Safeguarding space for all : security and peaceful uses : conference report 25-26 March 2004.

"UNIDIR/2005/20."

"United Nations Publication sales no. GV.E.05.0.20"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Conference report -- Space weapons in the 2005 US defence budget request / Jeffrey Lewis -- The current legal regime governing the use of outer space / Jonathan Dean -- Space assurance or space weapons / Michael Krepon -- Space debris : next steps / Theresa Hitchens -- Risk reduction and monitoring in outer space / Jürgen Scheffran -- Space and security : existing internationl legal framework / Lucy Stojak -- The law and the military use of outer space / Thomas Graham -- Restraint regimes for space : a United States perspective / James Clay Moltz -- Incentives for space security : technology, transparency and compliance / Götz Neuneck and André Rothkirch.

Building on the success of UNIDIR{u2019}s 2002 2Outer Space and Global Security3 conference, the 2004 conference 2Safeguarding Space for All: Security and Peaceful Uses3 challenged participants to delve deeper into the issues, with a view to providing solid recommendations for action. The aim was to present a new framework for thinking about security in space, a holistic approach that would successfully encompass the wide range of peaceful space uses and the threats that could potentially jeopardize a secure space environment. Through this comprehensive approach, participants strove to identify useful, practical steps that policy makers could take to help safeguard space for the peaceful use of all.