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... Each Contracting Party which receives information or discovers that the personnel of a
spacecraft have suffered accident or are experiencing conditions of distress or have made
an emergency or unintended landing in territory under its jurisdiction or on the high seas
or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State shall immediately: ...
... (b) notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who should disseminate the
information without delay by all appropriate means of communication at his disposal. ...
... If information is received or it is discovered that the personnel of a spacecraft have
alighted on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State,
those Contracting Parties which are in a position to do so shall, if necessary, extend
assistance in search and rescue operations for such personnel to assure their speedy
rescue. They shall inform the launching authority and the Secretary-General of the United
Nations of the steps they are taking and of their progress. ...
... 1. Each Contracting Party which receives information or discovers that a space object
or its component parts has returned to Earth in territory under its jurisdiction or on the
high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State, shall notify the
launching authority and the Secretary- General of the United Nations. ...