Paul Meyer is a board member and former Chair of Canadian Pugwash Group.
Dueling Diplomacy on Outer Space Security; Centre for International Policy Studies
At first glance outer space security appears to command universal support at the UN General Assembly. Each year since 1981 the General Assembly adopts a resolution with near universal support on the “Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space” (PAROS). The resolution warns of the dire threat to international security any such arms race would pose, and calls for the negotiation of “further measures” to consolidate and reinforce the existing legal regime of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and to enhance its effectiveness.