Ruti G. Teitel
Jun 1, 2004
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Journal of Human Rights
Abstract
On a continuing basis in the past twenty five years we have reported on the long-term initiative of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications of the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the United Nations, known under the term ‘basic space science’, covering the three pillars of research, education, and applications of fundamental knowledge for the benefit of human kind. The research part of this initiative was exercised through annual United Nations workshops, hosted and supported by member States and their respective space agencies (http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/bssi/ index.html). The education part was exercised through UN-affiliated Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education (http:// www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/regional-centres/index.html). The time range of this initiative extended from 1990 to 2015 with most recent activities hosted by Austria (http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ ourwork/psa/schedule/2014/ austrian_symposium_space_science.html) and Japan (http://aas.org/ posts/news/2015/03/report-unjapan-workshop-space-weather).