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#COPUOS2026 is officially underway! At the opening of the 63rd session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, Chair Pakorn Apaphant of 🇹🇭Thailand welcomed our 110 Member States, including our six latest additions:
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire
🇬🇲The Gambia
🇭🇳Honduras
🇲🇻Maldives
🇲🇹Malta
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
In her opening remarks, Director Aarti Holla-Maini spotlighted UNOOSA's major 2025 milestones:
🛰️ A record-breaking 2,636 objects registered in the UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space
🚀The launch of the new Registration Toolkit to help States comply with space object registration
⚖️Tailored space law advisory missions delivered to 🇹🇭Thailand, 🇬🇭Ghana, 🇸🇬Singapore, and 🇻🇳Viet Nam under the Global Space Law Project
🤝 Across the UN system, UNOOSA collaborated with:
— ITU (ituofficial) on a satellite lifecycle workshop
— UNEP (unep) to understand the environmental impact of space activities
— UNIDIR (un_disarmresearch) to brief Geneva diplomats on the work...