UN COPUOS

OSI Fellow and Research Coordinator Beatriz Paiva Soeiro presented a statement at the plenary session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on June 30th, 2025. The statement addressed agenda item 15, discussing the duty to assist persons in distress and recommending a broad interpretation of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) Article V.

Watch Beatriz speak at this link, beginning at 2:01:50
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1fdsg7x6u

OSI Junior Fellow Charlotte Hook and Fellow Robin J. Frank attended the sixty-fourth session of the Legal Subcommittee of COPUOS. This paper is supplement to the statement presented by the OSI on May 8th, 2025.

OSI Junior Fellow Charlotte Hook presented a statement to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Legal Subcommittee on May 8th, 2025, partaking in a general exchange of views on potential legal models for activities in the exploration, exploitation and utilization of space resources and discussing the implementation of Notices to Lunar Missions (NLMs).

Watch Charlotte speak at this link, beginning at 1:21:00 https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1jz5z3dg8

On February 11th, 2025, OSI Co-Chair Aaron Boley read a statement to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Science and Technical Subcommittee on the Earth-Space System and its relation to Dark and Quiet Skies.

On February 11, 2025, OSI Co-chair Aaron Boley attended and presented a statement to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee to introduce the OSI and discuss our alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

On February 7th, 2025, OSI Junior Fellow Ewan Wright read a statement to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Science and Technical Subcommittee on the long-term sustainability of outer space activities via cooperative lunar projects.

Watch Ewan speak at this link, beginning at 46:20 https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1jz5z3dg8