The Space Security Portal is an interactive map of the global space security governance landscape. It provides profiles of the space security-related policies of all UN Member States, in addition to various intergovernmental organisations and multistakeholder initiatives. This tool seeks to support informed participation by relevant stakeholders in activities designed to advance space security and support transparency, information sharing, confidence and capacity building in outer space governance.
The Portal is focused on space security related issues, therefore National and Organisational profiles are not meant to provide exhaustive coverage of an entity's space-related activity. Further information on international space activity, especially as related to space safety, can be found within the work of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
To open a profile, click on the state or organisation of interest or use the Browse button. The Portal’s filter function allows you to search for specific governance mechanisms across the database of profiles. The Portal is regularly updated to reflect the latest developments among profiled entities.
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research is a voluntarily funded autonomous institute within the United Nations. An impartial actor, the Institute generates ideas and promotes action on disarmament and security. Based in Geneva, UNIDIR is centrally positioned to assist the international community in developing the practical, innovative thinking needed to find solutions to the challenges of today and tomorrow.
UNIDIR brings together States, international organisations, civil society, the private sector and academia so that we may work together—internationally, regionally and locally—to build and implement creative solutions that will benefit all States and peoples.
The Space Security Portal is a project in strategic partnership with Secure World Foundation. Secure World Foundation is a private operating foundation that promotes cooperative solutions for space sustainability and the peaceful uses of outer space. The Foundation acts as a research body, convener and facilitator to promote key space security and other space related topics and to examine their influence on governance and international development.
The Space Security Portal is maintained by UNIDIR’s Space Security Programme.
The Space Security Portal was first developed with financial support from the Government of the Republic of Korea with additional financial support from the Governments of Norway and France.
The map on UNIDIR's Space Security Portal is based on documents provided by the United Nations Geospatial Information Section. More information at: https://www.un.org/geospatial/mapsgeo.
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