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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

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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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