

The UN-SPIDER programme is achieving this by being a gateway to space information for disaster management support, by serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities and by being a facilitator of capacity-building and institutional strengthening, in particular for developing countries.

UN-SPIDER is being implemented as an open network of providers of space-based solutions to support disaster management activities. Besides Vienna (where UNOOSA is located), the programme also has an office in Bonn, Germany and will have an office in Beijing, China. Additionally, a network of Regional Support Offices multiplies the work of UN-SPIDER in the respective regions.

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Reports and Documents

Below is an index of online documentation related to UN-SPIDER. Documents are available in all official languages of the United Nations and are added on a regular basis. The hypertext links indicate the format of the document and the language version, where: A - عربي; C - 中文; E - English; F- Français; R - Русский; S - Español. Click on the appropriate link to download the required language and format.

Document Symbol	Year of Issue	Title of Document	Available Languages
			عربي	中文	English	Français	Русский	Español
Series: A/AC.105/
A/AC.105/1010	2011	Report on activities carried out in 2011 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/1009	2011	Technical advisory support activities carried out in 2011 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/1007	2011	Space-based information for crowdsource mapping	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/985	2010	Technical advisory support activities carried out in 2010 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/981	2010	Report on the activities carried out in 2010 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/955	2009	Report on activities carried out in 2009 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/952	2009	Outreach activities carried out in 2009 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/947	2009	Capacity-building strategy of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/937	2009	United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response: workplan for the biennium 2010-2011	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/929	2009	Report on activities carried out in 2008 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/927	2009	Outreach activities carried out in 2008 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response Report of the Secretariat	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/916	2008	Outreach activities carried out in 2007 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response Report of the Secretariat	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/899	2008	Report on activities carried out in 2007 in the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/894	2007	United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response: programme for the period 2007-2009 and workplan for the biennium 2008-2009 Report of the Secretariat	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/AC.105/893	2007	United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response Report of the Secretary-General	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S

General Assembly resolution
A/RES/62/217	2007	International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S
A/RES/61/110	2006	United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response	PDF-A	PDF-C	PDF-E	PDF-F	PDF-R	PDF-S

If a document is unavailable online, please send an email to "oosa (at) unvienna.org" including your name, address and the symbol or title of the required document.