Space and Cyber Security

Conference Report
April 4-5, 2011


Space Security 2011: Building on the Past, Stepping towards the Future is the tenth annual conference held by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) on the issue of Space Security, the peaceful uses of outer space and the prevention of an arms race in outer space.  

This conference was organized by UNIDIR in collaboration with Secure World Foundation and with support from The Simons Foundation and the governments of Canada, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America.

 

September 2011
Copyright 2011 Spacesecurity.org
Edited by Cesar Jaramillo

The Space Security Index is the first and only annual, comprehensive, and integrated assessment of space security.

Space Security 2011 is the eighth annual report on trends and developments related to security and outer space, covering the period January to December 2010.1 It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency with respect to space activities and provide a common, comprehensive knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to space security.

The definition of space security guiding this report reflects the express intent of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that space should be preserved as a global commons to be used by all for peaceful purposes:

“The secure and sustainable access to, and use of, space and freedom from space-based threats."

This broad definition encompasses the security of space as a particularly unique environment, the security of Earth-originating assets in space, and security from threats originating in space-based assets. The primary consideration in the SSI definition of space security is not the interests of specific national or commercial entities using space, but the security of space as an environment that can be used safely and sustainably by all.

For more information, please visit www.spacesecurity.org

Remarks by Paul Meyer
Space Security Conference 2011
Geneva, Switzerland
April 4-5, 2011

Paul Meyer is a Fellow in International Security at the Centre for Dialogue,Simon Fraser University, and Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation.

Space Security 2011 Conference: Building on the Past, Stepping towards the Future
Palais des Nations, United Nations Office
Geneva, Switzerland
April 4-5, 2011

 

Conference Report

United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

March 31-April 1, 2008

"Security in Space: The Next Generation" is the seventh annual conference held by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research on the issue of space security, the peaceful uses of outer space and the prevention of an arms race in outer space.

This conference looked at ways to build trust in space activities in the future as well as how to move from confrontation to cooperation as a way to increase space security and improve access to outer space for peaceful activities. Participants and presenters discussed the need for new international legal instruments, with specific reference to the China–Russia proposal for a Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects.