In 1968, during a session of the Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), Sierra Leone proposed the establishment of a United Nations Centre of Information, to provide expert advice in the practical applications of space technology. This was followed by a similar proposal from India, for a small advisory group that could organise…
At the request of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the then Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld, established a small expert unit within the UN secretariat to offer necessary support to the adhoc Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) that was formed in 1958. With the expanding work of COPUOS and the need to service its…
On 13 December 1958, the UN established an adhoc Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) to report on: (i) the activities and resources of the UN, its specialised agencies and of other international bodies relating to the peaceful uses of outer space; (ii) the area of international cooperation and programmes in the peaceful…
The 47th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) commenced today. The PRC consist of all Ambassadors of AU Member States that are resident in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the headquarters of the AU and the African Union Commission (AUC). Prior to the annual Assembly of the AU, the PRC meets to deliberate…