Azerbaijan joins Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Baku, February 7 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan has joined the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
The Ministry of Communications and Information technologies said Azerbaijan`s membership was approved by the Committee`s resolution 66/71.
The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was set up by the General Assembly in 1959 (resolution 1472 (XIV)) to review the scope of international cooperation in peaceful uses of outer space, to devise programmes in this field to be undertaken under United Nations auspices, to encourage continued research and the dissemination of information on outer space matters, and to study legal problems arising from the exploration of outer space.
The committee has 70 members, including Azerbaijan.
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