32ND UNGA OUTER SPACE DRAFT RESOLUTION ( + UFO ).

[Terry W. Colvin]

R 210017Z SEP 77
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5534
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UNCLAS LIMITED OFFICIAL USE USUN 3176
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: UN OS
SUBJECT: 32ND UNGA OUTER SPACE DRAFT RESOLUTION
REF: USUN 3130; HIRSCH/STEWART TELCON
1. MISSION COMMENTS/ANALYSIS ON SECOND VERSION OF OUTER SPACE
DRAFT RESOLUTION TRANSMITTED REFTEL ARE AS FOLOWS.
2. THIRD PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH : SUGGESTION A) IS PROPOSED BY THE FRG;
B) BY THE USSR.
3. FIFTH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH: THIS HAS BEEN INSERTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTER SPACE TREATY. IT WAS DECIDED TO
RETAIN OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 CALLING ON STATES TO BECOME PARTIES TO
THE OUTER SPACE TREATY AND SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS BUT ALSO TO TRANSMIT
TO THE 32ND UNGA THE SEPARATE RESOLUTION NOTING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE OST AS APPROVED BY THE OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE THIS SUMMER.
4. THIRD OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH: ON DBS, OUR PROPOSAL TO DELETE THE
WORDS IN BRACKETS RECEIVED NO SUPPORT. THE TWO ALTERNATIVE FORMU-
LATIONS WERE PROPOSED BY SWEDEN SHICH DREW ON PARA 20 OF THE OSC
REPORT FOR B).
5. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 4B): ON THE MOON TREATY, THE NEW LANGUAGE
IS AN EFFORT TO MEET ITALY'S REQUEST TO REFER TO PROPOSALS FOR
THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
6. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 5 A) II: ON REMOTE SENSING, ITALY HAS
PROPOSED THE DELETION OF ALL LANGUAGE AFTER THE PHRASE "EARTH
FROM SPACE". ON A) III, RE THE GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT, AUSTRALIA
AND CANADA PROPOSED DELETION OF THIS SUB- PARAGRAPH WHILE
BRAZIL AND KENYRA WANT TO RETAIN THE TEXT AS IT IS.
7. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 8: CANADA AND ITALY PROPOSED THE NEW
LANGUAGE WHICH, BY REFERRING TO PARA 75 OF THE OSC REPORT, IS
MORE EXPLICIT ABOUT THE TASK FORCE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE; BRAZIL
AND AUSTRIA FAVOR THE ORIGINAL TEXT.
8. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 10B): PROPOSED BY ITALY
9. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 14
FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAFT RE WMO HAS BEEN DELETED.
10. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 15: RE NEW PROJECTS IN OUTER SPACE
ACTIVITIES, SOVIET DEL SMIRNOV HAS ASKED OUR SUPPORT FOR SOVIET
SUGGESTION TO DELETE THE REFERENCE TO CONSIDERATION OF NEW
PROJECTS -- I.E., THE SOVIETS WANT TO END THE SENTENCE WITH
THE WORDS "GENERAL ASSEMBLY." SMIRNOV SAYS HE IS CONCERNED THAT
GRENADA'S PROPOSAL ON UFO'S WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE OUTER SPACE
COMMITTEE. THIS SEEMS DISINGENUOUS.
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