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... Recalling the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, the
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects
Launched into Outer Space, the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by
Space Objects, and the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, ...
... 2. For the purposes of this Agreement reference to the moon shall include orbits around
or other trajectories to or around it. ...
... All activities on the moon, including its exploration and use, shall be carried out in
accordance with international law, in particular the Charter of the United Nations, and
taking into account the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly
Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United
Nations, adopted by the General Assembly on 24 October 1970, in the interest of
maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and
mutual understanding, and with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other
States Parties. ...
... 1. States Parties shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations as well as
the public and the international scientific community, to the greatest extent feasible and
practicable, of their activities concerned with the exploration and use of the moon.
Information on the time, purposes, locations, orbital parameters and duration shall be
given in respect of each mission to the moon as soon as possible after launching, while
information on the results of each mission, including scientific results, shall be
furnished upon completion of the mission. In the case of a mission lasting more than sixty
days, information on conduct of the mission, including any scientific results, shall be
given periodically, at thirty-day intervals. For missions lasting more than six months,
only significant additions to such information need be reported thereafter. ...
... 1. States Parties shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations as well as
the public and the international scientific community, to the greatest extent feasible and
practicable, of their activities concerned with the exploration and use of the moon.
Information on the time, purposes, locations, orbital parameters and duration shall be
given in respect of each mission to the moon as soon as possible after launching, while
information on the results of each mission, including scientific results, shall be
furnished upon completion of the mission. In the case of a mission lasting more than sixty
days, information on conduct of the mission, including any scientific results, shall be
given periodically, at thirty-day intervals. For missions lasting more than six months,
only significant additions to such information need be reported thereafter. ...
... 3. In carrying out activities under this Agreement, States Parties shall promptly
inform the Secretary-General, as well as the public and the international scientific
community, of any phenomena they discover in outer space, including the moon, which could
endanger human life or health, as well as of any indication of organic life. ...
... 2. Stations shall be installed in such a manner that they do not impede the free access
to all areas of the moon of personnel, vehicles and equipment of other States Parties
conducting activities on the moon in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or
of article I of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. ...
... 1. States Parties shall adopt all practicable measures to safeguard the life and health
of persons on the moon. For this purpose they shall regard any person on the moon as an
astronaut within the meaning of article V of the Treaty on Principles Governing the
Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies and as part of the personnel of a spacecraft within the meaning of
the Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of
Objects Launched into Outer Space. ...
... 3. Neither the surface nor the subsurface of the moon, nor any part thereof or natural
resources in place, shall become property of any State, international intergovernmental or
non- governmental organization, national organization or non-governmental entity or of any
natural person. The placement of personnel, space vehicles, equipment, facilities,
stations and installations on or below the surface of the moon, including structures
connected with its surface or subsurface, shall not create a right of ownership over the
surface or the subsurface of the moon or any areas thereof. The foregoing provisions are
without prejudice to the international r‚gime referred to in paragraph 5 of this
article. ...
... 5. States Parties to this Agreement hereby undertake to establish an international
r‚gime, including appropriate procedures, to govern the exploitation of the natural
resources of the moon as such exploitation is about to become feasible. This provision
shall be implemented in accordance with article 18 of this Agreement. ...
... 2. States Parties recognize that detailed arrangements concerning liability for damage
caused on the moon, in addition to the provisions of the Treaty on Principles Governing
the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies and the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by
Space Objects, may become necessary as a result of more extensive activities on the moon.
Any such arrangements shall be elaborated in accordance with the procedure provided for in
article 18 of this Agreement. ...
... With the exception of articles 17 to 21, references in this Agreement to States shall
be deemed to apply to any international intergovernmental organization which conducts
space activities if the organization declares its acceptance of the rights and obligations
provided for in this Agreement and if a majority of the States members of the organization
are States Parties to this Agreement and to the Treaty on Principles Governing the
Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies. States members of any such organization which are States Parties
to this Agreement shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that the organization makes a
declaration in accordance with the foregoing. ...
... Ten years after the entry into force of this Agreement, the question of the review of
the Agreement shall be included in the provisional agenda of the General Assembly of the
United Nations in order to consider, in the light of past application of the Agreement,
whether it requires revision. However, at any time after the Agreement has been in force
for five years, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as depository, shall, at the
request of one third of the States Parties to the Agreement and with the concurrence of
the majority of the States Parties, convene a conference of the States Parties to review
this Agreement. A review conference shall also consider the question of the implementation
of the provisions of article 11, paragraph 5, on the basis of the principle referred to in
paragraph 1 of that article and taking into account in particular any relevant
technological developments. ...