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FROM THE REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS
COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

June 1988

The Committee decided to consider at its next session the advisability of the United Nations General Assembly declaring 1992 as International Space Year. The Committee took note of the major contributions of the IAF, COSPAR and other organizations in planning an ISY and welcomed future progress reports. The Committee agreed that any effort it might undertake in respect to an ISY should be done within existing resources. Resources devoted to this activity should be provided either through agreed rearrangement of priorities in the OSAD if necessary of through voluntary contributions. The Committee recommended that the STSC should consider recommendations regarding possible activities which might be undertaken during an ISY. In this context, the proposal was made that the focus of an ISY should be on the educational aspects and the Space Applications Programme, especially involving the developing countries.