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.
Sixth
meeting of the action team #1, Develop a Comprehensive Worldwide Environmental
Monitoring Strategy was held in Vienna, Austria on Friday, 4 June 2004. The
participants adopted the agenda of the meeting as in Annex I.
2.
The
representatives from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Syria, Russian
Federation, ISPRS and UN OOSA attended the meeting.
3.
Mr.
Alexey Movlyav from the Sovinformsputnik, 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 Syria, Iran and Russia for preparing the
Report of the Action Team.
4.
The
participants of the meeting adopted the draft minutes of the fifth meeting of
the action team that was held on 19 February 2004 in the margins of the 41st
STS-COPUOS Meeting (Annex II).
5.
Open
discussion conducted by the meeting on the interaction with GEO Group and
contribution to its effort.
6.
The
issue of the proposed pilot projects was also discussed by the meeting and the
plan for implementing of the projects especially the funding is considered very
important. The issue of contribution from OOSA and the feedback from it is also
recognized essential.
7.
The
team agreed to hold its seventh meeting in the margins of the next STS-COPUOS
meeting in 2005. 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”
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 fifth meeting, 19 February 2004
09:25 Report on the activities carried out since
the fifth meeting of the Action Team on 19 February 2004 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
and the way ahead
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 a global conference with support by
the United Nations
11:40 Conclusions
11:55 next meeting: venue and date
12:00
Adjourn
Annex II: The Draft Minutes
of the 5th Meeting of the Action Team number 1
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)
8.
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.
9.
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.
10.
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.
11.
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.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
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.
16.
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.