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United Nations Open-ended working group on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects (“OEWG on PAROS”)

Pursuant to General Assembly decision 79/512, the General Assembly decided to convene a new open-ended working group for the period 2025–2028, which would replace the two open-ended working groups established by resolutions 78/20 and 78/238.

The General Assembly decided to task the open-ended working group to submit recommendations on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects, and that its discussions and recommendations would be informed by all the relevant General Assembly resolutions on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, including: (a) Resolution 78/20; and (b) Resolution 78/238.

Decision 79/512 decided that the Open-ended working group shall hold a two-day organizational session in Geneva in 2025, and shall meet in Geneva for two substantive sessions of five days each in 2025, two substantive sessions of five days each in 2026, two substantive sessions of five days each in 2027 and two substantive sessions of five days each in 2028.

Sessions

The organizational session of the Open-ended working group on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects was held in Geneva from 6 to 7 February 2025 in Room XVIII at the Palais des Nations.

The first substantive session was held in Geneva from 7 to 11 April 2025 in Room XVIII of the Palais des Nations.

The second substantive session was held in Geneva from 21 to 25 July 2025 in Room XVII of the Palais des Nations.

The third substantive session will be held in Geneva from 6 to 10 July 2026 in Room XVI of the Palais des Nations.

The fourth substantive session will be held in Geneva from 23 to 27 November 2026 in Room XVI of the Palais des Nations.

Digital recordings of past public meetings are available here. Live audio streaming for public meetings of the open-ended working group may be found here.

Information for Participants…………………………………………………………………………. https://meetings.unoda.org/open-ended-working-group-on-prevention-of-an-arms-race-in-outer-space-2025

June 15, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | space travel