From 2006-06-07 to 2006-06-16

Venue: Vienna, Austria

Summary:
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will hold its 49th session where space and water, space and education and the recommendations of the World Summit on the Information Society, will be on the agenda.
The Committee will be briefed on a pilot project that would apply space applications to the restoration of Lake Chad and the management of water resources in the Lake Chad basin. The representatives of those States involved in the pilot project will brief the Committee on the progress achieved in implementing the project.
The COPUOS will also discuss on the possibility of creating an international entity to provide for coordination and the means of realistically optimizing the effectiveness of space-based services for use in disaster management.

Organizers: United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Contact Name: Office for Outer Space Affairs
E-mail: oosa@unvienna.org
URL: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/COPUOS/2006/index.html