ACUNS 23rd Annual Meeting, 3 – 5 June 2010

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The Academic Council of the United Nations held its 23rd meeting in Vienna

Theme: New Security Challenges

The NPOC Space Law Austria, Irmgard Marboe, contributed to the theme “New Security Challenges”, by participating on a space security workshop panel.

Workshop Panel – Space Security

CHAIR: Peter Jankowitsch, Austrian Foreign Ministry (ret’d)

PANELISTS:

Militarization of Outer Space: Present and Future Challenges from the International Legal Perspective
Irmgard Marboe, University of Vienna

Transparency and Conference-Building Measures for Space Security
Jana Robinson, European Space Policy Institute

The Role of OOSA in Promoting Security in Outer Space
Niklas Hedman, Chief of the Committee Services and Research Section

Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Responses
Walther Lichem, Austrian Foreign Ministry, (ret’d)

Downloads:

Enhancing global security through space the role of COPUOS and UNOOSA, Niklas Hedman, UNOOSA

Militarization of outer space: present and future challenges, Prof. Irmgard Marboe, University of Vienna

Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBM) For Space Security, Jana Robinson Resident Fellow, ESPI

The institutional dimension of asteroid threat mitigation, Walther Lichem

Introductory remarks, Peter Jankowitsch

Program and further information