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                "title": "Registration Convention",
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                        "*": "{| class=\"wikitable\"\n|-\n! Preceded by !! Followed by\n|-\n| [[Liability Convention]] || [[Moon Agreement]]\n|}\n\n<big>'''Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space'''</big>\n\nThe States Parties to this Convention,\n\nRecognizing the common interest of all mankind in furthering the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes,\n\nRecalling that the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, of 27 January 1967 affirms that States shall bear international responsibility for their national activities in outer space and refers to the State on whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried,\n\nRecalling also that the Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space of 22 April 1968 provides that a launching authority shall, upon request, furnish identifying data prior to the return of an object it has launched into outer space found beyond the territorial limits of the launching authority,\n\nRecalling further that the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects of 29 March 1972 establishes international rules and\nprocedures concerning the liability of launching States for damage caused by their space objects,\n\nDesiring, in the light of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other\nCelestial Bodies, to make provision for the national registration by launching States of space objects launched into outer space,\n\nDesiring further that a central register of objects launched into outer space be established and maintained, on a mandatory basis, by the Secretary-General of the United Nations,\n\nDesiring also to provide for States Parties additional means and procedures to assist in the identification of space objects,\n\nBelieving that a mandatory system of registering objects launched into outer space would, in particular, assist in their identification and would contribute to the application and development of international law governing the exploration and use of outer space,\n\nHave agreed on the following:\n\n=== Article I ===\n\nFor the purposes of this Convention:\n* (a) The term \u201claunching State\u201d means:\n** (i) A State which launches or procures the launching of a space object;\n** (ii) A State from whose territory or facility a space object is launched;\n* (b) The term \u201cspace object\u201d includes component parts of a space object as well as its launch vehicle and parts thereof;\n* (c) The term \u201cState of registry\u201d means a launching State on whose registry a space object is carried in accordance with article II.\n\n=== Article II ===\n# When a space object is launched into Earth orbit or beyond, the launching State shall register the space object by means of an entry in an appropriate registry which it shall maintain. Each launching State shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the establishment of such a registry.\n# Where there are two or more launching States in respect of any such space object, they shall jointly determine which one of them shall register the object in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, bearing in mind the provisions of article VIII of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, and without prejudice to appropriate agreements concluded or to be concluded among the launching States on jurisdiction and control over the space object and over any personnel thereof.\n# The contents of each registry and the conditions under which it is maintained shall be determined by the State of registry concerned.\n\n=== Article III ===\n# The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall maintain a Register in which the information furnished in accordance with article IV shall be recorded.\n# There shall be full and open access to the information in this Register.\n\n=== Article IV ===\n# Each State of registry shall furnish to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as soon as practicable, the following information concerning each space object carried on its registry:\n#* (a) Name of launching State or States;\n#* (b) An appropriate designator of the space object or its registration number;\n#* (c) Date and territory or location of launch;\n#* (d) Basic orbital parameters, including:\n#** (i) Nodal period;\n#** (ii) Inclination;\n#** (iii) Apogee;\n#** (iv) Perigee;\n#* (e) General function of the space object.\n# Each State of registry may, from time to time, provide the Secretary- General of the United Nations with additional information concerning a space object carried on its registry.\n# Each State of registry shall notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the greatest extent feasible and as soon as practicable, of space objects concerning which it has previously transmitted information, and which have been but no longer are in Earth orbit.\n\n=== Article V ===\n\nWhenever a space object launched into Earth orbit or beyond is marked with the designator or registration number referred to in article IV, paragraph 1 (b), or\nboth, the State of registry shall notify the Secretary-General of this fact when submitting the information regarding the space object in accordance with article IV. In such case, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall record this notification in the Register.\n\n=== Article VI ===\n\nWhere the application of the provisions of this Convention has not enabled a State Party to identify a space object which has caused damage to it or to any of its\nnatural or juridical persons, or which may be of a hazardous or deleterious nature, other States Parties, including in particular States possessing space monitoring and tracking facilities, shall respond to the greatest extent feasible to a request by that State Party, or transmitted through the Secretary-General on its behalf, for assistance under equitable and reasonable conditions in the identification of the object. A State Party making such a request shall, to the greatest extent feasible, submit information as to the time, nature and circumstances of the events giving rise to the request. Arrangements under which such assistance shall be rendered shall be the subject of agreement between the parties concerned.\n\n=== Article VII ===\n# In this Convention, with the exception of articles VIII to XII inclusive, references to States shall be deemed to apply to any international inter-governmental organization which conducts space activities if the organization declares its acceptance of the rights and obligations provided for in this Convention and if a majority of the States members of the organization are States Parties to this Convention and to the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.\n# States members of any such organization which are States Parties to this Convention shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that the organization makes a declaration in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article.\n\n=== Article VIII ===\n# This Convention shall be open for signature by all States at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Any State which does not sign this Convention before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article may accede to it at any time.\n# This Convention shall be subject to ratification by signatory States. Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\n# This Convention shall enter into force among the States which have deposited instruments of ratification on the deposit of the fifth such instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\n# For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited subsequent to the entry into force of this Convention, it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession.\n# The Secretary-General shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification of and accession to this Convention, the date of its entry into force and other notices.\n\n=== Article IX ===\n\nAny State Party to this Convention may propose amendments to the Convention. Amendments shall enter into force for each State Party to the Convention\naccepting the amendments upon their acceptance by a majority of the States Parties to the Convention and thereafter for each remaining State Party to the Convention on the date of acceptance by it.\n\n=== Article X ===\n\nTen years after the entry into force of this Convention, the question of the review of the Convention shall be included in the provisional agenda of the United\nNations General Assembly in order to consider, in the light of past application of the Convention, whether it requires revision. However, at any time after the Convention has been in force for five years, at the request of one third of the States Parties to the Convention and with the concurrence of the majority of the States Parties, a conference of the States Parties shall be convened to review this Convention. Such review shall take into account in particular any relevant technological developments, including those relating to the identification of space objects.\n\n=== Article XI ===\n\nAny State Party to this Convention may give notice of its withdrawal from the Convention one year after its entry into force by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year from the date of receipt of this notification.\n\n=== Article XII ===\n\nThe original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the\nSecretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all signatory and acceding States.\n\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention, opened for signature at New York on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five.\n\n{| class=\"wikitable\"\n|-\n! Citation\n| Jan. 14, 1975, 1023 U.N.T.S. 15 (entered into force Sept. 15, 1976)\n|-\n! Text Source\n| [http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introregistration-convention.html UNOOSA]\n|}\n\n[[Category:Treaties|1975]]"
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                "title": "Rescue and Return Agreement",
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                        "*": "{| class=\"wikitable\"\n|-\n! Preceded by !! Followed by\n|-\n| [[Outer Space Treaty]] || [[Liability Convention]]\n|}\n\n<big>'''Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space'''</big>\n\nThe Contracting Parties,\n\nNoting the great importance of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and\nOther Celestial Bodies, which calls for the rendering of all possible assistance to astronauts in the event of accident, distress or emergency landing, the prompt and safe return of astronauts, and the return of objects launched into outer space,\n\nDesiring to develop and give further concrete expression to these duties,\n\nWishing to promote international cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space,\n\nPrompted by sentiments of humanity,\n\nHave agreed on the following:\n\n=== Article 1 ===\n\nEach Contracting Party which receives information or discovers that the personnel of a spacecraft have suffered accident or are experiencing conditions of\ndistress or have made an emergency or unintended landing in territory under its jurisdiction or on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State shall immediately:\n* (a) Notify the launching authority or, if it cannot identify and immediately communicate with the launching authority, immediately make a public announcement by all appropriate means of communication at its disposal;\n* (b) Notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who should disseminate the information without delay by all appropriate means of communication at his disposal.\n\n=== Article 2 ===\n\nIf, owing to accident, distress, emergency or unintended landing, the personnel of a spacecraft land in territory under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party, it shall immediately take all possible steps to rescue them and render them all necessary assistance. It shall inform the launching authority and also the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the steps it is taking and of their progress. If assistance by the launching authority would help to effect a prompt rescue or would contribute substantially to the effectiveness of search and rescue operations, the launching authority shall cooperate with the Contracting Party with a view to the effective conduct of search and rescue operations. Such operations shall be subject to the direction and control of the Contracting Party, which shall act in close and continuing consultation with the launching authority.\n\n=== Article 3 ===\n\nIf information is received or it is discovered that the personnel of a spacecraft have alighted on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State, those Contracting Parties which are in a position to do so shall, if necessary, extend assistance in search and rescue operations for such personnel to assure their speedy rescue. They shall inform the launching authority and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the steps they are taking and of their progress.\n\n=== Article 4 ===\n\nIf, owing to accident, distress, emergency or unintended landing, the personnel of a spacecraft land in territory under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party or have been found on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State, they shall be safely and promptly returned to representatives of the launching authority.\n\n=== Article 5 ===\n\n# Each Contracting Party which receives information or discovers that a space object or its component parts has returned to Earth in territory under its jurisdiction or on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State, shall notify the launching authority and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\n# Each Contracting Party having jurisdiction over the territory on which a space object or its component parts has been discovered shall, upon the request of the launching authority and with assistance from that authority if requested, take such steps as it finds practicable to recover the object or component parts.\n# Upon request of the launching authority, objects launched into outer space or their component parts found beyond the territorial limits of the launching authority shall be returned to or held at the disposal of representatives of the launching authority, which shall, upon request, furnish identifying data prior to their return.\n# Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3 of this article, a Contracting Party which has reason to believe that a space object or its component parts discovered in territory under its jurisdiction, or recovered by it elsewhere, is of a hazardous or deleterious nature may so notify the launching authority, which shall immediately take effective steps, under the direction and control of the said Contracting Party, to eliminate possible danger of harm.\n# Expenses incurred in fulfilling obligations to recover and return a space object or its component parts under paragraphs 2 and 3 of this article shall be borne by the launching authority.\n\n=== Article 6 ===\n\nFor the purposes of this Agreement, the term \u201claunching authority\u201d shall refer to the State responsible for launching, or, where an international intergovernmental organization is responsible for launching, that organization, provided that that organization declares its acceptance of the rights and obligations provided for in this Agreement and a majority of the States members of that organization are Contracting Parties to this Agreement and to the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.\n\n=== Article 7 ===\n\n# This Agreement shall be open to all States for signature. Any State which does not sign this Agreement before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article may accede to it at any time.\n# This Agreement shall be subject to ratification by signatory States. Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, which are hereby designated the Depositary Governments.\n# This Agreement shall enter into force upon the deposit of instruments of ratification by five Governments including the Governments designated as Depositary Governments under this Agreement.\n# For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited subsequent to the entry into force of this Agreement, it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession.\n# The Depositary Governments shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification of and accession to this Agreement, the date of its entry into force and other notices.\n# This Agreement shall be registered by the Depositary Governments pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.\n\n=== Article 8 ===\n\nAny State Party to the Agreement may propose amendments to this Agreement. Amendments shall enter into force for each State Party to the Agreement accepting\nthe amendments upon their acceptance by a majority of the States Parties to the Agreement and thereafter for each remaining State Party to the Agreement on the\ndate of acceptance by it.\n\n=== Article 9 ===\n\nAny State Party to the Agreement may give notice of its withdrawal from the Agreement one year after its entry into force by written notification to the Depositary Governments. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year from the date of receipt of this notification.\n\n=== Article 10 ===\n\nThis Agreement, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Depositary\nGovernments. Duly certified copies of this Agreement shall be transmitted by the Depositary Governments to the Governments of the signatory and acceding States.\n\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Agreement.\n\nDONE in triplicate, at the cities of London, Moscow and Washington, D.C., the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight.\n\n{| class=\"wikitable\"\n|-\n! Citation\n| Apr. 22, 1968, 672 U.N.T.S. 119 (entered into force Dec. 3, 1968)\n|-\n! Text Source\n| [http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introrescueagreement.html UNOOSA]\n|}\n\n[[Category:Treaties|1968]]"
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