U.S. Statement – Agenda Item 6 – 65th Session of the COPUOS LSC – April 2026

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U.S. Statement as prepared for U.S. Representative Katie King – Agenda Item 6 – STATUS AND APPLICATION OF THE FIVE UNITED NATIONS TREATIES ON OUTER SPACE, AND WAYS AND MEANS, INCLUDING CAPACITY-BUILDING, TO PROMOTE THEIR APPLICATION
Vienna, Austria, April 16, 2026

Thank you, Chair.  The United States reiterates the view that the four core outer space treaties serve the international community well and enable the peaceful use of space for all.

We thank the Secretariat for its efforts to raise awareness and build capacity on space law around

the world.  We appreciate the “Space Law for New Space Actors” project and are pleased to contribute with experts to technical advisory missions.  The United States works with partners globally to provide technical assistance that complements the Secretariat’s goals.  In Africa, where over 50 countries just launched the African Space Agency and many are actively developing their own civil and commercial space sectors, the United States is organizing a series of technical and regulatory training sessions to promote the U.S. commercial space industry – and our approach to regulating it – as the gold standard for innovation.  The United States is also actively consulting with the European Commission and EU member states to ensure that the proposed, draft EU Space Act ultimately aligns transatlantic regulatory frameworks, avoids duplicative regulations, and enables shared economic prosperity.

My delegation expresses sincere appreciation for Chair Franziska Knur’s efforts to improve the implementation and application of the four core outer space treaties.  We support the Chair’s efforts to improve the implementation of Article XI of the Outer Space Treaty, by which States Parties share information on their space activities.  With new technologies like in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM), space debris remediation, commercial LEO destinations, and many other novel innovations increasingly coming to fruition, humanity is just starting to unlock the true potential of outer space.  To continue unlocking this potential, however, we need to ensure a viable space environment that remains safe and sustainable for our space assets and, most critically important, the growing number of humans in orbit. This includes supporting efforts to facilitate greater sharing of information by States Parties to fulfill Article XI obligations and keep space activities safe, sustainable, and transparent.

Our delegation recalls our two recent Article XI submissions from 2024 and 2025, which provided certain lunar mission data parameters.  We plan to provide more submissions in 2026.  These notifications are also in furtherance of a decision by Artemis Accords signatories to share standardized pre-launch information on lunar landing missions in a standardized format, and also advance safe and sustainable space operations.  It is important to build flexibility and discretion into the way States Parties implement Article XI, and we reiterate our commitment to work constructively with the working group chair to find the best path forward.

Thank you, Chair.

U.S. Statement – Agenda Item 6 – 65th Session of the COPUOS LSC

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