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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/68
11 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 87
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/54/574)]
54/68.
Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses
of Outer Space
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 51/123 of 13 December 1996, 52/56 of 10 December 1997 and 53/45 of 3
December 1998 concerning the preparations for and convening of the Third United Nations Conference
on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III), held at Vienna from 19 to 30 July
1999,
Reaffirming the importance of international cooperation in the exploration and peaceful uses of outer
space,
Expressing its satisfaction with the successful preparation of UNISPACE III through the Committee
on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, as the Preparatory Committee, and its Scientific and Technical
Subcommittee, as the Advisory Committee, as well as the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat
as the executive secretariat, and commending their efforts to organize UNISPACE III within existing
resources,
Recognizing the contributions of the Technical Forum and the Space Generation Forum to
UNISPACE III,
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