- The
Diplomatic Conference to adopt a Protocol to the Convention on
International Interests in Mobile Equipment on
Matters specific to Space Assets was held, under the auspices of the
International Institute for the Unification of
Private Law (UNIDROIT), at the invitation of the Government of the
Federal Republic of Germany, in Berlin, from 27 February to 9 March
2012.
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40 States and 10 international Organisations participated in the
diplomatic Conference.
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The following 25 States signed the Final
Act at the closing ceremony of
the diplomatic Conference: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, the Czech Republic, France,
Germany, Ghana, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Pakistan, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United States
of America and Zimbabwe. It was also signed by one regional economic
integration Organisation, namely the European Union.
- The following States signed
the Space
Protocol at the
closing ceremony of the diplomatic Conference: Saudi
Arabia, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.
- The status of the Space
Protocol is available at: (available soon).
- The Protocol to the Convention
on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to
Space Assets was drafted and adopted by the Conference in English and
French.
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UNIDROIT was designated
Depositary of the Space Protocol under Article XLVIII (1)
thereof.
- For
the text of unofficial Arabic-, Chinese-, Russian- and
Spanish-language versions of the draft Protocol, prepared by the
Secretariat of the International Telecommunication Union, see
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/space/Pages/spaceAssets.aspx
.
- Background information
