A conference hosted by the German government in Berlin is considering...
A conference hosted by the German government in Berlin is considering the adoption of “a protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets,” the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law…
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(UNIDROIT) website said. Under the protocol, which is opposed by nearly 100 satellite entities, space objects must be identified on an international registry, to create and protect an international interest in them, a December letter from the industry group said (CD Dec 16 p10). The German Federal Foreign Office has not responded to repeated queries this week on press access to a diplomatic conference through March 9. The U.S. is concerned that a registration system developed under a World Radiocommunication Conference agenda item earlier this month could expand (CD Feb 16 p16). The ITU Council last year considered the idea of the organization becoming the supervisory authority for the registry. Francois Rancy, the Radiocommunication Bureau director, and Yvon Henri, chief of the ITU Space Services Department, are attending the meeting.