Distr.: General 8 October 2017 English only Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development Twenty-first session Bangkok, 9-12 October 2017 Item 5 of the provisional agenda * Consideration of the draft outline of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) Summary Draft outline of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) ** The Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, 2012-2017, under which the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) has been implemented over the last few years, is reaching its completion. At its twentieth session, the Intergovernmental Consultatitve Committee on RESAP encouraged all member countries to provide guidance to the secretariat on the development of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030). It requested the secretariat to begin work on an initial draft. In their declaration on applications of space technology to support implementation of the 2030 Agenda, space leaders assembled at the Asia-Pacific Space Leaders Forum, held back-to-back with the twentieth session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on RESAP, supported the preparation of the new Plan of Action by the ESCAP secretariat and recommended that it focused on how space technology applications could support the regional implementation of the global development agenda. The Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030), containing a strategy and implementation plan for the continuation of RESAP in line with the global development agenda, is now under preparation. The Committee is invited to review, discuss and provide its comments on the draft outline of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) and its roadmap for adoption, as contained in the present document. * E/ESCAP/ICC(21)1 ** This document is being issued without formal editing.
I. Background 1. Pursuant to a recommendation of the twentieth session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP), held in connection with the Asia-Pacific Space Leaders Forum in 2016, the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) (the Plan of Action) has been under development in consultation with relevant stakeholders. Based on a working paper prepared by the secretariat, 1 the ICC made a number of key recommendations for drafting the plan. 2 3 2. The seventy-third session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific considered the role of space applications for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and was informed about the work of the ICC at its twentieth session and about the status of the work on the Plan of Action. 4 3. The draft outline of the new Plan of Action is presented in this document. II. RESAP Plans of Action 4. The first phase of the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) was launched on the basis of a resolution adopted by the First Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, held in Beijing, China, in 1994. It adopted the Beijing Declaration on Space Technology Applications for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, the Strategy for Regional Cooperation in Space Applications for Sustainable Development, and the Action Plan on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. 5. The Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, held in Delhi, India, in 1999, launched the second phase of RESAP (RESAP II). It adopted the Delhi Declaration on Space Technology Applications in Asia and the Pacific for Improved Quality of Life in the New Millennium and the Strategy and Action Plan on Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific for the New Millennium. 6. Following the postponement of the Third Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, planned to be held in 2007, the ICC decided at its thirteenth session in 2009 to shift the focus of RESAP from a sectoral to a thematic approach, focusing on four pillar areas to which space applications can make substantive contributions: (a) disaster reduction; natural 1 UNESCAP, Working Paper, Towards a new Asia-Pacific strategy for using space applications to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: an opportunity for the space community to shape a sustainable future, http://www.unescap.org/resources/towards-new-asia-pacific-strategy-using-spaceapplications-support-2030-agenda-sustainable. 2 UNESCAP, Summary Meeting Report of the 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development for Asia and the Pacific (RESAP), New Delhi, India, 31 October-1 November 2016, http://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/final%20report_20thicc.pdf. 3 E/ESCAP/73/20, paras. 27-30. 4 E/ESCAP/73/20. 2
resources management, (b) climate change adaptation, (c) community e-centres, and (d) connectivity. 7. Since 2013, the implementation of RESAP has been guided by the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, 2012-2017. 8. With this latest Plan of Action reaching its completion, a new Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) is now under preparation. 9. Reviewing the history of RESAP, its past strategies and plans of action, and its successes and failures in implementing the plans and meeting the goals and objectives stated therein will provide important input for preparing the next Plan of Action. 10. The relevant document references are included in the annex to the present document. III. RESAP Vision, Mission and Goal 11. Any action plan should be based on a vision that describes the desired outcome of the plan. The mission describes how the vision should be achieved. 12. Vision: All countries in the Asia-Pacific region can access and use space science, technology and their applications to the fullest extent to meet their individual needs for achieving the goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 13. Mission: ESCAP together with its member States will work towards this vision by implementing the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) as the Asia-Pacific region s central framework for the coordination of regional space cooperation in support of the Regional Roadmap for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 14. Goal: To obtain mandate from ESCAP member States for the RESAP vision and mission, with RESAP to be implemented on the basis of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030). IV. Definition of terms 15. For the purpose of the present document, we define the following terms: 16. Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP): a programme implemented by the members of the RESAP Network. 17. Space Applications: includes applications of space science and technology and in a wider sense also the technology and infrastructure necessary for implementing these applications. Applications also include geo-spatial applications making use of Earth Observation satellite data. 18. RESAP Network: encompasses the ESCAP Secretariat, where the immediate responsibility for implementing RESAP is with the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division, the RESAP member States and RESAP partners, which include governmental as well as non-governmental organizations. 3
V. Structure of the Plan of Action 19. The Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) covers the period 2018 to 2030, which has been chosen to align the Plan of Action with the global development agenda. 20. Following the past approaches, it is proposed that the Plan of Action will encompass a strategy for RESAP, covering the period 2018 to 2030, and a set of staggered work plans, covering shorter periods of up to four years. A. Strategy 21. The strategy will define vision, mission, scope, objectives and expected outcomes. It will link RESAP to the mandate of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and its conference structure and to the regional implementation of the global development agenda, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Paris Agreement for Climate Change. 22. Sustainable development is the biggest challenge facing humankind and human innovation and technology, including space technology, will be essential for helping to overcome the numerous hurdles that mark the path towards meeting the global development goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 23. The mandate of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is to promote regional cooperation for inclusive economic and social development in the Asian and Pacific region. ESCAP's role as a regional development arm of the United Nations Secretariat is to support its membership, through its analytical, normative and technical cooperation, to respond to the development priorities and changing needs of the Asian and Pacific region. The key objectives are to: (a) foster economic integration at the subregional and regional levels; (b) promote the regional implementation of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; and (c) support regional sustainable development by helping to bridge economic, social and environmental gaps among member States and subregions. 24. The ICC at its twentieth session recommended that the Plan of Action should also reflect strategies specific to the Asia-Pacific region and its subregions, including those based on the following ESCAP resolutions: (a) Resolution 71/12. Strengthening regional mechanisms for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Asia and the Pacific, (b) Resolution 73/3. Advancing integrated and seamless connectivity for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, (c) Resolution 73/7. Enhancing regional cooperation for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Asia and the Pacific, (d) Resolution 73/9. on the Regional road map for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, and the (e) SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway. 5 25. The strategy will take into account the full range of space science, technology and applications that allow member States to meet their needs for using benefits in support of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It should also take into account new technologies and applications that are already known to become available or operational in the 2018-2030 period. It shall help member States to integrate space 5 General Assembly resolution 69/15, annex. 4
technology with national planning for sustainable development, following a regional approach. 26. The strategy will seek alignment with the global and regional frameworks for cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space, including: (a) United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, (b) United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and its regional committee for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), (c) Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO), and the (d) Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF). In doing so, the strategy should contribute to reduce duplication, enhance regional cooperation and harmonize regional initiatives. 27. With the same aim, the strategy will also engage with the work of other relevant United Nations bodies, including the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the entities of the United Nations system represented in the United Nations Inter- Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities (UN-Space). 28. In June 2018, the international space community will gather in Vienna for UNISPACE+50, a special segment of the sixty-first session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, open to all member States of the United Nations. UNISPACE+50 will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and will consider the future course of global space cooperation for the benefit of humankind. 29. The main outcome of UNISPACE+50 will be a comprehensive Space2030 agenda, which will take the form of a draft resolution to be adopted by the General Assembly. This will thus be unique opportunity for the Asia-Pacific region to contribute to the Space 2030 agenda with its Plan of Action. Vice-versa, the timing of the planned third Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, should also allow it to consider relevant provisions of the Space2030 agenda in the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action. B. Work plans 30. As it is linked to the global development agenda, the RESAP strategy is expected to remain static. By introducing the concept of staggered, adaptable and flexible fouryear work plans, we provide room for RESAP evaluation and review, evolution and growth. 31. The proposed staggered four-year work or implementation plans could cover the following periods: (a) Phase 1: 2018-2022, (b) Phase (2): 2022-2026, and (c) Phase (3) 2026-2030. 32. The work plans will describe in detail the analytic, normative and technical cooperation activities in line with the overall RESAP strategy. 33. The work plans will seek coordination with already ongoing initiatives to avoid duplication and to optimize the use of resources. 34. The work plans will prioritise activities where the RESAP network can add value and make a real difference towards moving to the RESAP vision, versus just showing presence. It may be worthwhile to consider the idea of the Minimum Common Programme, proposed for RESAP II. 5
35. The work plans could also include elements of Results Based Management principles, such as the Space for Development Profile and Space Solutions Compendium proposed by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and linked to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. This would could allow to quantitatively measure the progress towards implementing the work plans. 36. The progress with the work plans will be reviewed annually by the ICC, which will report its findings to the ESCAP Commission at its annual sessions. 37. At the end of each four-year work plan an evaluation of the completed work can be conducted. The subsequent work plan phase will take into account lessons learned from the preceding phase. 38. A Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific could be held in 2018, 2022, 2026 and 2030, respectively, to review the overall strategy and achievements and to launch the next work plan phase. VI. Identifying key priority areas 39. The ICC at its twentieth session recommended that the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) should encompass interventions at the international, regional and national levels and elaborate on key priority areas of work for the Regional Space Applications Programme. It should identify modes of implementation, potential partners, reporting structures and stakeholder groups to be involved. In addition, it should formalize commitments from member States, donors and the United Nations on the means of implementation, along with the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders, as necessary. 6 40. Today, practically every country in the Asia and the Pacific region uses space science, technology and its applications in one or another form. However, the level to which space benefits are operationally integrated into public and private infrastructures and into the policy- and decision-making process, remains highly imbalanced among countries in the region. RESAP was established in 1994 with the aim to help bridge the gap. 41. To help define the key priority areas for the initial four-year work plan, different approaches can be taken: (a) conducting an issues, gaps and needs analysis, (b) use guidance from existing RESAP thematic priorities, (c) use guidance from the Regional Road Map for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, and (d) guidance from the space community. A. Issues, gaps and needs analysis 42. Past Plans of Action were based on a detailed analysis of issues in the region. In particular, such analyses have been conducted in preparation for the Ministerial Conferences on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. 43. The secretariat has conducted a survey on the use, needs, gaps and challenges faced by Asia-Pacific countries in accessing and effectively using space applications (2017 RESAP Survey) 7. The survey results indicate that there have been many achievements, but that there also still unmet needs and gaps that remain to be bridged and that several 6 E/ESCAP/73/20, para 30. 7 E/ESCAP/ICC(21)/3. 6
States continue to face challenges to adopt space technology and its applications for operational use. While much progress has been made, space activities have also evolved and there is a continuing need for RESAP to bring space benefits to all countries in the region. 44. The secretariat plans to conduct an independent external evaluation of the work of RESAP under the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, 2012-2017. Ideally this evaluation should be extended to include a review of the work of RESAP since its beginnings. B. Existing RESAP thematic priorities 45. In 2006-2009, RESAP shifted from a sectoral approach, based on the underlying space technology, to a more limited thematic approach. Presently RESAP is focused on disaster risk reduction, drought monitoring on the use of geospatial information. 46. The ICC at its twentieth session identified three pillars as priority areas of focus for utilizing space applications for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia-Pacific region: (a) disaster risk reduction and resilience, including slow-onset disasters, such as drought, which affect food security as well as the prevalence and depth of poverty, (b) management of natural resources, including urban development, freshwater management, land use and ecosystem services, oceans and fisheries, and air quality and monitoring the atmosphere, and (c) geospatial information for development, including services for health and education and national spatial data infrastructures. 8 C. Regional Roadmap for Implementing the 2030 Agenda 47. The Regional road map for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, identifies a number of priority areas or regional cooperation for the means of implementation and partnerships, as well as six thematic issues that correspond to major challenges still faced in our region, that space applications can support. The priority areas of cooperation are (a) data and statistics, (b) technology, (c) finance, (d) policy coherence, and (e) North-South, South-South, international and regional partnerships. The thematic issues are (a) leaving no one behind, (b) disaster risk reduction and resilience, (c) climate change, (d) management of natural resources, (e) connectivity for the 2030 Agenda, and (f) energy. D. Guidance from the space community 48. The regional and global space community is actively engaging with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through various initiative. The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) are implementing a range of activities related to the contributions of space-based Earth Observation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Regional space cooperation frameworks, including APSCO and APRSAF are linked to these activities. The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) is aiming to bring together geospatial experts with national statistical institutes to build capacity for the use of satellite data in support of the SDG indicator framework with the aim to link statistics and geospatial information to help measure some of the key indicators of the SDGs. 8 E/ESCAP/73/20, para 29. 7
VII. Implementation 49. The proposed Plan of Action will be implemented through the coordinated efforts of all members of the RESAP network. 50. The secretariat, as one of the members of the RESAP network, will also seek to engage more closely with relevant ESCAP divisions, in particular Environment and Development, Statistics, Trade, Investment and Innovation, Transport and Energy and with the relevant Committees. 51. In preparing the Plan of Action it will be helpful to review the existing RESAP network and consider how the network could be further strengthened, in line with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee at its twentieth session. 9 52. Throughout its history, RESAP has employed various working groups in various configurations, to implement its work. The establishment or reconfiguration of the existing working groups may have to be considered in line with the key priority areas identified. 53. The means of implementation include: (a) regional cooperation, (b) capacity building, (c) institutional development, (d) financing, (e) technology, and (f) policy coherence, and will be detailed in the Plan of Action. VIII. Proposed roadmap for adopting the Plan of Action 54. Based on the comments received at the present session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee, the draft outline of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) will be further refined. 55. The secretariat will consult with the RESAP network and other stakeholders to finalize the draft Plan of Action. The status of work will be presented to relevant regional and international space-related cooperation platforms, including the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Group on Earth Observations, the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and its Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), and the twenty-fourth session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-24). 56. The draft Plan of Action will be submitted for its consideration to the seventyfourth session of the Commission in May 2018, which will adopt a resolution for holding the Third Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. 57. The draft Plan of Action will contribute to the Space2030 agenda, the anticipated outcome of UNISPACE+50, to be held in June 2018. 10 58. The draft Plan of Action will be finalized during the twenty-second session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee, which could be held alongside the second 9 E/ESCAP//73/20, para. 28 (d) and (e). 10 See A/AC.105/2017/CRP.5, UNISPACE+50: Scope and organization; status of preparations, http://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2017/aac_1052017crp/aac_1052017crp _5_0_html/AC105_2017CRP05E.pdf. 8
session of the ESCAP Committee on Information and Communications Technology, Science, Technology and Innovation, to be held in August 2018. 59. The final draft Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) would be presented for its adoption to the third Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Space Applications 11, which is proposed to be held in late 2018 or in early 2019 and would subsequently by endorsed by the seventy-fifth session of the Commission in 2019. IX. Issues for consideration 60. The Committee is invited to review, discuss and provide its comments on the draft outline of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) and its roadmap for adoption, as presented in this document, including, but not limited to the following items: a. Vision, mission, goals and objectives; b. Structure of the Plan of Action; c. Definition of key priority areas; d. Relevant regional and global frameworks; e. Implementation means and plans; f. Other issues for consideration under the Plan of Action. 11 Resolution 69/11 on the Implementation of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, 2012-2017. 9
Annex - Reference documents The following documents provide useful guidance for the development of the Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030): Plan of Action for Space Applications (2018-2030) E/ESCAP/73/20, Space applications for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (containing the Declaration by Asia-Pacific Space Leaders on Applications of Space Technology to support implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development), submitted to the 73 rd session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1 March 2017. Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development, 20 th Session, New Delhi, India, Summary Meeting Report, 31 October to 1 November 2016. Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development, 20 th Session, New Delhi, India, Progress Report by the Secretariat, 31 October to 1 November 2016. Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development, 20 th Session, and Asia-Pacific Space Leaders Forum, New Delhi, India, Towards a new Asia-Pacific strategy for using space applications to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: an opportunity for the space community to shape a sustainable future, 31 October to 2 November 2016. Asia-Pacific Plan of Action, 2012-2017 E/ESCAP/69/L.6, Resolution 69/11, Implementation of the Asia-Pacific Plan of Action for Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, 2012-2017, Fifth plenary meeting, 1 May 2013. Planned Ministerial Conference on Space Applications (not held), 2007 E/ESCAP/MCSA(3)/SO/1, Review of the Implementation of the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 17 November 2006. E/ESCAP/MCSA(3)/SO/2, Information, Communication and Space Technology Applications for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the Goals of Major World Summits: Trends, Challenges and Issues, 17 November 2006. E/ESCAP/MCSA(3)/SO/L3, Draft Strategy and Action Plan on Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 30 November 2006. Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications, Delhi, India, 1999 ESCAP Resolution 56/3, Regional cooperation on space applications for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, 10 th meeting, 7 June 2000. 10
E/ESCAP/1166, Report of the Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 24 February 2000. E/ESCAP/ENR/MCSA(2)/2, Draft Strategy and Action Plan on Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific for the New Millennium, 18 November 1999. E/ESCAP/ENR/MCSA(2)/3, Ministerial Declaration on Space Technology Applications for Improved Quality of Life in the New Millennium, 18 November 1999. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA(2)/1, Status of Implementation of the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development, 30 July 1999. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA(2)/2, Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific: Issues, 30 July 1999. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA(2)/3, Space Vision 21: The Future of Space Technology Development and Applications in Asia and the Pacific, 30 July 1999. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA(2)/4, Strategy and Action Plan on Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific for the New Millennium, 30 July 1999. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA(2)/5, Draft Ministerial Declaration on Space Technology Applications for Improved Quality of Life in the New Millennium, 30 July 1999. First Ministerial Conference on Space Applications, Beijing, China, 1994 ESCAP Resolution 51/11. Regional cooperation on space applications for environment and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, 12 th meeting, 1 May 1995. Report of the Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Development in Asia and the Pacific, 19-24 September 1994. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA/1, Status of Space Technology and Applications for Sustainable Development in the ESCAP Region, 23 June 1994. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA/2, Issues Concerning Space Technology Development and Applications for Sustainable Natural Resources and Environmental Management in the ESCAP Region, 28 June 1994. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA/3, Strategy and Mechanisms for Regional Cooperation in Space Applications for Development in the ESCAP Region, 24 June 1994. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA/4, Action Plan for Space Applications for Sustainable Development in the ESCAP Region and Consideration of the Framework for the Regional Space Applications Programme for Development in the ESCAP Region, 27 June 1994. E/ESCAP/ENR/SOSA/5, Consideration of a Draft Ministerial Declaration on Space Technology Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 7 July 1994. ESCAP Resolution 49/5. Regional programme on space applications for development, 750th meeting, 29 April 1993. 11
ICC Terms of Reference Terms of Reference of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific (ICC on RESA), Annex II of the Report of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development on its fourteenth session, adopted in Manila, Philippines, 17 December 2010. 12