Draft minutes of the meeting
Implementation of the Recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on
the
Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III)
1.
Fifth
meeting of the action team #1, Develop a Comprehensive Worldwide Environmental
Monitoring Strategy was held in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, 19 February 2004.
The participants adopted the agenda of the meeting as contained in Annex I.
2.
The
representatives from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Syria, Russian
Federation, India, United Kingdom, Nigeria, UNODC, UNEP, and UN OOSA attended
the meeting.
3.
Mr.
Parviz Tarikhi from the Iran Space Agency, as the chairman of the meeting
opened the meeting by welcoming the participants and expressing its gratitude
for the effort put by the members particularly Russia, Syria and Iran for
preparing the Report of the Action Team.
4.
The
participants of the meeting adopted the draft minutes of the fourth meeting of
the action team that was held on 13 June 2003 in the margins of the 46th
COPUOS Meeting.
5.
A
report on the activities of the team for the period from 13 June 2003 to 19
February 2004, was given by the co-chairman from I. R. Iran, Mr. Parviz
Tarikhi.
6.
Open
discussion conducted by the meeting on the report of the Action Team that was
submitted to the STS-COPOUS last December. The Russian co-chair of the Action
Team explained the details of the Report. The representatives from UK, UNEP,
India, and Syria commented on the report.
7.
On
undertaking the demonstration and pilot projects related to environmental
monitoring at national, regional and global levels the representatives from the
United Kingdom, Russia, India and UNEP gave the comment. Developing the
Desertification project considered as an important step in this regard.
8.
On
the convening of a global conference with support by the United Nations it is
announced that the conference will be held in conjunction with the XXth ISPRS
Congress in July 2004, in Istanbul, Turkey. The chairman of the meeting invited
all the members of the Action Team #1 to contribute for well organizing the
conference. The co-chairs of the Action Team will negotiate with ISPRS
representative and OOSA for organizing this conference.
9.
The
team agreed to hold its sixth meeting in the margins of the next COPUOS meeting
in June 2004. The time schedule of the meeting will be announced to the members
after finalizing with OOSA.
Annex I: Agenda of the
meeting
“Develop a Comprehensive
Worldwide Environmental Monitoring Strategy”
5th Meeting, Thursday, 19th
February 2004
Conference Room VII, Vienna
International Center, Vienna, Austria
09:00-12:00 hrs.
09:00 Opening and
welcome remarks by a co-chairperson
09:05 Presentation of
participants and election of the chairman of the meeting
09:15 Approval of the Agenda
09:20 Adoption of the
minutes of the fourth meeting of the Action Team, held on 13 June 2003
09:25 Report on the activities carried out
since the fourth meeting by the Iranian co-chairperson of the action team
09:35 Open discussions on the Report of the
Action Team submitted to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS
based on the inputs from the members
10:20 Break
10:30 Discussion on the expected activities
as agreed by the Action Team
(a) Undertaking demonstration
and pilot projects related to environmental monitoring at national, regional
and global levels,
10:50 Discussion on the expected activities
as agreed by the Action Team
(b) Convening of a global
conference with support by the United Nations (This conference based on the
agreements will be held in conjunction with the XXth ISPRS Congress in July
2004 in Istanbul, Turkey, and the team members are expected to discuss the
preparations for this conference at the fifth meeting of the Action Team)
11:40 Conclusions
11:55 Next meeting: venue and date
12:00 Adjourn
Annex II: Progress Report of
the Action Team No. 1 (by 23 January 2004)
Implementation of the
recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(UNISPACE III)
ACTION TEAM FOR RECOMMENDATION NO. 1"Develop a comprehensive worldwide environmental monitoring strategy" |
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State(s) leading the action team |
Iran, Syria, Russian Federation |
Members |
States: Argentina, Australia, Belarus,
Brazil, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,
Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Kingdom, United
States of America. Organizations: European Space Agency (ESA), International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Manila Observatory, Space Generation Advisory Council
(SGAC), United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (ECE), United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations International Drug
Control Program (UNDCP) Aquatic Ecosystem Health and
Management Society (AEHMS). |
Objectives |
Address the needs and requirements for use and
protection of environment through improvement and control methods approved by
different countries, and develop a comprehensive worldwide environmental
monitoring strategy for long-term global observations by building on existing
space and ground capabilities. |
Organizational structure |
Iran,
Syria and Russian Federation (joined other co-chairs since the 3rd
Meeting of the Action Team on 20 February 2003), coordinates the activities
of the action team jointly. The secretariat of the action team is in the
Iranian Space Agency (former Iranian Remote Sensing Center) based in Tehran,
Iran. |
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Principal products to be
delivered |
Note: Assessment Report should 1)
Analyze
the current structure of environment monitoring by different countries and
NGEs. 2)
Develop
a preliminary assessment of the establishment such a system technically and
economically. 3)
Clarify
the benefits, advantages and disadvantages of such a strategy. Propose a
2-year work plan beginning from March 2003 to conduct the efforts of the
team. |
Work plan |
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Activities that have been carried out since the third action team meeting held on 20 February 2003 |
Since the fourth action team meeting held on 13 June 2003 on the
margins of the 46th Meeting of Committee of the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(COPUOS), a report of which was presented to COPUOS, some activities have
been carried out a detail of which is given below:
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Measures that
have been taken to encourage the participation of non-governmental entities
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No particular commitment. |