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UniSpace+50: Shared Vision Common Action
UniSpace+50: Shared Vision Common Action
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Pellegrino, Passimo
Gibson, Alexander
Mariscal, Juan Carlos
Schulte, Peter Z.
Gibson, Alexander
Mariscal, Juan Carlos
Schulte, Peter Z.
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Abstract
UNISPACE+50 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first UNISPACE conference, held in 1968. In June 2018, the
international space community will be together in Vienna to articulate a new long-term vision for space around four
pillars (space economy, space society, space accessibility, and space diplomacy), which will serve as a guide in
shaping the future of space and in driving space investments. As a product of UNISPACE III, the Space Generation
Advisory Council (SGAC) attaches great importance to this conference series and aims to contribute to the wider
strategic reflection promoted by UNOOSA in the lead-up to UNISPACE+50, by bringing into the process the views
of the future generation of space leaders.
Building on both the conclusions of a working group on UNISPACE+50 by SGAC and the Dubai Declaration,
the objective of this paper is three-fold. First, it proposes a new long-term vision for space, as envisioned by
UNISPACE+50. Second, it offers concrete ideas for action in support of such a vision. Third, it identifies the role
that the young professionals space community can play in the UNISPACE+50 process and ensuing debates,
including through the action of SGAC.
The paper argues that the pursuit of the proposed vision statement requires work along six areas of action. These
include strengthening the outer space regime and global space governance, by elaborating ethical principles and
norms of responsible behaviour in outer space and ensuring compliance with international agreements; making
international cooperation the norm for future space activities, recognizing it as a long-term investment for all parties
involved; conducting space activities to generate tangible societal and economic benefits for all humankind; building
capacity across space markets and value chains; placing outer space topics on as many national political agendas as
possible; making the space sector a leading force in major technology development.
The paper concludes that the young professionals space community is well placed to inform these actions and the
means with which to accomplish them, as well as to engage and liaise more closely with both the wider space and
non-space communities to ensure future buy-in and active collaboration. Not only could these actions contribute to
nurturing the strategic reflection promoted by UNOOSA in the framework of the UNISPACE+50 process, but they
could also offer organizations, such as SGAC, potential avenues for the future and ideas about how to evolve and
move forward in partnership with their own stakeholders.
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2017-09
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