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e. construction, operation and maintenance of s.p.a.ce and surface ports of entry and departure for the common use of all s.p.a.cecraft;

f. trained, equipped and ready investigation teams to a.s.sist Governments of Primary Concern in determining the facts of "incidents-in-s.p.a.ce"

which occur in proximate international areas, and

g. emergency logistical support capabilities for performing urgent essential repairs to damaged s.p.a.cecraft of other Nations in peaceful transit.

Such repairs shall be to internationally accepted standards that will permit the craft to continue its flight to a location designated by the Government having legal ownership, or authority to repair or dispose of the s.p.a.cecraft.

h. We agree that s.p.a.cecraft, s.p.a.cecraft parts, otherwise man-made artificial bodies and parts thereof, wreckage, and human-generated excess materials and human waste, will NOT be discarded or abandoned in s.p.a.ce. Derelicts and unattached parts thereof, rubbish, waste matter, and all man-made objects in s.p.a.ce are considered to be hazards to traffic or are pollutants. They will be collected or tagged with an active signal and towed or transported to where they will not be a hazard to traffic or pollute the s.p.a.ce environment. The Government of the nearest surface or colony habitat will be notified immediately and inst.i.tute actions for the objects' reduction to harmless residue or its temporary or permanent removal to a safe location.

ARTICLE SEVEN

We announce the formation of an international apparatus, with representation from all Governments, to a.s.semble within three Solar Standard months from the date affixed hereto. The primary purpose of this a.s.sembly is to facilitate implementation of this Declaration. They shall also create and ensure support for an interplanetary citizen's volunteer group to review and resolve complaints and suggestions from the populace that may lead to recommendations toward improvements to this Declaration that will:

a. promote the free and unenc.u.mbered pa.s.sage of vessels, people and commerce between and among the Nations of the Solar System;

b. encourage cultural, economic, and scientific research, and exchanges of scholars, students, and information for the benefit and betterment of humankind;

c. enhance the understanding of all peoples regarding the positive values which have evolved over the millennia since the beginning of the Great Migration from Planet Earth, and,

d. organize and begin the planning for humankind's exploration and migration into the Interstellar Realm.

ARTICLE EIGHT

We declare and affirm we act in concert with the spirit and letter of this Declaration of Principles in the interests of international cooperation, interplanetary peace and security, mutual understanding among our far-flung peoples, and the survival of our species.

ARTICLE NINE

We encourage all Parties to expand on these accords through their initiatives and agreements for mutual benefits to themselves and to all Governments and peoples in the peaceful use of s.p.a.ce.

The References

ASTROLAW. Carrying Human Rights into Outer s.p.a.ce.

George S. Robinson, The Futurist, May-June 1990.

BIOSPHERE. A New Consciousness for a New Century. Jeremy Rifkin, 1991, Crown Publishers.

(How industrialized nations exploit the sea beds of the world for industrial minerals, especially as land-based minerals are depleted.)

COSMIC WORMHOLES. The Search for Interstellar Shortcuts. Paul Halpern, 1992, Dutton, Penguin Group, New York, NY.

MINING THE SKY. Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets. John S. Lewis, 1997, Helix Books, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. (Foreseeable technologies may reveal huge quant.i.ties of raw materials from s.p.a.ce.)

MONITORING AND CONTROLLING DEBRIS IN s.p.a.cE.

Nicholas Johnson. August, 1998, Scientific American.

OPENING THE DOOR ON TIME MACHINES. Caltech physicist Kip Thorne explores the limits of Einstein's theory of gravity, where spunnels -- or tunnels through s.p.a.ce -- lurk. (K. C. Cole, Times Science Writer, The Los Angeles Times, February 13, 1998.)

RE-EXAMINING OUR CONSt.i.tUTIONAL HERITAGE.

A Declaration of First Principles for the Governance of Outer s.p.a.ce Societies.

(An Essay by George S. Robinson, 1989, High Technology Law Journal, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.)

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE EXPLORATION AND THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER s.p.a.cE.

The s.p.a.ce Millennium: Vienna Declaration on s.p.a.ce and Human Development.

http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/unisp-3/ or http://nuclearfree.lynx.co.nz/canadatreaty.htm

THE LIMITS TO GROWTH. A Report to the Club of Rome (Depletion of the world's non-renewable natural resources). http://dieoff.com/page25.htm

CHINA PLANS MOON LANDING, October 5, 2000, by Charles Hutzler, a.s.sociated Press.

QUANTUM TELEPORTATION, Anton Zeilinger, Scientific American, April 2000. (Abstract: The "spooky action at a distance" of quantum mechanics makes possible the science-fiction dream of teleportation -- a way to make objects disappear from one place and reappear at another.

It has already been demonstrated with photons.)

QUANTUM TELEPORTATION, an IBM Research article.

http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/

TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE, Part Two, United Nations Law of the Sea Convention.

http://www.un.org/depts/los/index.htm (Precedents.)

THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER. Samuel P. Huntington, 1996, Simon & Shuster, New York, NY.

THE MILLENNIAL PROJECT. Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps. Marshall T. Savage, 1994, Little, Brown & Company, New York, NY.

PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH. Vision for s.p.a.ce Exploration.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/ print/20040114-3.html

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