Draft Resolution 1-5

Topic: Privatized Space Travel

Recognizing the potential of private space companies to promote discovery and exploration and
the inherent safety risks that coincide,

Observing the potential of private companies in less developed Member States to explore the
cosmos,

Aware of the educational disparity that could occur through the research that private space
companies could acquire,

Stressing the right to privacy and freedom from espionage,

Noting the importance of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies,
particularly Article IX, which regards espionage-like activities,

Taking note of the right to privacy granted to all according to Article 12 of the United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,

1. Calls upon private corporations to be held to the same standards of responsibility as

government entities by:
a. Strongly recommending that they agree to the previously enacted Rescue Agreement,
b. Encouraging a revision of the Rescue Agreement to enforce and encourage it more
strongly by attempting to amend the enforcement from ‘requested’ to ‘required’,
c. Should an entity (private, public or otherwise) fail to comply with the previous, they will
be presented to the International Court of Justice and punished justly,

2. Calls for the formation a committee, with representatives from Member States of varying
economic standing, along with representatives from any interested private company in order to:
a. Educate the general public, and alert them to the actions of privatized space companies,
which will:
i. Increase public interest,
ii. Promote more investment in these companies, which will allow them to
further their research,
iii. Increase global knowledge of outer space, allowing Member States without
national space programs to be able to access gathered knowledge;
iv. Create fair and economic incentives for companies to work in harmony with
Member States, particularly those without pre-existing national space programs,
and further the sharing of the aforementioned knowledge
b. Establish new and/or make use of pre-existing international educational programs such as the:
i. Grameen Foundation
ii. CloudHead
iii. Education Sector

3. Encourages the international community to recognize the definition of espionage in regards to

space travel within the context of privatized space travel as spying or using spies or satellites to
acquire information to gain a political, economic, or military advantage which includes:
a. Cyber spying, the act of using the internet or software to obtain government secrets,
b. Industrial espionage, the act of spying on private or public corporations by other
corporations to advance economically including:
i.Trade secrets,
ii.Bribery history,
iii.Blackmail history,
c. Military intelligence, the act of collecting information to use for military advancement,
d. Nuclear espionage, the act of exposing nuclear secrets to other Member States;

4. Condemns private companies who put any satellite into space that is used for espionage on
any state or citizen
a. By recommending that the Security Council determine consequences for Member States
caught participating in espionage and unethical government practices with regards to space
companies and their technology including:
i.Economic sanctions, a form of economic penalty placed on an offending
Member State, including quotas and tariffs,
ii. Airspace restrictions over the offending Member State,
b. By suggesting a transparency policy within private companies to disclose any and
all private files upon request with concrete evidence presented to the Security
Council,

5. Further requests economic and technological support as well as a supply of employees from
more developed Member States and large companies to go towards helping less developed
Member States;
a. In order to help the less developed Member States create and maintain space programs,
b. So that less developed Member States can support and promote private space companies
in their Member States by means of,
i.Providing financial support to lesser developed Member States’ space programs using voluntary
funds from large companies and more developed Member States, in the case they choose to
contribute
ii.Discouraging the governments of less developed Member States from putting major restrictions
on space companies and/or space travel,
iii.Encouraging these governments to not intrude on these space companies through the use of
financial incentives like tax breaks or by using NGOs like The American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS),
iv. Advertising or otherwise promoting the space companies in their
member states,
6. Suggests a standardized set of guidelines for liability in cases of space accidents;
a. Including emphasis on the liability of companies who cause space accidents,
i. With a focus on ensuring companies pay for damages they cause,
ii. By laying out proper consequences and how they should be determined, be it
by the Member State that the company is based in or by the UN Security Council,
b. Ensuring that Member States are not held responsible for actions of private
entities and vice versa.