🇺🇳💪🌌 At UNIDIR's Outer Space Security Conference, Director Aarti Holla-Maini emphasised that the issues addressed by the UN in Vienna (peaceful uses) and Geneva (security) are two sides of the same coin - a space environment that continues to be safe and sustainable on the one hand, and secure on the other. Despite a challenging political climate, COPUOS, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continues to drive progress through consensus-based diplomacy, stepping up on the objectives agreed in the "Pact for the Future," including a potential #UNISPACEIV conference in 2027. We are already seeing significant developments: 🌚 Lunar activities: The Action Team (ATLAC) is working to deliver key recommendations on lunar coordination and interoperability by 2027. 🪨 Space Resources: States have commenced negotiations on draft principles on the legal aspects of space resources, also culminating in 2027. 🛰🌐 Space Traffic: An Expert Group on Space Situational Awarenes...