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... Recognizing the need to elaborate effective international rules and procedures
concerning liability for damage caused by space objects and to ensure, in particular, the
prompt payment under the terms of this Convention of a full and equitable measure of
compensation to victims of such damage, ...
... A claim for compensation for damage shall be presented to a launching State through
diplomatic channels. If a State does not maintain diplomatic relations with the launching
State concerned, it may request another State to present its claim to that launching State
or otherwise represent its interests under this Convention. It may also present its claim
through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, provided the claimant State and the
launching State are both Members of the United Nations. ...
... 2. Nothing in this Convention shall prevent a State, or natural or juridical persons it
might represent, from pursuing a claim in the courts or administrative tribunals or
agencies of a launching State. A State shall not, however, be entitled to present a claim
under this Convention in respect of the same damage for which a claim is being pursued in
the courts or administrative tribunals or agencies of a launching State or under another
international agreement which is binding on the States concerned. ...
... If no settlement of a claim is arrived at through diplomatic negotiations as provided
for in Article IX, within one year from the date on which the claimant State notifies the
launching State that it has submitted the documentation of its claim, the parties
concerned shall establish a Claims Commission at the request of either party. ...
... 1. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect other international agreements in
force in so far as relations between the States Parties to such agreements are concerned. ...