🚀✨ The 68th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (#COPUOS2025) ended on a high note! States: ✅ Acknowledged Membership applications from 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire, 🇭🇳 Honduras, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇻 Maldives, 🇬🇲 The Gambia, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe. ✅ Received permanent observer requests from African Space Agency, ACES Worldwide, Lunar Policy Platform; observers welcomed from 🇰🇭 🇨🇮 🇭🇳 🇱🇦 🇲🇻 🇲🇹 🇲🇩 🇷🇸 🇺🇬 🇻🇦 & Women in Aerospace Europe. ✅ Called on the 80th UNGA to decide on convening #UNISPACEIV. ✅ Established an international Expert Group on Space Situational Awareness, chaired by 🇦🇪 UAE. ✅ Endorsed the Action Team on Lunar Activities Consultation (ATLAC) workplan and priority topics for lunar cooperation. ✅ Requested UNOOSA to gather input from States and the space sector on STM regulations, best practices, and policies, ahead of discussions at the 2026 Legal Subcommittee. 📢 A highlight of the session was a high-level visit by UN Deputy Secretary-General ...