Draft principles on remote sensing activities approved by Outer Space Committee.

From: UN Chronicle | Date: August 1, 1986 | Copyright information

Draft principles on remote sensing activities approved by Outer Space Committee

A set of 15 draft principles relating to the remote sensing of the Earth by satellite--the product of 12 years' work--was endorsed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space at its 1986 session (2-13 June, New York).

The draft principles, to be forwarded to the General Assembly for its approval, were approved by the Committee's Legal Sub-Committee at its session earlier th...

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