Moon Agreement (limited signatories)

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United Nations treaty international treaty space law treaty

The Moon Agreement is a 1979 United Nations treaty that seeks to regulate the exploration and use of the Moon and other celestial bodies as the common heritage of humankind, but has been ratified by only a small number of countries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Moon Agreement	6
Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies	4
Moon Agreement (limited signatories) canonical	1
Moon Treaty	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ space law treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1979-12-05 ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure that exploration and use of the Moon benefits all countries ⓘ prevent militarization of the Moon beyond permitted peaceful uses ⓘ
appliesTo	Moon ⓘ other celestial bodies within the solar system ⓘ
articleFocus	Article 11 on natural resources of the Moon ⓘ
buildsOn	Outer Space Treaty ⓘ
category	United Nations General Assembly treaties ⓘ space treaties ⓘ treaties concluded in 1979 ⓘ treaties entered into force in 1984 ⓘ
criticizedFor	perceived restrictions on commercial exploitation of lunar resources ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	1984-07-11 ⓘ
excludes	celestial bodies in the solar system other than the Earth from national sovereignty claims ⓘ
governs	activities of States on the Moon ⓘ activities of international intergovernmental organizations on the Moon ⓘ
hasLimitedParticipation	true ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatusOfMoon	common heritage of mankind ⓘ
notRatifiedBy	China ⓘ Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States major spacefaring nations ⓘ
numberOfStatesParties	small compared to other UN space treaties ⓘ
officialName	Moon Agreement (limited signatories) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
openedForSignatureDate	1979-12-18 ⓘ
partOf	corpus of international space law ⓘ
placeSigned	New York City ⓘ
prohibits	national appropriation of other celestial bodies ⓘ national appropriation of the Moon ⓘ
providesFor	equitable sharing of benefits from lunar resources ⓘ possible establishment of an international regime to govern exploitation of natural resources of the Moon ⓘ
requires	States Parties to inform the UN Secretary-General and the public of their lunar activities ⓘ international cooperation in lunar exploration ⓘ protection of the lunar environment ⓘ use of the Moon for peaceful purposes only ⓘ
shortName	Moon Agreement (limited signatories) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Moon Treaty
subjectMatter	regulation of activities on other celestial bodies ⓘ regulation of activities on the Moon ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber	United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moon → governingTreaty → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

Outer Space Treaty → relatedTo → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moon Agreement

Moon Agreement (limited signatories) → officialName → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Moon Agreement

this entity surface form: Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Moon Agreement (limited signatories) → shortName → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Moon Agreement

this entity surface form: Moon Treaty

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs → administers → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Liability Convention → relatedTo → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moon Agreement

Registration Convention → relatedTo → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moon Agreement

United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68 → relatesToTreaty → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68 → shortNameOfTreaty → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moon Agreement

Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space → relatedTo → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects → relatedTo → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moon Agreement

Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space → relatedTo → Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moon Agreement