Proceedings of the Workshop - United Nations Office for Outer ...

Discussion points Let’s figure a hypothetical situation where one private enterprise isplanning to exploit the natural resources found on the moon and to sellits product to the customer on the earth.• Its right to sell is allowed by the civil or commercial law of its registeredState. (Product is just nothing else than the commodities in market.)• The launch for facility is to be licensed by the launching State.• Communication with moon facility is protected by the ITU rules. Only in case of the prohibition at national level, that plan may beconsidered illegal But, what if the State has not yet signed the 1979 Moon Treaty? Whatif the State claims that the Article 1 of the 1967 Treaty is interpreted asnon self-executing provision?