The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) supports international cooperation in the peaceful uses and exploration of outer space. It assists the international community with implementation of the UN space treaties and principles, capacity-building, space applications for sustainable development, and registration and information-sharing concerning space objects. As reliance on satellites grows across communications, navigation, weather monitoring, disaster response and financial systems, protecting the space environment and maintaining secure, sustainable access to orbit have become increasingly important components of international security.
 

Agenda: Forestalling the weaponisation of outer space and safeguarding satellite infrastructure.
 

The agenda addresses the growing risk that strategic competition may turn outer space into a more contested and less sustainable environment. Delegates should distinguish between the peaceful use of military-supporting space services and the placement or use of weapons in space, while recognizing that some space systems have both civilian and military applications. The discussion can cover norms of responsible behaviour, protection of critical satellite services, prevention of harmful interference, resilience and redundancy, space situational awareness, debris mitigation, responsible proximity operations and international confidence-building measures.