JFK and the Sharing of the New Frontier:December 20 1961

U.N.Resolution 1721
RES 1721 (XVI)
adopted without vote
20/12/61
(a) International law, including the Chapter of the United Nations, applies to outer space and celestial bodies;

(b) Outer space and celestial bodies are free for exploration and use by all States in conformity with international law and are not subject to national appropriation;

Compare to Outer Space Treaty
"...Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty,.."

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Address Before the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations
President John F. Kennedy
New York
September 20, 1963

Space offers no problems of sovereignty; by resolution of this Assembly, the members of the United Nations have foresworn any claim to territorial rights in outer space or on celestial bodies, and declared that international law and the United Nations Charter will apply.

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CANDIDATES KENNEDY AND NIXON PRESENT THEIR VIEWS
ON DEFENSE AND SPACE ISSUES


Question No. 3. Are you satisfied with America's progress in the exploration of space?
Question No. 4. The present administration's policy limits the military mission in space to near earth orbits. Do you feel there is a need, or do you foresee a need, for military missions in outer space? If so, should a large military booster be built?



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RES 1802 (XVII)
adopted without vote !
1802
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Wishing to avoid the extension of present national rivalries into this new field,
adopted without vote

1472
"Believing that the exploration and use of outer space should be only for the betterment of mankind and to the benefit of States irrespective of the stage of their economic or scientific development,...:


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