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Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and Other Proposals
Space arms control efforts at the international level have led to a
stalemate within the Conference on
Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, the sole multilateral disarmament negotiating body of the
United Nations. Efforts in the CD have focused primarily on the creation
of a new multilateral agreement to supplement the
Outer Space Treaty (OST). There has
been much interest in instituting limits on the weaponization of space despite
the international gridlock on this issue. These pages contain numerous
approaches for developing effective limitations on space weapons. NGO,
political, and business interests provide several opportunities from which it
may be possible to effectively limit weapons in space despite the current lack
of progress in developing an international treaty under the auspices of the
United Nations. Below are links to excerpts of space arms control
proposals and approaches articulated by these diverse interests since 2002
Treaty Proposals
Please click on the given link to find
international treaty proposals put forth by NGO,
legislative, and business actors, as well as various suggestions as to the development of such a
treaty.
Non-Treaty Initiatives
There have been many ideas put forward that
would effectively limit or ban the weaponization of space
without the necessity of an international treaty regime.
Numerous suggestions can be found by clicking on the
link given above.
{Updated 5/8/2006} |
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