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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

GS Paper III Science and Technology Space

Context:

United Nations has appointed Indian-origin satellite expert Aarti Holla-Maini as the Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

About United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs:

The Office for Outer Space Affairs is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
The Office forms part of the United Nations Office at Vienna.
The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: It serves as the Secretariat for the General Assembly’s only committee dealing exclusively with those issues.
The Committee has two sub-committees:
1. The Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
2. The Legal Subcommittee.
Functions:
- On behalf of the Secretary-General, the Office for Outer Space Affairs maintains the Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space and disseminates via its website that information recorded in the Register.
- The Office also prepares and distributes documents, reports, studies and publications on various aspects of space science and technology applications and international space law.

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