EU Statement at the sixty-fourth session of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 5 May 2025

Chair,I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Albania and Ukraine align themselves with this statement. Chair,I would like to assure you of our full support and cooperation, and thank the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) for its excellent work and its Director Aarti Holla-Maini for her able leadership. We commend UNOOSA for the organisation of the Space Law and Policy Conference last November. It fostered an inclusive dialogue and highlighted numerous aspects of global governance, principles of international space law, and mechanisms for cooperation and collaboration on space activities. The Pact for the Future reaffirms the importance of the widest possible adherence to and full compliance with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the cornerstone of the international legal regime governing outer space activities, and the need to establish new frameworks for space traffic, space debris and space resources through the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). It also underscores the critical role of a safe and sustainable use of space in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. In this context we look forward to an early agreement on the objectives, venue, organisation and funding of the UNISPACE IV Conference in 2027 and expect UNOOSA to have the necessary resources to properly implement its mandate. As responsible space actors, the EU and its Member States are committed to promoting the universalisation and implementation of international...