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3 Proc. on L. Outer Space 93 (1960)
World Security and the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

handle is hein.space/pininsl0003 and id is 99 raw text is: XIth INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS STOCKHOLM l96o World Security and the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Eilene Galloway The objective of the United Nations in establishing the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space is to safeguard the right of peoples of all nations to beneficial results from space exploration. Attainment of this objective requires international cooperation which can be furthered by UN assistance for research, exchange and dissemination of information, encouragement of national research programs, and the study of legal problems arising from space exploration. Solutions proposed for legal problems can be evaluated in terms of whether or not they are likely to contribute to the betterment of mankind. Organization for international scientific space activities exists in certain specialized agencies of the United Nations and in recognized non-governmental organizations. Space activities are highly diversified and whether the approach to their develop- ment is scientific or legal, the main problem is one of coordination of personnel, resources, facilities, rules, regulations, statutes, treaties, and agreements. The state of the art of science and technology in space exploration will determine, in many cases, what controls are feasible and practicable. Scientists and engineers need to be informed of the impact of national and international laws upon the con- duct of their projects. Lawyers formulating guidelines for the future need to keep abreast of fast-developing space sciences. The problem of culling the scientific facts essential to the solution of legal questions may be met by establishing a close working relationship between the IAF's International Institute of Space Law and the Inter- national Academy of Astronautics. I. International Objective and Role of the United Nations The Third Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space meets at a time when the International Institute of Space Law has been organized into working groups for the study of specific problem areas. The ideas we generate may lead to action for a system of world security wherein the people of all nations can be assured that space activities will be conducted for peaceful purposes. The challenge we face now is to study the legal problems, already so well identified, in conjunction with the developing facts of science and technology; in awareness of the need of policy- makers to know the advantages and disadvantages of alternative courses of action; and in recognition of the objective that space exploration should be undertaken for the benefit of mankind. As we expand from general and theoretical studies of space law and plunge into the detailed research and analysis required for the solution of particular problems, it is essential to understand the existing international situation as it relates to outer space. Our present position has been shaped by an international objective, a pattern of organization and administration which may contribute to the desired result, and the dynamic force exerted by space science and technology upon international ideas and relations. The international objective of space exploration is contained in the United Nations resolution International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space which was adopted unanimously in a plenary session of the General As- 93

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