Attack delegates in a no forum on peaceful space uses, Amina Mohammed has urged greater international cooperation when the world is increasingly depending on satellites for everything, from the response to disasters to climate surveillance.
“” Space is not the final border. This is the foundation of our present“She said.
“Without satellites in open orbit at the moment, global food systems would collapse in a few weeks. Emergency speakers would lose their living lines. Climatologists would fly blind. And our hopes to achieve the Sustainable development objectives (ODD) would be out of reach, “she added.
Expansion of access to space
For nearly seven decades, the United Nations Committee on Pacific Space Use – The official name of the Forum, has advanced international cooperation through five spaces treatedGuidelines on sustainability and Space 2030 Agenda.
Ms. Mohammed underlined the United Nations efforts through the Office of External Space Affairs (OOSA), helping to make space more accessible – especially for half of the Member States of the UN which still lack an orbit satellite.
OOSA programs are opening opportunities for young people and women in developing countries, cultivating a new, more inclusive generation of space leaders.
It also helps countries strengthen their spatial capacities through technical workshops and help for emerging programs, having helped Kenya, Guatemala, Moldova and Mauritius to launch their first satellites.
Likewise, this helps countries like Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago and Ghana, use satellite data to create detailed digital models from whole cities, allowing a faster disaster response and save lives.
Sustainable space and development
Costs of the fourth international conference on Development financing in SevilleSpain, Ms. Mohammed stressed that the areas that the UN define as essential for the acceleration of sustainable development all depend on space technologies.
She also relayed a critical message from the conference: “At a constrained investment time, we must align capital with solutions with high impact,” she said. “Space is one of them. »»
“” The view from space does not show any country, no borders – a single shared planet, a common house. Let this perspective guide you when you build governance executives for exploration and use of space, ”she concluded.
“” Let’s make space a catalyst to reach the SDGs. »»
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
