United Nations Secretariat
Executive organ of the United Nations. One of six principal organs of the UN
Follow United Nations Secretariat on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| June 26 2023 | Aarti Holla-Maini, former general secretary of Global Satellite Operators Association, was appointed as the current UNOOSA director. |
| 2020 | Guatemala launched its first satellite through the KiboCUBE programme. |
| 2019 | The launch date for the UN space mission using the Dream Chaser was updated to 2024. |
| 2018 | Kenya launched its first satellite through the KiboCUBE programme. |
| January 1 2017 | Amina J. Mohammed from Nigeria begins her role as Deputy Secretary-General, serving under Secretary-General António Guterres. |
| September 2016 | UNOOSA announced the first United Nations space mission, initially targeting launch in 2021 using the Dream Chaser spaceplane by Sierra Nevada Corporation. |
| June 16 2016 | UNOOSA announced a partnership with the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) to allow nations to fly experiments and personnel on the Chinese Tiangong space station. |
| September 2015 | UNOOSA partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to launch the 'KiboCUBE' programme, enabling developing countries to deploy CubeSats from the International Space Station. |
| March 2014 | Simonetta Di Pippo of Italy was appointed as Director of UNOOSA by the UN Secretary-General, after previously serving as Director of Human Spaceflight at the European Space Agency. |
| 2010 | The Human Space Initiative was launched to provide developing countries with access to space use and exploration. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs & Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.