Space Generation
OBJECTIVES:
As an international organisation with national branches in each United Nations member state ("State"), the purpose of the organisation shall be to implement the recommendation of the 'The Space Millennium:
Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development' “to create, within the framework of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, a consultative mechanism to facilitate the continued participation of young people from all over the world, especially young people from developing countries and young women, in cooperative space-related activities” adopted by the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III) held in Vienna from 19 to 30 July 1999 and endorsed by the Fifty-fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly on February 11th 2000 (A/RES/54/68), by:
a. Establishing a forum for dialogue on space-related issues between the youths of the world and the
United Nations – in particular through the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN OOSA) –
and any entities involved in the peaceful uses of outer space;
b. Mobilising the creativity, enthusiasm and vigour of the youth of the world to contribute to the
advancement of humankind through the peaceful uses of outer space;
c. Facilitating and leading the implementation of the strategies set forth in the Space Generation
Forum Technical Report (A/CONF.184/L.14);
d. To present a unified youth vision on space issues and the future of humanity to politicians,
decision makers, and all other spheres of influence;
e. To facilitate and encourage layer two networks (national, international organisations) to work
together on common policies, strategies, and goals towards implementing the next steps for humanity in space.
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