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... (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, owing to accident, distress, emergency or unintended landing, the personnel of a
spacecraft land in territory under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party, it shall
immediately take all possible steps to rescue them and render them all necessary
assistance. It shall inform the launching authority and also the Secretary-General of the
United Nations of the steps it is taking and of their progress. If assistance by the
launching authority would help to effect a prompt rescue or would contribute substantially
to the effectiveness of search and rescue operations, the launching authority shall co-
operate with the Contracting Party with a view to the effective conduct of search and
rescue operations. Such operations shall be subject to the direction and control of the
Contracting Party, which shall act in close and continuing consultation with the launching
authority. ...
... 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. ...
... 6. This Agreement shall be registered by the Depositary Governments pursuant to Article
102 of the Charter of the United Nations. ...