United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

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The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF team.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) is an organization of the General Assembly charged with implementing the Assembly's space-related policies. It is located in the United Nations Office in Vienna. The Office implements the Programme on Space Applications and maintains the Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space. The Office also provides support to developing nations in using space technology for economic development.

See also

• Conference on Disarmament
• United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

External links

• [United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs]

• [UNOOSA | International Space Law]

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