United Nations General Assembly resolution 1472 (XIV)

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United Nations General Assembly resolution 1472 (XIV) is the 1959 measure that established the foundational international framework for the peaceful uses and governance of outer space, including the creation of mechanisms that led to today’s UN space affairs structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN document ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedAt United Nations Headquarters, New York City ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedByConsensus true ⓘ
aimsTo develop an international regime for outer space governance ⓘ
ensure that outer space is used for peaceful purposes ⓘ
promote international cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space ⓘ
category 1959 in international relations ⓘ
Space law instruments ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
concerns coordination of national space activities under UN auspices ⓘ
international oversight of outer space activities ⓘ
use of outer space for peaceful purposes only ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 12 December 1959 ⓘ
establishesFrameworkFor governance of activities in outer space ⓘ
international cooperation on peaceful uses of outer space ⓘ
field international law ⓘ
international space policy ⓘ
space law ⓘ
hasIdentifier A/RES/1472(XIV) ⓘ
hasResolutionNumber 1472 ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational measure for UN space governance architecture ⓘ
one of the earliest UN resolutions on outer space ⓘ
jurisdiction United Nations ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
ledToCreationOf UN space affairs structures ⓘ
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space ⓘ
legalStatus non-binding resolution ⓘ
partOf body of United Nations outer space resolutions ⓘ
precedes Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies ⓘ
linked to: Outer Space Treaty

subsequent UN space law treaties ⓘ
relatedTo Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space ⓘ
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ⓘ
session fourteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subject governance of outer space ⓘ
international cooperation in outer space ⓘ
peaceful uses of outer space ⓘ
yearOfAdoption 1959 ⓘ

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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs → legalMandate → United Nations General Assembly resolution 1472 (XIV) ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolution 1348 (XIII) → precedes → United Nations General Assembly resolution 1472 (XIV) ⓘ
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space → establishedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolution 1472 (XIV) ⓘ