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... Desiring further that a central register of objects
launched into outer space be established and maintained, on a mandatory basis, by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, ...
... 1. When a space object is launched into earth orbit or beyond,
the launching State shall register the space object by means of an entry in an appropriate
registry which it shall maintain. Each launching State shall inform the Secretary-General
of the United Nations of the establishment of such a registry. ...
... 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall maintain a
Register in which the information furnished in accordance with article IV shall be
recorded. ...
... 1. Each State of registry shall furnish
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as soon as practicable, the following
information concerning each space object carried on its registry:
...
... 2. Each State of registry may, from time to time,
provide the Secretary-General of the United Nations with additional information concerning
a space object carried on its registry. ...
... 3. Each State of registry shall notify the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the greatest extent feasible and as soon as
practicable, of space objects concerning which it has previously transmitted information,
and which have been but no longer are in earth orbit. ...
... Whenever a space object launched into earth orbit or beyond is
marked with the designator or registration number referred to in article IV, paragraph 1
(b), or both, the State of registry shall notify the Secretary-General of this fact when
submitting the information regarding the space object in accordance with article IV. In
such case, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall record this notification in
the Register. ...
... 1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all States at
United Nations Headquarters in New York. Any State which does not sign this Convention
before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article may accede to
it at any time. ...
... 2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification by signatory
States. Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... 3. This Convention shall enter into force among the States which
have deposited instruments of ratification on the deposit of the fifth such instrument
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... Ten years after the entry into force of this Convention, the
question of the review of the Convention shall be included in the provisional agenda of
the United Nations General Assembly in order to consider, in the light of past application
of the Convention, whether it requires revision. However, at any time after the Convention
has been in force for five years, at the request of one third of the States Parties to the
Convention and with the concurrence of the majority of the States Parties, a conference of
the States Parties shall be convened to review this Convention. Such review shall take
into account in particular any relevant technological developments, including those
relating to the identification of space objects. ...
... Any State Party to this Convention may give notice of its
withdrawal from the Convention one year after its entry into force by written notification
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year
from the date of receipt of this notification. ...
... The original of this Convention, of which the
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall
be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified
copies thereof to all signatoryand acceding States. ...