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Country: Madagascar jenny m. per 0 Madagascar feels that decisions regarding the control of space can affect the international peace and security. We feel that countries should continue to contribute actively to the peaceful use of outer space and to the prevention of an outer space arms. We strongly believe in our human rights and we will make sure that our rights as a country will be kept. If our human rights state that each person, which in this case a country will be a better word, has their right of controlling their objects, then we should only handle our own objects. No country should be handling another countries’ objects without consent, regardless how strong the country may be. The UN has contributed to the argument about space. The UN has created a treaty called International Space Law. The International Space Law requires all UN members to settle disputes by peaceful means, prohibits the threat to use or actual force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, and recognizes a state's inherent right to act in individual or collective self-defense. According to the International Space Law, outer space, the moon, and other celestial objects are not the claim of any country. Outer space can be used by any country for peaceful purposes only. Objects launched into space must be registered with the UN. A country retains jurisdiction and control of their registered space objects. Nuclear weapons or nuclear experiments are prohibited. Other treaties are the Moon Treaty and the Outer Space Treaty, which limits orbiting weapons of mass destruction. The UN has also developed a committee called COPUOS, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which addresses the legal problems of space exploration. Madagascar will keep supporting the COPUOS and the International Space Law which will maintain the peace within countries regarding space. We believe that no nuclear weapons should be used or tested in outer space if any country would ever take control. I believe that by keeping countries in charge of their own objects in space, can avoid disagreements on who should get the control of space. Countries can also gather to discuss, propose, and remind the space laws to keep the countries updated. A new law can be created stating that no country can have control of outer space, no matter how big and wealthy the country might be. This can confirm the countries that everyone is treated equally in the matter and no country has an advantage.
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