Committee on the Peaceful
Uses of Outer Space
Legal Subcommittee *
Sixty-first session
Vienna, 28 March–8 April 2022
Item 6 of the provisional agenda**
Status and application of the five United Nations
treaties on outer space
Status of International Agreements relating to activities in
outer space as at 1 January 2022
A. United Nations treaties1
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1967 OST Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies
(Outer Space Treaty)
Adoption by
the General Assembly: 19 December 1966
(resolution 2222 (XXI))
Opened for signature: 27 January 1967 in
London, Moscow and Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 10 October 1967
Depositaries: Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and United States of America
(Sources: 18 UST2
2410; TIAS3
6347; 610 UNTS4
205)
https://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2022/aac_105c_22022crp/aac_105c_22022crp_10_0_html/AAC105_C2_2022_CRP10E.pdf
https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/outerspacetreaty.html