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3. The Status <strong>of</strong> International OrganizationSince <strong>the</strong> Rescue Agreement entered into <strong>for</strong>ce in <strong>the</strong> 1960’s, <strong>the</strong> treatment <strong>of</strong>international governmental organization (IGO) may not be satisfactory in today’s evaluation.However, that limitation should not be exaggerated as a problem. Up to now, 88 states are parties,in many cases, all an IGO has to do is to declare <strong>the</strong> acceptance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> treaty conditions to be aParty (Article 6).ConclusionFinally, I would like to underscore again that in an era <strong>of</strong> increasing manned andcommercial space activities, it would be to <strong>the</strong> benefit <strong>of</strong> any sovereign state to be a ContractingParty to <strong>the</strong> Rescue Agreement.

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