Security in Space The Next Generation - UNIDIR
Security in Space The Next Generation - UNIDIR
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Article 16: Authentic Text<br />
<strong>The</strong> orig<strong>in</strong>al of this Instrument, of which the Arabic, Ch<strong>in</strong>ese, English,<br />
French, Russian, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited<br />
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certifi ed<br />
copies thereof to all signatory and acced<strong>in</strong>g States and <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
organisations.<br />
In witness thereof, the undersigned, be<strong>in</strong>g duly authorised by their<br />
governments, have signed this Instrument, opened for signature at the<br />
United Nations Headquarters <strong>in</strong> New York, on...<br />
Notes<br />
1 General Assembly, Information on the activities of <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
<strong>in</strong>tergovernmental and non-governmental organizations relat<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
space law, UN document A/AC.105/C.2/L.265, 16 January 2007,<br />
pp. 10–19; and General Assembly, Information on the activities of<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>in</strong>tergovernmental and non-governmental organizations<br />
relat<strong>in</strong>g to space law, UN document A/AC.105/C.2/L.270, 25 January<br />
2008, pp. 7–10.<br />
2 General Assembly, Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples relat<strong>in</strong>g to remote sens<strong>in</strong>g of the Earth<br />
from space, UN document A/RES/41/65, 3 December 1986.<br />
3 See General Assembly, Information on the activities of <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
<strong>in</strong>tergovernmental and non-governmental organizations relat<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
space law, UN document A/AC.105/C.2/L.265, 16 January 2007,<br />
pp.14–19.<br />
4 General Assembly, National research on space debris, safety of<br />
space objects with nuclear power sources on board and problems<br />
relat<strong>in</strong>g to their collision with space debris, Note by the secretariat,<br />
UN document A/AC.105/918, 17 December 2007; and General<br />
Assembly, National research on space debris, safety of space objects<br />
with nuclear power sources on board and problems relat<strong>in</strong>g to their<br />
collision with space debris, Note by the secretariat, Addendum, UN<br />
document A/AC.105/918/Add.1, 10 January 2008.<br />
5 General Assembly, International cooperation <strong>in</strong> the peaceful uses of<br />
outer space, UN document A/RES/62/217, 1 February 2008.<br />
6 Article IV reads: