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URL:https://ploughshares.ca/events/a-vibe-check-on-space-security-diplomac
 y-progress-or-more-spinning-wheels/
SUMMARY:A Vibe Check on Space Security Diplomacy: Progress or More Spinning
  Wheels?
DESCRIPTION:Senior Researcher Jessica West will participate in a webinar\, 
 hosted by Secure World Foundation (SWF)\, on the United Nations Open Ended
  Working Group (OEWG) on Reducing Space Threats\, October 26.\nSpace secur
 ity discussions within the United Nations have been taking place since the
  early 1980s\,although without much progress. Over the last several years 
 there has been an attempt to reboot these discussions by shifting them fro
 m debating definitions and prohibitions on space weapons to discussions on
  broader space threats and responsible or irresponsible behavior.\nIn 2021
 \, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted to convene an Open-End
 ed Working Group (OEWG) on “Reducing space threats through norms\, rules
  and principles of responsible behaviours.” The OEWG on Reducing Space T
 hreats held four week-long meetings across 2022 and 2023 that included mor
 e than seventy countries and featured some of the first substantive discus
 sions on space security since the 2011Group of Governmental Experts on Tra
 nsparency and Confidence-building Measures in Outer Space Activities. The 
 OEWG completed in August 2023 without having reached consensus on a summar
 y report of their discussions\, let alone agreement on ways to address the
 se critical issues. Concurrently\, the United States launched a new initia
 tive with a voluntary moratorium on destructive direct ascent anti-satelli
 te (DA-ASAT) missile testing\, which has since garnered additional pledges
  from 34 additional countries.\nPlease join SWF for a webinar to discuss a
 s we bring together a virtual panel of experts to discuss what happened du
 ring the OEWG\, why it was important\, and what the next steps might be.
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CATEGORIES:Webinar
LOCATION:https://streamyard.com/watch/gnc7v2c6x44s?mc_cid=318c197ef1&mc_eid
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