Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99w Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 2006–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/44	Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities	1,747	93%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/51	Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities	1,648	95%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/52	Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities	1,684	83%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/251	Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities	1,542	87%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/55	Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities	1,495	87%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

2 entities

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Multilateral negotiations and deliberations on disarmament and arms limitation	9
	Programme 5	Peaceful uses of outer space	38

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

2 entities

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Multilateral negotiations and deliberations on disarmament and arms limitation	9	—
	Programme 5	Peaceful uses of outer space	38	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2023

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2023	A/78/75	Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/251

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Arms Race Confidence-Building Measures Information Exchange Outer Space Transparency in Armaments

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Stresses the importance of the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, considered by the General Assembly on 5 December 2013;

Encourages Member States to continue to review and implement, to the greatest extent practicable, the proposed transparency and confidence-building measures contained in the report, through the relevant national mechanisms, on a voluntary basis and in a manner consistent with the national interests of Member States;

Also encourages Member States, in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report, with a view to promoting the practical implementation of transparency and confidence-building measures, to hold regular discussions in the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament on the prospects for their implementation;

Requests the relevant entities and organizations of the United Nations system, to which, in accordance with its resolution 68/50, the report was circulated, to assist in effectively implementing the conclusions and recommendations contained therein, as appropriate;

Encourages the relevant entities and organizations of the United Nations system to coordinate, as appropriate, on matters related to the recommendations contained in the report;

Stresses the importance of the “Recommendations to promote the practical implementation of transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities with the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space, in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities” adopted by consensus by the Disarmament Commission and endorsed by the General Assembly;¹²

¹²Resolution 78/52.

Welcomes the joint ad hoc meetings of the First and Fourth Committees, held on 22 October 2015, 12 October 2017, 31 October 2019, 27 October 2022 and 30 October 2024, on possible challenges to space security and sustainability, convened in accordance with the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities and its resolutions 69/38, 71/90, 73/72, 73/91 of 7 December 2018, 76/55 and 78/52, and the substantive exchanges of opinions on various aspects of security in outer space that took place during the meetings;

Decides to convene a joint half-day panel discussion of the Disarmament and International Security Committee (First Committee) and the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) to address possible challenges to space security and sustainability, and to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Joint panel discussion of the First and Fourth Committees on possible challenges to space security and sustainability”;

Calls upon Member States and the relevant entities and organizations of the United Nations system to support the implementation of the full range of conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities and in the “Recommendations to promote the practical implementation of transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities with the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space, in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities”;

Recalls the report of the Secretary-General on transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities in the United Nations system, which contains summaries of the submissions received from Member States giving their views on transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities,¹³ as well as the practical implementation of such measures contained in the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities of 2013;¹⁴

¹³A/72/65 and A/72/65/Add.1.

¹⁴A/78/75.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities”.

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