Maldives Joins UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
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The Maldives has officially become a member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
The Committee serves as the main UN body tasked with promoting international cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space.
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Maldives Becomes Member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
📃Press Release | https://t.co/CpELoljLVY pic.twitter.com/XQaJsoMVzJ— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇲🇻 (@MoFAmv) November 6, 2025
Membership in COPUOS allows the Maldives to play a role in shaping global governance of outer space, ensuring that space science and technology are applied to support sustainable development, innovation, and climate resilience. For the country, this opens opportunities to access and utilise space-derived data to enhance climate monitoring, maritime safety, environmental protection, and disaster preparedness.
Alongside the Maldives, Honduras, Zimbabwe, Malta, The Gambia, and Côte d’Ivoire were also admitted as new members of COPUOS.
