The 61st session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (organized by United Nations, The Outer Space Affairs)

The IAF Delegation joined the 61st session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee on 5-6 February at UNOOSA’s Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The IAF congratulated Aarti Hola-Maini on her first STSC session in her new capacity as Director of UNOOSA and reported on the status of IAF activities including the preparations for the upcoming 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024) to be held in Milan and the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2025), New Delhi, India.
The IAF VP for International Relations Anil Kumar has chaired the Workshop of the Working Group on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, during which we announced the topic for the IAF Symposium to be held in the framework of COPUOS in 2025. The event will be dedicated to the theme “Space for Climate Action” and will be an opportunity to capitalize on the findings and recommendations from GLOC 2023.
The IAF together with UNOOSA representatives and the IAC 2025 Host held their first preparatory meeting/call for the 31st edition of the UN/IAF Workshop to take place in conjunction of the 75th IAC, in Milan. The Host is currently assessing different options for signing the host country agreement.

Event link: https://www.un-spider.org/news-and-events/events/61st-session-scientific-and-technical-subcommittee-stsc-committee-peaceful