While the European Space Agency advocates the peaceful development of space assets and the peaceful use of space. There is an underlying contradiction between the EU space policy and the NATO space defence policy that needs to be addressed.

(a) Important policy matters relating to space activities

European Space Agency, Long Term Space Policy Committee, Investing in Space the Challenge for Europe (ESA SP 2000, May 1999).

(b) The registration policy of the European Space Agency by the representative of the European Space Agency.

However, one delegation argued that good policy rather than policy space should be the focus of the debate

Fourth, maintaining policy space was also of key concern to developing countries.

However, while national space coordinating bodies were needed at senior levels to set policy, not every country needed a space agency.

In accordance with the basic principles of its space development policy, Japan attaches great importance to international cooperation in its space activities.

In a sense, the economic policy space available to the PA is reduced to a one sided fiscal policy (expenditure allocation), which is less than the space available to local or regional governments in many countries.

On policy space, a specific output had been included under subprogramme 2 relating to space for development policies, especially to enhance productive capacity and competitiveness .

If all the leading space States took a similar policy initiative, we would be able to contribute significantly to reducing the motivation to weaponize space.

Policy space was mentioned in the chapeau, and reference was subsequently made to the role of Governments in relation to the concept, but there was no reference to policy space in the context of the role of UNCTAD.

UNCTAD needed to accommodate these requests and proposals to ensure proper functioning of policy space.

We must make use of available policy space to devise our own strategies for development.

In cooperation with space agencies and national disaster management authorities, ESCAP is implementing a project, financed by the Republic of Korea, on enhancing national capacity in policy making on natural disaster management using information, communication and space technology to promote and develop a policy framework on space information products and services.

He emphasized that it was desirable to integrate the concept of policy space into all subjects.

He also drew attention to the need to put the concept of policy space into operation.

Endorses the decision of the Committee to grant permanent observer status to the European Space Policy Institute

Fundamentally, every country must have its own policy to initiate and integrate space projects into its national programmes.

60. Endorses the decision of the Committee to grant permanent observer status to the European Space Policy Institute

It needed to diversify its exports, retain policy space and strengthen regional cooperation to tackle its economic problems.

(d) United States space debris environment and policy updates for 2004 , by the representative of the United States

16. We take into account the need for national policy space for developing countries to apply appropriate policy instrument in their implementation of national development plans and priorities.

We stress the need for international rules to allow policy space and policy flexibility for developing countries, as they are directly related to the development strategies of national governments.

The Caribbean Community, on this special occasion, would like to reiterate the call by the Group of 77 and China for adequate policy space to allow for policy innovation.

The long term space policy of ESA also identified NEO research as a task that should be actively pursued.

Thus, the Special Session should convey the importance of policy space in its message to the High Level Summit.

Development also required recognition by developed countries of the need for policy space and for assistance to developing countries.

He appreciated the recognition of the need for developing countries to safeguard some policy space in the process of liberalization.

The National Commission for Space Activities, part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, is implementing the National Space Plan Argentina in Space, 1997 2008 , which has benefited from continuous and transparent civilian administration under successive governments, since it was set up in 1991, reflecting State policy for space affairs.

The project will assist national policymakers and policy shapers to develop the knowledge and skills to integrate macroeconomic and social goals in policy formulation and better utilize available national policy space to pursue development goals in the face of external shocks.

In reaction to previous statements during the special session, the representative said that the United States noted that good policy , rather than policy space , should be the focus when crafting development policies.

The continued development of ballistic missile defence technology, the deployment of ballistic missile defence systems and the policy of pursuing space control must all be considered as part of the outer space weaponization problem.

Policy space for developing countries to act effectively and the timing and quality of the resource flows are also very important.

The question was whether developing countries could enjoy special and differential treatment and policy space when participating in the international process.

Further complicating the task is the very limited economic policy space available to the PA and the increasing need for donor support.

Action was required to ensure international financial flows for development, international financial and trading systems receptive to the needs of those countries and policy space to enable countries to apply appropriate international policy instruments.

Its secretariat functions are performed by the Space Policy Division of the Research and Development Bureau of the Science and Technology Agency (STA).

She stressed the need for technical assistance and greater policy space to build productive capacities and create a level playing field for LDCs.

It was also clarified that making aid more effective should not mean imposing on developing countries further conditionalities that would limit their policy space .

STA now plans and promotes basic space related policy and the overall coordination of space activities among government agencies, and conducts research and development activities through the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), a research organization attached to it, and NASDA.

The Subcommittee agreed that Member States should regularly provide the Office for Outer Space Affairs with information on their national space legislation and policy in order for the Office to maintain an up to date database on that subject.

The Committee agreed that member States should regularly provide the Office for Outer Space Affairs with information on their national space legislation and policy in order for the Office to maintain an up to date database on that subject.

Several delegations spoke in favour of internationally agreed rules that provide for policy space for development, including policy flexibility for developing countries, allowing them to formulate development strategies that take national interests and institutional realities into account.

That could be done only if the developing countries enjoyed the necessary policy space in such areas as trade, investment, technology and other specific sectors.