Rescue Agreement
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The Rescue Agreement is an international space law treaty that elaborates on the Outer Space Treaty by requiring states to assist and return astronauts in distress and recover and return space objects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rescue Agreement canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1226619 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rescue Agreement Context triple: [Outer Space Treaty, relatedTo, Rescue Agreement]
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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C.
Operation Agreement
Operation Agreement was a World War II British commando raid in September 1942 targeting Axis positions around Tobruk in North Africa.
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D.
Agreement on Safeguards
The Agreement on Safeguards is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets rules for countries to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
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E.
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement is a U.S. government program that secures access to commercial shipping and intermodal transportation resources from private carriers to support national defense and emergency sealift requirements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rescue Agreement Target entity description: The Rescue Agreement is an international space law treaty that elaborates on the Outer Space Treaty by requiring states to assist and return astronauts in distress and recover and return space objects.
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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C.
Operation Agreement
Operation Agreement was a World War II British commando raid in September 1942 targeting Axis positions around Tobruk in North Africa.
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D.
Agreement on Safeguards
The Agreement on Safeguards is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets rules for countries to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
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E.
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement is a U.S. government program that secures access to commercial shipping and intermodal transportation resources from private carriers to support national defense and emergency sealift requirements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations treaty
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international treaty ⓘ space law treaty ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1967-12-19 ⓘ |
| adoptionMethod | UN General Assembly resolution ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space
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surface form:
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space ⓘ
surface form:
Astronaut Rescue Agreement
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| appliesTo |
astronauts
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personnel of spacecraft ⓘ space objects ⓘ |
| basedOn | Outer Space Treaty ⓘ |
| concludedIn | 1968 ⓘ |
| depository |
Soviet Union
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surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America ⓘ |
| elaboratesOn | Outer Space Treaty ⓘ |
| entryIntoForceDate | 1968-12-03 ⓘ |
| field |
public international law
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space law ⓘ |
| fullName | Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
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English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding on states parties ⓘ |
| obliges |
states to cooperate in search and rescue operations for astronauts
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states to extend assistance to astronauts in emergency landing on foreign territory ⓘ states to extend assistance to astronauts in emergency landing on the high seas ⓘ |
| openedForSignatureDate | 1968-04-22 ⓘ |
| partOf | United Nations space treaties regime ⓘ |
| placeSigned |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Moscow ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Liability Convention
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Outer Space Treaty ⓘ Registration Convention ⓘ |
| requires |
assistance to astronauts in distress
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notification of the launching authority when astronauts are found ⓘ prompt rescue of astronauts ⓘ recovery of space objects found beyond the territory of the launching state ⓘ return of recovered space objects to the launching authority ⓘ safe and prompt return of astronauts ⓘ |
| scope | peaceful exploration and use of outer space ⓘ |
| shortName | Rescue Agreement self-link ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
rescue of astronauts
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return of astronauts ⓘ return of objects launched into outer space ⓘ |
| UNResolutionNumber | Resolution 2345 (XXII) ⓘ |
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Subject: Rescue Agreement Description of subject: The Rescue Agreement is an international space law treaty that elaborates on the Outer Space Treaty by requiring states to assist and return astronauts in distress and recover and return space objects.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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