Draft Resolution: Open Space

Author: Kronshtadt, Karteria
Sponsors and Signatories: Comment below!
Category: Legislation
Affects: Aerospace

Knowing space as the final frontier for humankind,

Understanding our thirst for knowledge and our relative lack of it outside our world,

Realizing the diplomatic and cultural significance of nations unifying to achieve a common goal,

Emphasizing the importance of new astronomical discoveries and scientific advancement,

The United Nations Security Council,

(1) Hereby establishes the Union of Nations Space Command, herein defined as the UNSC, which will be a separate entity within the Union of Nations but falls under the guise and authority of the Union Assembly and Security Council when concerning issues on the Earth's surface or other specifically described situations.

(2) Upon approval by the Security Council, the UNSC is authorized to utilize UN Peacekeepers in space as necessary;
a. All provisions of UAR#1 apply to UN Peacekeepers while in space.
b. Any Peacekeepers being utilized by the UNSC are encouraged to be trained in space flight and other necessary space training.

(3) The Scientific Research and Development Department, herein defined as the SRDD, shall be established within the UNSC as the backbone of UN astronomical research and scientific discovery in space, and shall state its main goals to the UNSC once established, such pursuing the discovery of extraterrestrial life, analyzing geologic and chemical makeups of extraterrestrial bodies, etc.

(4) The UNSC is heavily encouraged not to militarize space in any form except when sec. 2 and sec. 5 of this resolution are in effect.

(5) In the event that the survival of the human species is in jeopardy due to an extraterrestrial threat, the Sapien Protocol shall be enforced. While this protocol is in effect:
a. The UNSC shall be granted access to the UN Peace Corps, which may be utilized with complete military authority.
b. The UNSC shall be granted access to any UN member state's space forces as it sees fit.
c. Sec. 1 of this resolution shall be rendered null and void.

(6) The UNSC shall be granted access to muster a military of its own that will serve in the interests of the UN; but, more importantly, that military shall pursue our survival at all costs.

(7) Calls upon the UNSC to convene within one month of a Member State claiming an interstellar body to:
a. Confirm or deny claims of interstellar bodies including but not limited to:
i) planets
ii) gas giants
iii) dwarf planets
iv) asteroid belts
v) gaseous anomalies or nebulas

(8) Member States may only claim interstellar bodies they have:
a. landed on for solid planets
b. orbited for 3 days for gaseous bodies

(9) Denies the right to claim Stars, Black Holes, or entire systems consisting of more than 3 non-dwarf planets.

(10) Reaffirms the premise that nations may only claim one classed body previously defines until their claim is decided upon by the UN SC.