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COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES
OF
OUTER SPACE
Forty-sixth Session
Vienna, 11-20 June 2003
Agenda item 7
Third United Nations Conference on the
Exploration
and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(UNISPACE III)
Implementation of the recommendations of
the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (UNISPACE III): information received from Action Team on
Environmental Monitoring Strategy (recommendation no. 1 of UNISPACE III)
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.
Fourth meeting of the action team #1, Develop a
Comprehensive Worldwide Environmental Monitoring Strategy was held in Vienna,
Austria on Friday, 13 June 2003. The participants adopted the agenda of the
meeting as contained in Annex I.
2.
The representatives from Iran, Syria, Japan, Portugal,
Russian Federation, Mexico, Nigeria,
USA, SGAC (Space Generation Advisory Council), ISPRS (International
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and UN OOSA attended the
meeting.
3.
Dr. A. R. Loulou opened the meeting by welcoming
the participants and stressing on necessity of the contribution of the members
of the action team to implement the aims of the team.
4.
Dr. Parviz Tarikhi from the Iranian Remote
Sensing Center (IRSC) of Iran was elected as the chairman of the meeting.
5.
The participants of the meeting adopted the
draft minutes of the third meeting of the action team that was held on 20
February 2003 in the margins of the 40th meeting of the Scientific
and Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS.
6.
A report on the activities of the team for the
period from 20 February 2003 to 13 June 2003, was given by the representative
of I. R. Iran, Dr. Parviz Tarikhi (Annex II).
7.
A presentation by Mr. A. R. Loulou, the Syrian
Co-chair of the Action Team on the application of Remote Sensing to study the
desertification was presented.
8.
A presentation entitled “Global Environmental
Monitoring: Current State and Problems” was presented by Mr. Alexey Movlyav,
the Russian Co-chair of the Action Team.
9.
The representative of ISPRS noted the monitoring
of the indicators important and asked the team to include in the issues for
investigation by the team.
10.
Open discussion conducted by the meeting on the
preparation of the draft report of the Action Team based on the agreements that
has been made in the third meeting of the team.
11.
In addition to co-chairs of the action team,
Mexico, ISPRS and Japan announced their interest to contribute in compiling the
draft report of the action team for submission to the Scientific and Technical
Subcommittee by next December.
12.
ISPRS announced its readiness to schedule for
the meeting of the Action Team in the next Congress of ISPRS that will be held
in July 2004 in Istanbul, Turkey.
13.
The team
agreed to hold its fifth meeting in the margins of the 41st meeting
of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS that will be held early
on 2004. The meeting date of the team will be announced to the members after
finalizing with OOSA.
Annex
I: Agenda of the meeting
“Develop
a Comprehensive Worldwide Environmental Monitoring Strategy”
Conference
Room VII, Vienna International Center
09:00-12:00
hrs.
09:00 Opening and welcome note by one of
the chairpersons
09:05 Presentation of participants and
election of the meeting chairman
09:15 Approval
of the Agenda
09:20 Adoption
of the minutes of the third meeting, 20 February 2003
09:25 Report on the activities carried out since the third
meeting of the Action Team on 20 February 2003 by the Iranian co-chairperson of
the action team
09:35 Presentation by Mr. A. R. Loulou, the Syrian Co-chair
of the Action Team on the application of Remote Sensing to study the
desertification
09:55 Discussions and questions on the presentation of Mr.
A. R. Loulou
10:00 Presentation by Mr. Alexey Movlyav, the Russian
Co-chair of the Action Team on Global Environmental Monitoring: Current State
and Problems
10:15 Discussions
and questions on the presentation of Mr. Movlyav
10:20 Break
10:30 Open
discussions on how to prepare the draft report of the Action Team to be
submitted to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS based on the
inputs from the members and selecting a compilation team for working on and
finalizing the report
11:15 Discussion
on other expected activities as agreed by the action team, including: (a)
undertaking demonstration and pilot projects related to environmental
monitoring at national, regional and global levels, and (b) convening a global
conference with support by the United Nations.
11:40 Conclusions
11:55 Next
meeting: venue and date
12:00 Adjourn
Annex II: Report of the Iranian
Chairperson of the Action Team No. 1 to the team members
Implementation
of the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on
The
Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III)
Fourth
Meeting of the Action Team
Friday
13 June 2003
Since the third action team
meeting held on 20 February 2003 on the margins of the 40th Meeting of
Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee of the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (COPUOS), a report of which was presented to the Subcommittee of
COPUOS, some activities have been carried out a detail of which is given below:
The following members
agreed to contribute for preparation of the parts of the draft report as below:
a)
Syria, on the examples of environmental monitoring,
b)
Japan, on space technology applications,
c)
Russian Federation, on the examples of
applications and ground truth techniques.
d)
The Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, on
providing the Action Team with the information and data about the inventory of
existing strategies.
Thank you.
Annex
III: Progress Report of the Action Team No. 1 (by 6 June 2003)
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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 and Syria and Russian Federation
that 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 Remote Sensing
Center (IRSC) 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 |
· Establish Team: Contacts from Member
States an 3rd parties Apr
02 ·
Develop
first draft of Preliminary Report Jun
03 ·
Develop
draft of Assessment Report Oct
03 ·
Develop
final draft of Assessment Report Jan
04 ·
Prepare
Presentation for S&T Subcommittee Feb
04 ·
Obtain
Subcommittee inputs/direction Feb
04 |
Activities that have been carried out since the third action team meeting held on 20 February 2003 |
Since the third
action team meeting held on 20 February 2003 on the margins of the 40th
Meeting of Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee of the
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), a report of which was presented to the
Subcommittee of COPUOS, some activities have been carried out a detail of
which is given below:
Following
members agreed to contribute for preparation of the parts of the draft report
as below: a)
Syria, on the examples of environmental
monitoring, b)
Japan, on
space technology applications, c)
Russian
Federation, on the examples of applications and ground truth techniques. d)
The
Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, on providing the Action Team with the
information and data about the inventory of existing strategies.
|
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Measures that have been taken to
encourage the participation of non-governmental entities |
No
particular commitment. |