Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Outer space

OS/1742

UNITED NATIONS WORKSHOP IN RABAT TO FOCUS ON HOW SPACE TECHNOLOGY CAN PREDICT DISASTERS, BOOST EDUCATION

19 October 1998


Press Release
OS/1742


UNITED NATIONS WORKSHOP IN RABAT TO FOCUS ON HOW SPACE TECHNOLOGY CAN PREDICT DISASTERS, BOOST EDUCATION

19981019 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 19 October (UN Information Service) -- Delegates from about 56 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East will gather in Rabat from 26 to 30 October to discuss how space technology can predict hazards ranging from earthquakes to locusts.

OS/1739

COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION (VIENNA, 3û12 JUNE)

12 June 1998


Press Release
OS/1739


COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION (VIENNA, 3–12 JUNE)

19980612

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 12 June (UN Information Service) -– Plans for a 185-nation conference on "Space Benefits for Humanity in the Twenty-first Century" to be held in Vienna next year were brought closer to completion today by the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

OS/1736

UN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPIN-OFF BENEFITS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO BE HELD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, 30 MARCH - 3 APRIL

25 March 1998


Press Release
OS/1736


UN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPIN-OFF BENEFITS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO BE HELD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, 30 MARCH - 3 APRIL

19980325

VIENNA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- Ways to benefit from space technology, including the creation of new industries, the development of useful products and the facilitation of many daily tasks, will be the focus of an international conference to be held in Tampa, Florida, from 30 March to 3 April.