Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Legal Subcommittee, 64th session, 1091st meeting General Assembly Date: 15 May 2025 Language: English Transcript: https://transcripts.un.org/fr/asset/k1c/k1cpy9tx1h?lang=en Transcripts available through this tool are created by using automatic speech recognition and are not official records nor official documents of the United Nations. Official records and official documents are available on the Official Document System of the United Nations. --- COPUOS · Chair [26:07]: Buenas tardes. Distinguished delegates. Buenas tardes. Declaro abierta. I now declare open the 1090th of the The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. This afternoon we will continue our consideration of agenda item 14, which is on the peaceful uses of outer space. Are there any questions? Yes, I have a question. I don't see any, and so, distinguished delegates, we will now continue consideration of our— As the chair, I'd like to suggest that we continue with the same order. We're on Addendum 7 relating to the work of the subcommittee. Sorry, rather Addendum 6, future role and method of work. I think Azerbaijan and Argentina have sent in their We'll continue with consideration of this Addendum 6, and then addenda, which is the future role and method of work of the committee. We'll continue with those after that. So the proposal that we consider— well, we finish consideration of Addendum 6, and then we Continue are both on the same item. And after that, we can move on to considering addendum— I think is item 3 of the agenda, uh, the programme we've been going through this session, which was general exchange of views. And then if we have time, we can move on to addendum 5. Speaker 2 [29:08]: Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [29:11]: Issues relating to management. So that's basically doing things. So firstly closing up Addendum 6, then 9 and 12 together, and then we'll go on. So if that's all okay, we'll continue. The review of review of six, including the proposals. Distinguished delegates, let's begin now then with. Argentina's text, which is paragraph— under paragraph 7, including a new paragraph 7 bis, which we'll now put up on the screen. Speaker 4 [31:56]: Going through. COPUOS · Chair [32:10]: Argentina, does this reflect— Okay, thank you. So I'll ask the room now. To see whether the delegations are happy with this inclusion of this 7bis. Yes, of course, I'll give you the chance to read the text first of all. I'll give the floor to the Secretariat. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [33:15]: Mr. Chairman, because the text has not been translated, it's necessary to say it so that the interpreters can translate that into all the official languages. That's the reason why. It needs to be read out. So 7 reads as follows. The view was expressed that there should be greater interaction of the Legal Subcommittee with the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, which would strengthen the multidisciplinary vision at the time of drafting regulatory proposals arising from either subcommittee. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [33:54]: Thank you very much. Any comments there about this paragraph 7bis? If not, we can consider it to be adopted. Adopted. Now we'll move On to considering the proposal made by Azerbaijan, which covers something that Azerbaijan expressed. Now, could we just ask Azerbaijan where exactly, in which paragraphs do you think it would be practical? Great. Well, thank you very much. So we will now include paragraph 20 ter. And as before, I'd just like to ask whether you believe that this fully covers the proposal. Azerbaijan [35:35]: Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [35:44]: I'd also like to ask the Secretariat, if you'd be so kind. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [35:48]: The new paragraph 23 reads as follows: The view was expressed that the subcommittee should consider feasibility of introducing at the international level a sample form for space industry yearly statistical data collection, which might be used as a starting point for the purpose of developing national statistical forms to assess the situation and dynamics of the national space industry. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [36:29]: Muchas gracias. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [36:30]: Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [36:36]: So, if delegates agree, we can adopt this new paragraph 20 ter. Approved. Adopted. Thank you very much. Muchas gracias la aprobación. Thank you for. Adopting both of these paragraphs, in which case I believe we can consider consideration of Addendum 6 to be adopted. In which case, as I said before, we'll now move on to consideration of Addenda 7 and 8. Addendum 9, which is future role and method of work. Thank you very much. We've got it up on the screen now. We'll start with our read-through, starting with paragraph 1. If there are no comments to be made, then we can consider that paragraph 1 of this addendum is adopted. Moving on now to paragraph 2. Would any delegations like to take the floor? If not, we'll consider that this paragraph 2 is also adopted. Paragraph 3, which you can also see up on your screen. I give the floor to Argentina. Argentina [39:46]: Thank you, Chair. As this is the same document that I mentioned before, then I'll just mention the same thing. So when we're talking about that, it should be— should apply to everything. So that's COPUOS · Chair [40:06]: Thank you for that clarification from the distinguished delegate of Argentina, and our delegation is now happy to adopt this paragraph 3. That is adopted then. Paragraph 4. Arvidendum 9. Which you can see up on your screen now. I give the floor to the Russian Federation. Russian Federation [41:08]: Thank you, Chair. As far as we understand, we are on paragraph 4. In our point of view, With all due respect to the work we are doing with the delegations of Italy and Morocco in terms of determining how we will hold the Unispace 4 conference. Or rather, haven't even reached that stage yet, but rather simply discussing the details and prospects of holding such a conference. We believe therefore that the language is not ideal. We think that instead that we refer here to the subcommittee recommending that the committee make the decision to hold the conference, but we could change the wording to make it less strong. For example, the subcommittee recommended that the committee take a decision Regarding the holding of such a conference, in our view, such formulation would more realistically capture the views of states, at least of our country. We have nothing against continuing work and continuing discussions on this matter. And we indeed hope that this will work out within the subcommittee or in the committee. But there is some uncertainty now regarding this initiative. Consequently, we would prefer to see Such an amendment being made to this paragraph. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [43:37]: Doy las gracias a la delegación. Thank you. Thanks to the Russian Federation. So let's remember what Argentina said, and I'd like to ask. Delegations whether with the wording on the screen we could adopt this paragraph 4. There appear to be no requests at the floor, and so paragraph 4 is And with this, paragraph 4, we conclude our read-through of Addendum 9 regarding the future role and method of work of the committee, which is adopted. And so we continue with the agenda. Agenda. Uh, and then the second method of work of the committee. We've got the first paragraph. Are there any comments to be made? If not, We can consider it to be adopted. The second paragraph, which you can also see in full on the screen at the moment. If there are no comments to be made, we can consider it adopted. Moving now on to paragraph 3. Can we consider this to be adopted? Adopted. Paragraph 4 then. If that seems okay to everyone, we can also consider that to be adopted. Paragraph 5. Any comments there? Adopted. Paragraph 6. There don't appear to be any requests for the floor, and so we can consider that adopted. Paragraph 7. Adopted. Paragraph eight. ¿Alguna delegación quisiera intervenir? Damos entonces este párrafo 8. In which case, paragraph 8 is adopted. Paragraph 9. Adopted. Paragraph 10. If there are no comments from the floor, this is adopted. Yes, Russian Federation has asked for the floor for paragraph 10. Is that right? Russian Federation [49:40]: Thank you, Chair. In our view, this paragraph hasn't properly reflected the actual state of and progress of discussions regarding the working plan and the initial list of priority topics. We recently had discussions and we were close to indicating that these documents should be worked out in the intersessional period and should be presented to the committee in summer. And therefore, We would like this idea to be captured here in this paragraph. But for us to provide our proposal in text, perhaps I would ask one of the co-chairs of our group to give clarification in terms of of how our discussions concluded and why the proposal to link the plan of action and the list of topics, which, as I said, in our view should be presented to the committee, why is that not reflected here in this paragraph? And then depending on the answer provided by the co-chair, we would be willing to provide a textual proposal. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [51:56]: Muchas gracias a la delegación. Thanks to the Russian Federation. Maybe the distinguished representative of Pakistan would like to take the floor. Thank you. Pakistan [52:12]: Thank you, Chair. And if you allow a few moments for me to get back, and I'll request the floor again. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [52:24]: Yes, of course. Thank you. Meanwhile, let's move on to paragraph 12 of Addendum 12. You have the text on the screen. As I see no objections to this paragraph 12, I'll consider it to be adopted. And then the— Co-chair of the action team, we shall pause consideration of addendum 5. Okay, distinguished delegates, as I said at the beginning of this afternoon, as we have finished our consideration of Addenda 6, 9, and 12, which relate to the future role and method of work of Well, obviously we're still waiting to wrap up that Addendum 12, but while we're waiting, if it seems okay to the rest of you, we can continue with our consideration of Addendum 8, relating to the general exchange of views, which was item 3 of our agenda. If you're in agreement, we'll start with our consideration of that addendum. Up on the screen you've got paragraph 1. Could you maybe scroll down a little bit? UN Secretariat · Secretariat [55:14]: Yes. COPUOS · Chair [55:21]: Secretariat requesting the floor. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [55:26]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. There's one country that needs to be added to this list of countries, that Portugal should have been added. Thank you very much, Mr. COPUOS · Chair [55:37]: Chair. Thank you very much. I think it's— we can't quite see all of paragraph 1 on the screen, but maybe Maybe we could— yes, perfect, thank you. So hopefully now you can still read it. Okay. Would any delegations like to take the floor? If not, this paragraph 1 is adopted. Paragraph 2, which you can see on Turn on your screen now. Speaker 26 [57:14]: Words now. COPUOS · Chair [57:38]: Any further considerations or comments about paragraph 2? If not, we can consider it to be adopted. Paragraph 3. Can we consider this one to be adopted? Azerbaijan, you have the floor. Azerbaijan [58:26]: Here I have— thank you very much. Just one criteria. I hope this paragraph 3 reflects the Office position as they wrote there what they wished to write. That's okay. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [59:08]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. Any other comments on this paragraph 3? Thank you very much. In that case, we consider it to be adopted. Paragraph four. You can also see that up on your screen now. Lo damos si les parece por aprobación. And if it's okay with you, we'll consider that to be adopted. Any comments from the floor? Adopted. Paragraph 6. Again, you can see that on your screens. Adopted. Paragraph 7. Can we consider this to be adopted? Adopted. Paragraph 8. Any comments on paragraph 8? The distinguished delegate from Argentina. Argentina [1:01:16]: It's just to make an addition, which I'll say in English. A view was expressed noting its disassociation from the Pact of the Future. COPUOS · Chair [1:01:48]: No, it will be The view was expressed noting its dissociation. Argentina [1:02:03]: Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:02:06]: Gracias. Queda reflejado. Thank you. We have that now up on the screen. Any comments on paragraphs eight and eight bis? If not, we can consider those to be adopted. Approved. Adopted. Moving on now to paragraph nine. La delegación de Turquía. You've requested the floor. Türkiye [1:02:46]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would like to make a language proposal as paragraph 7. I read it. The view was expressed that the technical mandate of the committee and its subcommittees should be strictly preserved, comma, also with respect to the work on potential legal modalities for space resources-related activities. COPUOS · Chair [1:03:07]: Thank you. Thank you. Could you repeat that, please? Türkiye [1:03:30]: Of course. After coma. also with respect to the work on potential legal models for space resources-related activities. COPUOS · Chair [1:04:10]: Thank you very much. Does the wording on the screen correspond to your proposal? Türkiye [1:04:37]: Yes, muchas gracias. COPUOS · Chair [1:04:40]: Thank you very much. Okay, in which case I will ask all delegations whether we can adopt this paragraph. Russian Federation, you have the floor. Russian Federation [1:05:00]: Thank you, Chair. I would like to please ask the distinguished representative of Turkey to explain what is meant by the words or the collocation technical mandate. What is meant by technical mandate? COPUOS · Chair [1:05:17]: Thank you very much. Turkiye, would you like to take the floor? Türkiye [1:05:33]: Thank you very much. This is the part that we used in our general statement, and we would like to keep it in the COPUOS · Chair [1:06:03]: Are there any other delegations that would like to take the floor? Yes, I'll give the floor to Greece. Greece [1:06:16]: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We would like to raise a question regarding this particular item. We have also the same question to Türkiye about the technical mandate, because to our view there is no technical mandate, there is just a mandate of the committee. But then if this is to be included here, which reflects of course the general statement under general exchange of views that was made by Türkiye, then paragraph 25 of Addendum 5 should be deleted because it is under the legal— the potential legal models for exploration, exploitation, utilization of outer space resources. Since this view was expressed under the general exchange of views, it should not be reflected in paragraph 25 of the relevant Addendum 5. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:07:48]: Thanks to the delegations that have taken the floor here. The chair believes that maybe the Turkish delegation could potentially give a few more details about this, and if you need more time here, then we could take that while we— you could take that while we move forward. with our programme onto the next points. Thank you very much. So we'll leave this open now and we'll continue with our consideration of the following paragraphs of this Addendum 8. If my memory serves me Singapore. Singapore. Singapore [1:09:02]: Thank you, Chair. COPUOS · Chair [1:09:04]: I give the floor to Singapore. Sorry, but I just couldn't quite see your flag. I couldn't read it properly. Thank you. Singapore [1:09:12]: Thank you, Chair. That's all right. Um, this is not an objection to paragraph 8 bis, but just more of an editorial comment, just for consistency with the rest of the way these addendums have been drafted, and also for readability. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:09:48]: If that looks good to— does that look good to the other delegations? Argentina, maybe, as you were the one that made this proposal. Any other delegations? This is 8 bis that we're talking about. 8 bis. Muchas gracias. Thank you. My thanks to both Argentina and Singapore. And so with this wording, paragraph 8 bis is adopted. Sorry, Argentina. Argentina [1:10:49]: Sorry, just clarification. When the report says the view, one assumes that it's a delegation expressing a view. So it seems a bit redundant there to say the view was expressed by a delegation, and why would we have this redundancy in our text? Correcto. COPUOS · Chair [1:11:07]: Indeed. I give the floor to the Secretariat. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [1:11:18]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Um, the distinguished delegate of Argentina is absolutely correct. It Normally the view is expressed, it's basically one delegation. It's just that that part, it's this association, it's not really entirely clear what that is related to. So that's the, I believe, the reason why the distinguished delegate of Singapore introduced that by 8 delegations. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [1:11:50]: If you can just give me a second, I'll come up with another option. Argentina, por favor. Argentina, please. An option could be. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [1:12:21]: It was expressed, noting a prior dissociation from the Pact of the Future. It's okay? I prefer the previous one, huh? COPUOS · Chair [1:12:39]: Gracias. Canada, you have the floor. Is that relating to 8bis? Yes, you have the floor. Canada [1:12:56]: Thank you, Chair. In a way, it is relating to 8bis. As I understand it, this is just part 1 of 3 different parts of item 3 that will have several different parts, but they're not prepared yet. Is that correct? COPUOS · Chair [1:13:12]: This is it. This is all for general exchange of views. It's all up here now. There will not be subsequent addenda that include more general exchange of views. Canada [1:13:20]: Okay, that's great then. COPUOS · Chair [1:13:27]: Thanks. Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Armenia has— Argentina, rather, has requested the floor. Not to Armenia, is that right? Or as well. Okay, we'll hand the floor to Argentina. Argentina [1:13:48]: Just a clarification about regarding the intervention by Canada. We use this when it's applicable to all items of the agenda, so that's why. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:14:06]: Muchas gracias. Esa es la. Thank you. That's indeed the intention. Armenia, you have the floor. Armenia [1:14:15]: Thank you, Chair. We have suggested one more paragraph we have sent to the Secretariat. I would kindly ask you to add this as another paragraph before nine, maybe. COPUOS · Chair [1:14:28]: Thank you. Muchas gracias, Ana. Thank you, Armenia. But before we move on to considering this new paragraph, 8 ter, we will continue with our consideration of 8 bis. So we'll adopt 8, 8 bis, and 8 ter. So we have the text on the screen. Argentina [1:15:13]: Sorry, sorry for asking for the floor again, but in that case I need to change 8 bis, which I Wrote with regard to Agenda 2030, which we didn't mention, but now that should be mentioned in 8bis, and it would be the following way. A view was expressed noting a prior disassociation from the Pact of the Future, while underscoring that the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development remains a legally non-binding framework. COPUOS · Chair [1:15:56]: Gracias. Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Is that okay now up on the screen? Muchas gracias. Perfect. Okay, now then, let's move on to read the proposal from Armenia, which is 8T. The floor is the Secretariat. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [1:16:32]: Mr. Chair, paragraph 8T reads as follows: The viewers expressed that emphasis emphasis should be placed on the critical role of the safe, secure, and sustainable use of space in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, as well as on the need to establish new frameworks for space traffic, space debris, and space resources through the committee. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [1:17:17]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. Are there any delegations that want to take the floor regarding paragraph 8 ter? If not, we could perhaps adopt paragraphs 8, 8 bis, and 8 ter. If— oh yes. Well, if no delegations wish to take the floor, we can consider this paragraph to be adopted. Adopted. Moving on then to paragraph 9, which you have up on the screen. Any comments on paragraph 9? In which case, can we consider this adopted? Adopted. Speaker 68 [1:18:39]: Amendment to paragraph 10? COPUOS · Chair [1:19:11]: The delegation is happy for us to adopt paragraph 10. Adopted then. Moving on to paragraph 11, which we have in full on the screen. I give the floor to the distinguished representative of Argentina. Argentina [1:19:54]: Thank you, Chair. Just for clarification, in C of 11 in Spanish, in English it says the province of humankind. It's translated as World Heritage in Spanish, and so I just wanted to clarify there to ensure that it's correctly reflected in Spanish. COPUOS · Chair [1:20:27]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Any other comments to be made to do with this paragraph 11 in its— bearing in mind this clarification made by Argentina regarding an amendment to the Spanish text? Then can we consider that 11 is adopted? Adopted. Moving on to paragraph 12. No parece, bueno. Any comments on paragraph 12? That appears not to be the case. I don't see any requests, so paragraph 12 is adopted. Paragraph 13. ¿Alguna observación? Any comments? I give the floor to the distinguished representative of Ukraine. Ukraine [1:22:47]: Thank you, Mr. Chair. The delegation of Ukraine would like to propose including 2 specific— 2 additional paragraphs after paragraph 13. Those will be— but also by a number of other delegations. We have sent relevant wording by email to the Secretariat. Now, so paragraph— the view that the draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, Space Science and Peace, would not be endorsed by the delegations expressing that view, also expressed the view that the document is a matter of discussion in this forum. And paragraph 13 ter, some delegations reiterated their opposition to the affiliation to the United Nations of the Regional Center for Education in Space Science and Technology hosted by the Roscosmos Corporate Academy. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [1:24:13]: Thank you very much. The Russian Federation has requested the floor. Russian Federation [1:24:21]: Thank you, Chair. We therefore, with your indulgence, will also include another one or two paragraphs immediately after We will provide the text to the Secretariat. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:24:39]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. While we wait for that submission from the Russian Federation, we'll continue considering the paragraphs after this. In this Addendum 8, so we'll continue with paragraph 14, which you have up on the screen now. Si ninguna delegación tiene observación. If no delegations have any comments on this, we can consider it to be adopted. 14 is therefore adopted. Up on the screen now you have the next paragraph, which is number 15. Would any delegations like to make any comments about paragraph 15? China, you have the floor. China [1:26:05]: Chair, on paragraph 15, we suggest that In reference to the language of the previous working group language, we want to change the subcommittee was informed into some delegations expressed a view. This is the language of the 2023 working group report. We have a similar proposal on para 16. At the same time, in order for paragraph 15 to express more precise or accurately, we suggest on line 4, instead of principles, after principles, we add among the signatories parties because we believe This accord, the Artemis Accord, only applies to the signatories. Thank you, Chair. COPUOS · Chair [1:27:21]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. In that case, With the new drafting on the screen for paragraphs 15 and 16, is that agreeable to the room? I'll give the floor to the US in a second, but just asking China, is that in line with what you— with your wording? Does that seem Okay, okay, perfect. Thank you. The US has requested the floor. You have the floor. United States of America [1:28:02]: Thank you, Chair. We have no objection to this switch to some delegations express the view in paragraphs 15 and 16. To the extent that the additional language about for the signatories/parties is added, we would say that it should be signatories rather than parties, as the Artemis Accords are not an international Agreement, there are no parties to it. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:28:33]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Are there any other delegations that might like to make a comment on this paragraph? These paragraphs 15 and 16. We'll look to paragraph 15 with the wording that's up on the screen now. First of all, podemos por consiguiente dar— could we then consider this to be adopted? Adopted. Moving on then to paragraph 16 with the wording up on the screen now. Would any delegations like to take the floor? If not, we'll consider this to be adopted. Paragraph 17. If there are no comments, we can consider this one also to be adopted. Adopted. Paragraph 18. Australia has requested the floor. You have the floor. Australia [1:30:13]: Thank you, Chair. Um, just a technical edit, just to capitalize Sustainable Space, Resilient Earth, just to align with the branding used for IAC in 2025. Thank you so much. COPUOS · Chair [1:30:30]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Any other comments on 18? Can we, if not, consider that to be adopted? Thank you. Paragraph 19. I give the floor to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:30:59]: Thank you, Chair, for giving me the floor. We would like to propose an additional subparagraph 19, which would read, open quotes, second meeting of the National Focal Points on Registration, close quotes, apostrophe, organized by the Office of Outer Space Affairs. Under the registration project, colon, supporting implementation of treaty obligations related to the registration of objects launched into outer space, full stop. COPUOS · Chair [1:31:39]: Thank you very much. Refleja, pregunto a la delegación del Reino Unido. UK, the wording up on the screen, does that correctly reflect your proposal? Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Traducir un poquito para que se vea. Muchas gracias. Podemos ver. Thank you very much. Now we can see paragraph 19 on the screen in full. If there are no other comments, then we can consider it to be adopted. 19 is adopted. Accepted. And then with that, we can close consideration of Addendum 8. However, we still have a few things pending. I'll give the floor to the distinguished representative of the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:33:34]: Thank you, Chair. My delegation would like to propose a paragraph 19 bis. The language has been submitted to the Secretariat, but I will read it out. The subcommittee welcomed the 2nd meeting of National Focal Points on Registration, which was held at the margins of the 64th session of the subcommittee. The subcommittee noted that publication of a toolkit on best practices is planned under the project, open quotes, Registration Project: Supporting the Implementation of Treaty Obligations Related to the Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, close quotes, comma. COPUOS · Chair [1:34:23]: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I now give the floor to the Russian Federation. Russian Federation [1:34:51]: Thank you, Chair. We have one issue with this paragraph. Since delegations which did not take part in this event, I'm wondering if they can actually agree with that wording. As far as we are aware, not all member states were actively involved in this event, and consequently, we would like to ask whether this wording genuinely captures the real state of affairs when it comes to this event. Perhaps we should change this to some delegations welcomed, and the same goes for the second sentence, some delegations noted that publication, etc. etc. COPUOS · Chair [1:36:14]: Thank you. Thank you very much. I give the floor to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:36:25]: Thank you, Chair, for giving me the floor. With regards to the initial part of this paragraph, we just want to check if or clarify why, if any, delegations are not welcoming the National Focal Points meeting. With regards to the second amendment proposed by the distinguished delegate of the Russian Federation, I think we can live with subcommittee noted. Sorry, apologies, with the view expressed, which was delegate noted. delegations expressing this view. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:37:09]: Thank you very much. With the wording we now have on the screen for 19 bis, Are delegations happy to adopt this paragraph? I don't see any more requests from the floor, so we can consider that paragraph 19 bis is adopted. Sorry, China. I will not in fact adopt 19 bis because I just see that China requested the floor. Apologies again. Would any delegations like to take the floor on 19 bis as we have it up now on the screen? In which case, we can consider 19 bis to be adopted. Apologies. The Secretariat has quite rightly said this. How should we read it? The subcommittee welcomed or some delegations welcomed? I give the floor to the UK. And also the same thing relates to the second sentence where again it's either the subcommittee noted or delegations. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:39:47]: Apologies, Chair. The proposal from my delegation would be that the initial sentence reads, the subcommittee welcomed, and then we would be content for the second sentence to read, some delegations noted. So that would be the proposal from my delegation. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:40:06]: Thank you. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:40:06]: Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [1:40:15]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. ¿Alguna delegación quisiera? Are there any delegations that would like to? Make a comment. Russian Federation, please. Russian Federation [1:40:43]: Thank you, Chair. We would still suggest that we use the wording some delegations. For example, Our delegation was involved in this meeting and we noted that it was held, but we would still at this point refrain from welcoming this event. Also, in the second sentence, We find reference to the publication of a toolkit on good registration practices, which we take issue with. We have an issue with the word good, because who would actually define whether or not this is a— these are good practices or not? As we see up on the screen, currently it says some delegations At present, and that would mean that in their view these practices are good. And that being so, we would take note of that perhaps, but we might have our own opinion as well. As regards the first para nineteen bis, we would still be in favor of retaining. Language some delegations welcomed. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:42:25]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So I'll give the floor to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:42:39]: Thank you, Chair, for giving me the floor again. To make sure that we can move on in good time, we're willing to show flexibility, though we'll note with disappointment that the subcommittee couldn't welcome this very useful event from our perspective. With regards to 19TER, the purpose of the toolkit is to reflect the discussions which were had at the National Focal Points Meeting and to pull them together to show good practice based on the discussions. So just to explain that point, and I hope that we can retain the line good registration practices for that reason. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [1:43:27]: Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So with that wording, Can we then adopt these paragraphs 19 bis and 19 ter in light of the explanation given by the British delegation? Yes, the Russian Federation has requested the floor. Russian Federation [1:44:01]: Thank you, Chair. We take note of the explanation given, and we would like to display flexibility by agreeing to this wording. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:44:18]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. I thank the representatives of the Russian Federation and the UK. If there are no further comments to be made, we can adopt these paragraphs 19bis and 19ter as they are up on the screen. Adopted. So we will pause our consideration of Addendum 8 regarding to the general exchange of views. We still have paragraphs 13 bis and 13 ter pending while we wait for a text to be sent in. by the Russian Federation. You have the floor, Russian Federation. Russian Federation [1:45:29]: Thank you, Chair. As we promised, we have prepared a textual proposal. Just in front of 13 ter. COPUOS · Chair [1:46:02]: Yes. Russian Federation [1:46:02]: I will read out the text in Russian. And the interpreter will translate. The view was expressed that the draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on space science and technology for promoting peace Was aimed at drawing the attention of the global community to dangerous trends in the use of civil/commercial space objects or technology for. Military purposes. The further development of this trend might jeopardize the sustainability of space activities and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals using space solutions. This might— yes, I see that some wording is missing. This might jeopardise the sustainability of Space activities and the attainment of the sustainable development goals, and then using space solutions. The delegation expressing that view called on all parties interested in preserving space as a peaceful environment to join and contribute to the development of this initiative for the benefit of all humankind. COPUOS · Chair [1:48:40]: Could you maybe repeat? Not all of it, not all of the paragraph, but maybe just the last sentence, please. Yes, if you could just repeat the final sentence. Thank you. Russian Federation [1:49:38]: Thank you, Chair. I was clearly reading out quite fast, and I would like to therefore make sure that the text has been properly translated. COPUOS · Chair [1:49:54]: Yes, thank you. In which case, I would like to ask the Russian Federation whether the text as it appears on the screen reflects their proposal under 13 ter. Russia, 13, as it is up on the screen. Does this correctly reflect your proposal? Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Are there any other delegations that would like to take the floor on 13 TARE. Philippines, you have the floor. Philippines [1:51:28]: Thank you, Mr. Chair, but we would like to speak on another paragraph as an additional paragraph. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:51:36]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. I give the floor to Canada in relation to 13 TARE. Canada [1:51:47]: Thank you, Chair. I think it might just be an issue of clarification here. Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it be the views expressed at the draft resolution entitled Space Science, etc., to be presented to the UN General Assembly? I'm not sure if it has been submitted or what it is, but right now it's just a draft resolution. It's not of the UN General Assembly. The UN General Assembly did not author it, and I don't know if it's been presented yet. Should be draft resolution entitled to be presented was aimed at drawing attention to, and then the rest. But perhaps someone can clarify if I'm wrong. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:52:32]: Yes, please. Russian Federation, you have the floor. Russian Federation [1:52:39]: We thank you for this comment, but we would nonetheless prefer to keep the text as is. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:52:58]: Yes, please, Canada. Canada [1:53:00]: Thank you, Chair. Sorry. So has it been submitted to the UN General Assembly for consideration? The draft resolution—that's my question. Could we could have the language? Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:53:23]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. I give the floor to the Russian Federation. Russian Federation [1:53:31]: Thank you, Chair. We are not looking at whether or not the text has been submitted, whether the text was not submitted. This is a draft General Assembly resolution. And in our view, that suffices in terms of whether or not it's justified having such a title as draft General Assembly resolution. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:54:01]: Thank you. I give the floor to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1:54:46]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for giving me the floor. It does seem to me that this is grammatically incorrect. So I do think we need to find a new formulation, otherwise it does seem like it's a draft resolution that's already been considered. Could we not say, express that the draft, and then take out resolution of the, have United Nations General Assembly resolution, and then it would continue? So you take out the draft and then remove resolution of the— and then just put the word resolution after General Assembly, and then it's the draft United Nations General Assembly resolution. I think that would solve some of the problems. Also, I would suggest that this is quite a long paragraph, so maybe there could be ways to streamline this, which we can come back to. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:56:07]: Muchas gracias a la delegación de Reino Unido. Thank you very much, UK. Would the Russian delegation like to take the floor, or can we maybe divide this paragraph into 2? Russian Federation, you have the floor. Russian Federation [1:56:39]: Thank you, Chair. Of course, we are not native English speakers. We do understand that. But when it comes to 13bis, delegations did not express any concerns. When we find a draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly being directly referred to. We find that very language in 13bis, and this was the same language that we proposed in 1310. Therefore, we see no need to change that language. And equally, we do not think there is any need to divide up the paragraph into separate parts. We think that it should come as a whole and that it reflects the view Of the delegation who expressed that view, thank you. COPUOS · Chair [1:57:40]: Muchas gracias. Tiene la palabra la delegación. Thank you very much. I give the floor to Canada. Canada [1:57:45]: Thank you, Chair. I was just about to note that any change that we make in 13 ter should also be brought to 13 bis because it's the same problem of terminology. I wondered. Is there someone that we can consult within the UN system to tell us how we're supposed to refer to these things? Because this is a draft text that has not been submitted. We know it's out there somewhere, but I don't know what its status is right now. That's why I'm asking about the terminology. To me, it would suggest— it seemed that it should be the views expect that the draft entitled destined for the UN General Assembly resolution or to be presented, and then et cetera. But But perhaps there's someone we can consult internally to tell us how we refer to these kinds of documents so we don't incorrectly label it. Thank you, Chair. COPUOS · Chair [1:58:37]: Thank you very much. If I may, Obviously, I'm not a native English speaker either, but maybe this paragraph 13 ter— I think if we said, the views expressed that the draft— Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, Space Science and Technology for Promoting Peace, is aimed at drawing the attention— So is aimed at drawing the attention. Maybe that might better reflect what you're trying to say here. Russian Federation [1:59:29]: No. COPUOS · Chair [1:59:32]: En ese caso. In which case. We will postpone consideration of this paragraph 13 tear if that seems the right course of action to you. So we have— oh, one moment please. We've got 13 bis, 13 ter, and 13 quater. Okay, that said, I'll give the floor. I don't know the order you requested it in, but I see Ukraine, UK, And that's it. And Australia, sorry. So that's the order we'll go in. Ukraine, you have the floor. Ukraine [2:00:43]: Thank you, Mr. Chair. With regard to the para 13 bis, if it is grammatically more correct to say a draft United Nations General Assembly resolution, We would ask to make this change in the paragraphs so that to maintain consistency of wording for both paragraphs 13 bis and 13 ter. Thank you, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [2:01:20]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. I'll now give the floor to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:01:25]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's just for the second half of the paragraph I said that I'd come back. It says the delegation expressing that view called on all parties interested in preserving space and peaceful environment to join. I think it's, it's slightly prejudicial how it's, how it's set out there. It makes it sound as if there's a set of parties that are interested in preserving space as a peaceful environment, and there's therefore a set of parties that are not interested in, in that. So I think it's actually the delegation expressing that view also expressed the view that all parties interested in should join, because that's an opinion of theirs rather than a fact in the world. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:02:13]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. I now give the floor to Australia. Australia [2:02:19]: Thank you, Chair. Just looping back to the issue around, um, the text and the resolution, um, about the United Nations General Assembly, I wonder, just for clarity's sake, if it makes more sense to say the draft resolution for submission to UN General Assembly. I'm flexible on the language, but maybe just something so that the text doesn't imply that it is an UNGA resolution already. I'm not sure if that's the case or not, but if there's some clarity around that, that would be great. And I think that should apply for both 13 bis and ter for consistency's sake. But we're in your hands, just hoping to make that point clear if that Muchas gracias. COPUOS · Chair [2:03:15]: Thank you very much. Now, following this exchange of opinions, maybe the best option would be pausing our consideration of these paragraphs 13 bis and 13 ter and 13 quater and return to those at another point in time. Russian Federation, you have the floor. Russian Federation [2:03:44]: Thank you. If we're going to come back to this point later, then we would like to add one more paragraph Now, which we would propose placing after 13 ter. The text is as follows: The view was expressed that the region. COPUOS · Chair [2:04:23]: Thank you. Russian Federation [2:04:23]: We have a regional center for education in space science and technology already created at the Roscosmos Corporate Academy, providing services within the Eurasian region. Already created at the Roscosmos Corporate Academy and already providing services within the Eurasian region and beyond. Moreover, the General Assembly in Resolution 76/76/2021 Noted with satisfaction progress in the creation of this regional center. Noted with satisfaction the progress in the creation of this center. The delegation which expressed that. COPUOS · Chair [2:06:07]: Thank you. Russian Federation [2:06:11]: Further noted that additional— any additional consent or political blessing regarding the functioning of the center Located or under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation is not needed. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:06:58]: Sí, muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Okay. Well. The Chair believes that it would be a good idea to leave any decisions on adopt B to 13 quink and to continue to one side for now and to continue with our consideration of the report. Moving on now to Addendum 5. If that is the case, that our read-through of Addendum 8 is paused for the moment and we'll return at some point in time to those paragraphs under 30. Because it's not only terminology or grammar that we're dealing with here, but there are also some substantive issues. And finally, we have the Philippines, who requested the floor under this item. You have the floor. Philippines [2:08:37]: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our input is on an additional paragraph, and we sent an email to Secretariat to add Aspire 20. The subcommittee was informed that the 31st Asia-Pacific Regional Space Forum, the theme Empowering the Region Through Space Ecosystems in Action, and the 7th International Space Agency Forum Southeast Asian Chapter will be hosted by the Philippines later this year. COPUOS · Chair [2:09:10]: Come up there. Philippines [2:09:12]: I'm sorry, um, my apologies, Mr. Chair. It should be the 7th International Space Forum. There is no agency there. Thank you, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [2:09:43]: Thank you very much. I give the floor to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan [2:09:51]: Thank you very much for giving such opportunity, and indeed I will speak on the screen. I see the topic that I would like to to speak about. I appreciate the actions that made by country with respect to registration project, which is very important, and unfortunately I didn't attend that event, but this is— I apologize for that. I think maybe next time that party choose to do it in a hybrid form, allowing the others to join, as it is a very important topic. Registration of objects launched into outer space is completely, totally within the line carried by and promoted by our committee, our subcommittee, and I think it It's a need to— it's— I understand that majority of decisions are adopted by silence, but if there is a need to say thank you, I think it's better to say thank you. So my thanks to that delegation for the registration project, and please count on me that I welcomed the 2nd meeting of national focal points. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [2:11:31]: Muchas gracias, Andreas. Thank you, Azerbaijan. I think that the UK also requested the floor. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:11:44]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me just start by thanking the distinguished delegate from Azerbaijan. This was a very generous thanking of the delegation that sponsored that event, which happens to be the United Kingdom. So I was going to speak anyway, but let me take this opportunity to just wholeheartedly thank the distinguished delegate for his kind words. And if we just go back to 13, I think it's Quinquin's or Quinny Quin's. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [2:12:13]: Quinquin's. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:12:21]: On the Resolution 7676, what if we could reference the entire, um, either the chapter or the full reference number? Um, and I think probably also the date is quite important for the reader to understand when this resolution was adopted, because as far as I understand, it was adopted in 2021. Um, so I think that adds a bit of context. So after Resolution 7076, maybe either we have a footnote or we have the full reference plus the date of adoption. But I leave that in the hands of the Secretariat in the normal way. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:13:06]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So with that intervention from the UK, I give the floor to the Russian Federation. Russian Federation [2:13:24]: Thank you, Chair. We're grateful for this comment. Strictly speaking, in our initial reading of the paragraph, we did mention the date of 2021. But indeed, I did read out the text quite quickly and not everything was captured here. In our view, instead of needed, which we— the word we found at the very end of the text, we would prefer the word not required. The very last word. Yes, that's right. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:14:16]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Now, if this is agreeable to all delegations, I think that it would be a good idea to suspend our Thank you very much for your examination of Addendum 8. Positions around this paragraph 13 have been made sufficiently clear, and I think we can now suspend consideration of them. I wanted to ask the delegation whether you could send in that proposed text for the paragraph. Philippines [2:15:54]: Mr. Chair, we have sent it already. Thank you very much. We have, we have emailed the suggestion, Mr. Chair, as you requested. COPUOS · Chair [2:16:09]: Thank you. Thank you very much. Czechia would like the floor. Czechia [2:16:17]: Mr. Chair, I'm sorry for the later coming in. I would like to go back to 13.10, if possible, still, um, because, um, maybe for, um, the notion of the draft United Nations General Assembly resolution, um, it's still not making it clear as if it was already presented to the United Nations or has not. So I might have a proposition. I have a proposition if it would be possible to consider the wording as a draft resolution intended for consideration by the United Nations General Assembly. COPUOS · Chair [2:17:03]: Thank you. Brilliant. Thanks so much for all those delegations that have taken the floor on these paragraphs. If there are no further requests, then we can move on to the next addendum, which is Number— 2. Muchas gracias. Thank you. Okay, in that case, we will, of course, but now we will As you'll remember, and if I'm not wrong, we said at the beginning of the session that— and there's a package in that they all dealt with the same thing, which was basically the functioning and the methods of work of the committee. So I think if I'm correct, 6 and 9 were adopted, but we were left with one point on Addendum 12, which was on the request of the delegation of Pakistan. You have the floor. Pakistan [2:19:38]: Thank you, Chair. My co-chair and myself are grateful to all member states for their continued support and constructive spirit to carry forward the work of the Action Team. In response to the clarification requested by the distinguished delegation of the Russian Federation, during the informal and formal meetings of the Action Team held during this session of the subcommittee, we noted that it was pointed out that the main text of the draft work plan should be finalized and an initial list of topics as a living document should be developed before endorsement by the committee at its 68th session. With that in mind, I request the Secretary to put on the screen some modified language which has been developed with the kind support of the Russian delegation of the Russian Federation for the relevant paragraph in Addendum 12 for consideration of the room. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:20:23]: Thank you. We'd like to inform the delegation of Pakistan that unfortunately the Secretariat has not received the proposed paragraph. Shiva, for more. Pakistan [2:21:18]: Thank you, Chair, and I think we're just uploading this now. We had sent it before. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:21:29]: Recibido correctamente. Okay, that is well received now. Thank you very much. This is the wording for paragraph 11. Which I now ask delegations to consider before we can adopt. Are there any delegations that would like to take the floor? If not, we can consider paragraph 11 adopted. Thank you very much. And with the adoption of paragraph 11, we have adopted Addendum 12, which means that the whole block related The resolution relating to the functioning and activities of the committee is now adopted. Let's now move on to consideration of Addendum 5. El Addendum 5. Okay, and utilization. Thank you very much. If no delegations would like to take the floor on this first paragraph, we'll consider it to be adopted. Thank you very much. Paragraph 2, which you also have up on the screen, the Secretary-General would like to make a comment. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [2:24:28]: There are a few corrections to be made to the list of the countries here. Egypt and Pakistan should be added, and Panama should be deleted. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [2:24:51]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So with this drafting up on the screen with these new additions, can we consider that paragraph 2 is adopted? Any comments at all? Adopted. Moving on then to paragraph 3. Any comments? Adopted. Paragraph 4. If no delegation has any comments, that is also adopted. Paragraph 5. If there are no comments there, then paragraph 5 is also adopted. Paragraph 6. The Secretariat, you have the floor. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [2:26:23]: For paragraph 6, the number of the meeting should be inserted. It should be 1089th meeting on 14th of May, and the number of the annex should be Annex 3, Annex 3 to the present report. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [2:26:42]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. Can we then consider paragraph 6 to be adopted? Adopted. Moving on then to paragraph 7. The secretary has the floor. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [2:27:17]: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's just that the subparagraphs D and E, the order should be reversed so that the paper document presented by the member states goes first and to be followed by the documents presented by the parliament observers. So it's just switching the order of those 2 documents. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [2:27:40]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So paragraph 7 then, with the change which refers to the documents. If there are no comments on that, then we can consider that to be adopted. Adopted. Paragraph 8, which relates to the presentations That the subcommittee had. You have it up on your screen now. If this is okay with you, then we can consider this one to be adopted. Moving on then to paragraph 9, which you can now read on the screen in full. Any comments relating to paragraph 9? Adopted. Paragraph 10. I give the floor to the Russian Federation. Russian Federation [2:29:35]: Thank you, esteemed chair. We have a comment on paragraph 10, which relates to the activities of the working group on space resources and. The language after the comma is taken from the mandate of this group, but it has not been correctly reflected. It is not the same as the language in the mandate, and therefore, to strictly comply with the mandate of the group, we would like to propose that after the word sustainable, we add the words rational. And indeed, Yesterday, we agreed to search wording in the report of the Working Group on Space Resources. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:30:28]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. With this amendment, are delegations happy to adopt paragraph ten? Adopted. Paragraph 11. Yes, Russian Federation. Russian Federation [2:31:03]: Thank you, Chair. On paragraph 11, as far as we see it, several delegations expressed this view, at least more than one, and therefore we would suggest that we use the wording, some delegations expressed the view. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:31:31]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Are there any other delegations that would like to take the floor? Thank you. Thank you very much. We are on paragraph 11. With the amendment on your screen, are you happy to adopt paragraph 11? Adopted. Moving on to paragraph 12. Any comments regarding 12? Adopted. Paragraph 13, which you can also see up on your screen. Sí, muchas gracias. France, you have the floor. France [2:33:50]: Thank you, Chair. I have no issue with 13, but I would like to add a 13 bis, please. COPUOS · Chair [2:34:03]: Yes, of course. France [2:34:06]: Thank you. It would be Some delegations expressed the view that the future legal framework relating to the exploration, exploitation, and use of space resources should take into account the interests of all countries and of present and future generations, notably through the reasonable extraction and use of resources and taking into account the rights and interests of other states. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:34:36]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So now we have before us paragraphs 13 and 13 bis. If there are no comments from delegations on the floor, we can adopt these. Maybe you could scroll down a little bit. Now we can see both paragraphs. Can we move to adoption? I give the floor to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan [2:35:34]: Editorial, not editorial, but a question. In 13, reasonable extraction is rational extraction, maybe. Am I correctly understanding the English word? So is there a difference between reasonable extraction and rational extraction. So I would like to— although we are not the author of that proposal, so probably it was written in French, it was spelled out in French and translated. Maybe there is a sort of gap in translation. But whether— is it possible to write slash rational or in parentheses? But again, it's It's up to the idea. That's— I'm not disputing reasonable. I'm not disputing. So please remove square brackets from reasonable. Maybe we can add in square brackets rational. Is it possible to add square brackets in something like this? COPUOS · Chair [2:36:40]: Yes. Azerbaijan [2:36:40]: That's number one. And for the— in the 13, the not to leave behind or unfairly disadvantage developing countries or emerging spacefaring countries, there was such type of comment at the Working Party. And not all, and emerging spacefaring countries. So thank you very much. Thank you, Azerbaijan. COPUOS · Chair [2:37:27]: Looking to paragraph 13 bis, I'll give the floor to the French delegation. France [2:37:35]: Thank you. I thank the distinguished delegate of Azerbaijan. I had indeed sent the paragraph in English prior to reading it out, and we have— we did indeed intend to have the word reasonable. This is thing I'd like to do, make a point on language. I think indeed in French and English, the words are quite similar for reasonable and rational, and we did imply from the outset the meaning of reasonable here. COPUOS · Chair [2:38:26]: In which case, the text remains the reasonable extraction. Is that okay for the French delegation? Azerbaijan, is that okay for you? Thank you. Argentina, please. Argentina [2:39:03]: Thank you, Chair. It's just about 13 in Spanish. It's the same thing as before. It's to do with the World Heritage COPUOS · Chair [2:39:21]: Thank you. Thank you. So regarding the Spanish translation, we'll put a note as we did before to ensure that we have the correct translation, which isn't the Human Heritage, but rather that better reflects the province as before. Russian Federation, you have the floor. Russian Federation [2:39:52]: Thank you very much, Chair. We have a request for the distinguished delegate of France to provide further rationale behind this because we do have a few questions. Firstly, We have wording about considering the interests of all countries, and yet at the end of the paragraph, we again see reference being made to the rights and interests of other states. In our view, we could perhaps merge this and merge the wording here. We're wondering why in the In the first case, do we refer to all countries, but in the latter case, we refer to other states. But what exactly are we referring to here when we use the words other states and in the first case we speak about all countries? Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:40:55]: Thank you. France. France [2:41:06]: Thank you very much. I thank the distinguished delegate of Russia. There was no intention to introduce any differentiation here between the first reference to all countries and in the second case where we refer to the rights and interests of other states, and therefore we could indeed merge these 2 ideas here. We have no problem with that at all. And then when it comes to the wording, I would indeed— I don't know how we could avoid repeating these words here. Perhaps you might have a solution in terms of how to merge these 2 ideas here. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:41:53]: Thank you. Russia, please. Russian Federation [2:42:00]: Thank you very much, esteemed chair. We are very grateful to distinguished delegate of France for her readiness to show flexibility. We in no case wanted to object to this proposal, but just from a legal point of view, we wanted to make sure that. The paragraph be clear and coherent. Our proposal would be to bracketing— to bracket the final part of the paragraph from and taking into account. So we propose bracketing that and removing it. And then in the first case where we have Should take into account. We would propose adding should take into account the rights and interests of all countries or all states. We think there's no real difference here between states and countries. In any case, we think that would make the text more coherent and clearer, and would help to avoid any duplication. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:43:06]: Muchas gracias. Indeed. Thank you very much. The French delegation is indicating that that amendment works for them. So with these amendments and with the text that we can see up on the screen for paragraph 13 bis, can we now consider that to be adopted? Adopted. Did we adopt 13 as well? Perfect. In which case, we'll move on to 14. If we have no. Interventions, we can consider 14 to be adopted. 15. Procedemos a su aprobación. Let's move on to— that's adoption. It is adopted. Paragraph 16. If there are no comments, then paragraph 16 is adopted. Moving on. We turn now to paragraph 17, which you also have up on your screen. Any thoughts on paragraph 17? If not, adopted. Paragraph 18? Can we consider this to be adopted? Adopted. Paragraph 19. If there are no comments, Adopted. Paragraph 20. I consider this to be adopted. Paragraph 21. Any comments on 21? No. In which case we will consider it adopted. 22. I give the floor to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:47:44]: Thank you, Chair. My delegation would like to propose a paragraph 21 bis and paragraph 21 ter. We've sent the language through to Thank you. The Secretariat, but I'll read the 2 paragraphs through. So 21bis starts, some delegations expressed the view that it is important for the draft principles on space resource utilization to be shared widely for the space— for space actors, including global civil society, to examine and submit their views for consideration by member states, full stop. And then 21 ter reads, some delegations express the view that it is important that we have a mechanism beyond the work plan for the working group, comma, of the working group, sorry, comma, for international discussions to continue once we have had agreed draft principles, full stop. COPUOS · Chair [2:48:50]: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I'll give the floor back to the UK. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:49:25]: Thank you, Chair. Sorry for taking the floor once again, just to clarify that for 21 TER, it should read that some delegations expressed the view that it is important rather than was. Ah, sorry, that's across 21bis and 21ter, that it is important rather than was. COPUOS · Chair [2:49:45]: Thank you. The Secretariat would like the floor. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [2:50:19]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It was changed to it was because it is a reporting language, so it's in the past tense when we have the older text in The report of the official government bodies, so that's the reason why we changed it for it was, although the original text says it is. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [2:50:46]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. So. In line with that, I'll give the floor over to China. China [2:51:10]: Thank you. We just have a request for clarification regarding 21-Tour. It says here that there is need to have a mechanism beyond the work plan. Our understanding is that this refers to a mechanism inside the committee or inside COP US, or does it refer to any kind of mechanism or outside of the UN system? We would like to request a clarification. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:51:54]: Muchas gracias. Quizá la delegación— Thank you very much. Maybe the UK would like to take the floor. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:52:03]: Thank you, Chair, for giving me the floor, and thank you to the distinguished delegate of China for the question. In our minds, the point of this paragraph is to point out that the work of the working group will continue past the draft principles. Obviously, we don't want to prejudice where that mechanism would sit. We obviously don't know. But ourselves and other delegations were strong in the opinion that the work of the working group will continue in some— or should continue in some form. COPUOS · Chair [2:52:36]: Thank you. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:52:36]: Format, given that these principles need to be flexible and change with the development of future technologies as we move forward. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [2:52:52]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. I give the floor to the Russian Federation. I don't know whether any other delegations would like to take the floor. Russian Federation [2:53:05]: Thank you very much, Chair. We would also like to thank the delegation of the UK for providing clarifications. As far as we— international cooperation, and therefore, for the sake of ensuring greater clarity, we propose adding a reference here to an international mechanism. We think that this would better reflect the core idea here. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:53:52]: Thank you. UK, please. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2:53:58]: Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the distinguished delegate from the Russian Federation. We're happy to accept this change. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [2:54:09]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Si no hubiera ninguna intervención. If there are no further comments, can we move to adopt? Paragraph 21 bis and 21 ter, which have been what we've just been discussing as a whole. Quedan por consiguiente. In that case, both of these paragraphs, 21 bis and 21 ter, are adopted. Let's move then on to paragraph 22. Are there any delegations that would like to make a comment on 22? If not, we'll consider this to be adopted. Thank you. Adopted. 23, which you can see on your screen now. Any comments on this paragraph 23? If no delegation wants to take the floor, we will adopt paragraph 23. Paragraph 24. Can we adopt this paragraph? Speaker 200 [2:56:33]: I don't. COPUOS · Chair [2:56:54]: If there are no comments, we will consider 25 China, first of all, then Canada, you have the floor in that order. Are there any other delegations? Okay, China, you have the floor. China [2:57:14]: Thank you, Chair. Mr. Chair, please return to paragraph 23. Can we please send our opinion to the Secretariat? There is a word here, general. We wish to change the Chinese translation of that word, please. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [2:57:45]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. I give the floor to Canada. Canada [2:57:54]: Thank you, Chair. Canada proposes to introduce a paragraph 25 bis. The language has been sent to the Secretariat, but I'll read it out. The view was expressed that the subcommittee should consider the advantages and disadvantages Of the existing legal frameworks used by the ITU and the International Seabed Authority when discussing a framework for space resource utilization. COPUOS · Chair [2:58:33]: Thank you. Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Are there any delegations that would like to take the floor on this paragraph 25-bis proposed by Canada? If not, we can adopt it. Adopted. Paragraph 26. Greece has requested the floor. Greece [2:59:31]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Allow us to go back to paragraphs 24 and 25. 25. We are satisfied that they have been included, both of them, here. We understand that the Secretariat inserted them here despite the fact that they were delivered under the general exchange of views. So if we do have them here inserted, it is without saying that under the general the item general exchange of views in Addendum 8, there will be any such reference about the matter. This is our understanding. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [3:00:18]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. Thank you. The delegation from Türkiye has requested the floor and then Azerbaijan. Türkiye [3:01:08]: Thank you, Chair. I also thank the distinguished representative of Greece as we have the paragraph here We can we would be flexible on paragraph seven of addendum eight, and as this paragraph twenty-five is our taken from our general statement, we we also ask secretariat to include our country's name in part two. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [3:02:02]: Before giving the floor to the Secretariat, Azerbaijan, please. First, Azerbaijan, please. Azerbaijan [3:02:16]: Thank you very much. Just maybe a little bit difficult to understand why references to them should be excluded. But again, probably it's references, or they should not be used. Maybe we can check the wording thereafter, but references to them should be excluded. So you cannot refer to them, you cannot put citations. That's just my question about references should be excluded to this wording. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [3:02:58]: Thank you very much. So references, what they refer to, references to what? Azerbaijan [3:03:18]: Sorry, I'm saying references. What does it mean? The wording there, we see the We see the wording. References to them should be excluded. We are speaking about maritime law, airspace law, and outer space law as different. Therefore, references to maritime law and airspace law should be excluded from documents related to outer space produced by committee. This is the meaning of all of this. Yeah, and I'm just wondering why it should be excluded. But again, let's just acquire my speech as exchange of view. Thank you very much. COPUOS · Chair [3:04:10]: Muchas gracias por la declaración. Thank you very much. I give the floor now to the Secretariat. UN Secretariat · Secretariat [3:04:20]: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I just want to go back to the comments or the request made by the distinguished delegate of Turkey to add the name of Turkey in paragraph 2 as the list of the countries. This paragraph actually lists all the countries that spoke specifically under this agenda item. However, whatever that was said during the general exchange of views that has relevance to the agenda item concerned can also be included, as you can see at the last sentence or the last line of paragraph 2, which reads, during the general exchange of views, statements relating to the item were also made by representatives of other member states. In that regard, we included the views that were expressed by Turkey during the general exchange of views in this addendum under the section of the exploration, exploitation, utilization of space resources. So that's the background behind not including the name of Turkey here, but it reflected the views of Turkey expressed under the general exchange of views here. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. COPUOS · Chair [3:05:30]: Thank you. Muchas gracias. So where are we? So, thank you. Thank you to all delegations for their interventions. We're now on 25 bis. I believe it has been agreed to. We can take up 26. Are there any comments? There are none. Therefore, we can adopt 26. Now moving on to 27. 27. No comments. 27 is adopted. Now paragraph 28, Argentina. Argentina [3:07:40]: Thank you, Chair. Would like to put this paragraph into three parts. It's a very interesting paragraph, and we would like to ensure that we have the right definitions here. So the first part would end with the word treaty. That would be the first paragraph. Then we would have 28 bis, which would be some. Which would start with some delegations express the view that, y continúa hasta activities and continue to activities. It's necessary to clarify activities. The concept of space resources and space resources activities. Yes. COPUOS · Chair [3:09:06]: And the 3rd paragraph, 28 ter, would begin, the view was also expressed that— Falling within, y quedaría tal cual. So the view was also expressed that the definitions falling within, and then the rest is the same. Muchas gracias. Thank you, Argentina. So with this wording, this proposed wording for 28, 28 bis, and 28 ter, May we consider that 28 as a whole is adopted? It is adopted. That is 28, 28bis, and 28ter. Moving on, so, which used to be the original paragraph 28. Moving on now to paragraph 29. Are there any delegations that would like to take the floor on 29? If not, we'll move to adopt it. Paragraph 30. Any comments? If not, we will adopt it. Paragraph 31, which we also have up on the screen. Thank you. If there are no comments, I consider this to be adopted. Paragraph 32. I give the floor to the Netherlands. Netherlands (Kingdom of the) [3:11:43]: Thank you, Mr. Chair. My delegation would like to add 31 bis preceding 32 to reflect a part of our statement under this item, and it— I've submitted it to the Secretariat, but I'll read it out for translation purposes. The view The view was expressed that a legal framework on the exploration, exploitation, and utilization of space resources should have a balanced approach, both ensuring compliance with international law and providing operators with sufficient legal certainty. Thank you, Mr. Chair. COPUOS · Chair [3:12:38]: Muchas gracias. Thank you. Are delegations happy to approve this paragraph 31 bis? It is therefore adopted. Paragraph 32. Any considerations on paragraph 32? If not, it is adopted. Paragraph 33? Would delegations like to make any comments? If not, this paragraph 33 is adopted. Paragraph 34, which you have up on your screen. France, please. France [3:14:18]: Thank you, Chair. I've no issue with 34, but I'd like to add a 34 bis, please. I'll read it out, but I've already sent it to the Secretariat. Some delegations expressed the view that the future legal framework for the exploration, exploitation, and use of space resources should incorporate the principle that states should give priority to scientific research. Thank you. COPUOS · Chair [3:14:51]: Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So we have paragraph 34 and paragraph 34 bis. Do delegations have any comments to make on paragraph 34? If not, we will adopt that. And we'll now consider paragraph 34 bis, which has been proposed by France. Any comments? Thank you. If not, we will adopt this paragraph. Paragraph 35. Any comments? If not, it is adopted. Paragraph 36. If there are no comments on this paragraph 36, we can adopt it. Adopted. Paragraph 37. Do delegations have any comments? If not, we will adopt 37. Paragraph 38. Any objections? Any comments on 38? If not, we will adopt it. Thank you. With the adoption of paragraph 38 of Addendum 5, we have fully adopted this addendum, I believe. I give the floor to Iran. Iran (Islamic Republic of) [3:18:18]: Thank you, Chair. Under this agenda, we want to propose a new paragraph which we will be providing to the Secretariat for reflection in the report. So we would appreciate if you can also give us that chance. COPUOS · Chair [3:18:35]: Thank you. Muchas gracias. Thank you very much. So we'll come back to Addendum 5 and consider the proposal sent in by Iran, which will appear on the screen. Okay. We'll return to this later, but for now we'll be moving through our programme of work. And Thank you. We have 3 minutes left. It's 3 minutes to 6, so I'd like to ask, is it a good idea to you that we wrap up now, or we use these 3 minutes to move forward with our agenda? I remember a professor of public law, a fabulous professor, but who always arrived late. For those who were punctual at the beginning will be punctual So if it's okay with all of you, we will adjourn the session for this afternoon. So tomorrow we'll continue reviewing item 14 on our agenda. Thank you.