Secure World Foundation attending 52nd session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Dr. Ray Williamson, Executive Director of Secure World Foundation is attending the 52nd session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). On June 5, he presented a statement during a general exchange of views. Ben Baseley-Walker, SWF Legal and Policy Advisor, and Agnieszka Lukaszczyk, SWF Space Policy Consultant, are also in attendance.

The COPUOS session, held in Vienna, Austria, began on June 2. On June 3, following a general exchange of views, a panel discussion was held to discuss the the tenth anniversary of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III).

Special presentations on education and Asian space cooperation were made on June 4. Rusty Schweickart, founder of the B612 Foundation and lead researcher on near Earth object (NEO) mitigation for the Association of Space Explorers, also made a presentation on that day. A panel discussion on the tenth anniversary of UNISPACE III followed later in the day.