UNITED NATIONS
\nPakistan called for legally-binding international instruments that ensure accountability and rule of law in outer space at a UN Security Council meeting devoted to discussing the risks of uncontrolled Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, highlighting issues like digital divides, disinformation, militarization, sovereignty threats, and space debris.
\n\u201cThe unregulated expansion of commercial activities in LEO is resulting in the concentration of orbital slots, spectrum, space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities, and economic benefits among a limited number of actors,\u201d Pakistani delegate Gul Qaiser Sarwani told the 15-member Council meeting held under Arria-Formula format named after a former Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN, Diego Arriva.
\n\u201cWithout corrective measures, developing and space-emerging countries risk long-term marginalization,\u201d said Sarwani, counsellor\/political coordinator at the Pakistan Mission to the UN. Arria-Formula meetings are informal that enable Security Council members to have a frank and private exchange of views on relevant subjects The meeting was convened by the Russian Federation.
\nIn his remarks, Sarwani reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s stand that outer space, including LEO, is the province of all humankind, not subject to national appropriation or de facto control.\u201d Technological or commercial dominance must not translate into exclusive access or regulatory advantage,\u201d he said. Pointing out that unregulated expansion of LEO\u2019s commercial activities is resulting in the concentration of orbital slots, spectrum, space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities, and economic benefits among a limited number of actors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UNITED NATIONS Pakistan called for legally-binding international instruments that ensure accountability and rule of law in outer space at a UN Security Council meeting devoted to discussing the risks of uncontrolled Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, highlighting issues like digital divides, disinformation, militarization, sovereignty threats, and space debris. \u201cThe unregulated expansion of commercial activities in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-523234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n