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China unveils first homegrown space mining robot
China's first space mining robot has been developed by...
North Korea rejects G7 call for denuclearization, vows to ‘strengthen’ nuclear forces
North Korea on Monday vowed to "steadily update and...
Taiwan showcases innovative technologies at Satellite 2025
Innovative technologies are on display at the Taiwan Space...
Japanese Astronaut Onishi departs with three others for 2nd Space Mission
Takuya Onishi has left for space for his second...
Saudi Arabia, Korea Sign Memorandum of Cooperation to Enhance Space Collaboration
Riyadh, SPA: The Saudi Space Agency (SSA) today signed...
UAE, Bahrain boost space and climate monitoring with satellite launches
The UAE and Bahrain successfully launched on Sunday their satellites, Etihad-SAT and...
UAE launches first SAR satellite Etihad-SAT
The satellite, weighing 220kg, was launched into space aboard...
China opens 2028 Mars sample return mission to international cooperation
HELSINKI — China is inviting interested parties to submit...
ISRO Chairman Inaugurates Research Centre At IIT Madras To Address Thermal Challenges In Space Applications
This will be nodal centre for research in heat...
Chandrayaan-5 Mission Approved, To Carry 250 kg Rover: ISRO Chief
The Chandrayaan programme has been instrumental in India's lunar...

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Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

UN Body Stresses Vital Role of Geospatial Data for Sustainable Development Goals

Geographic information about people and the planet is critical to making better decisions and using resources more wisely, and will be vital to achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals that countries have recently agreed on, according to...

Monday, March 12th, 2012

FAO Meeting to Focus on Sustainable Food Production

Agriculture ministers and officials from 40 Asia-Pacific countries are seeking way to stabilise food prices, boost food security, reduce hunger and stem the depletion of natural resources at a five-day conference held by the United Nations' Food...

Monday, February 20th, 2012

UN Sets Up Space Technology Education Centre for Western Asia

A regional centre for space science and technology education for Western Asia will be sited at the Royal Jordanian Geographic Center (RJGC) by April, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has announced. Awni Khasawneh, general...

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

UN Launches Information System to Boost Disaster Prevention

The United Nations launched today an information system to improve and expand the exchange of weather, climate and water data, which can be used for disaster risk reduction, water management, food security and health purposes. The World...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

UN Creates Expert Group – Managing Geospatial Information

The United Nations ECOSOC made history on 27 July 2011 in Geneva by establishing a new intergovernmental body, the UN Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management, to bring together, for the first time at the global level, government experts from...

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Need for a Global Geospatial Information Management System

The need for a mechanism that would integrate the various geospatial organisations and agencies together with their valuable geospatial data around the globe remains high on the agenda. The United Nations has been working on this initiaitive...

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a new report last week. It was the third in a series of four planned reports. The latest document says it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas...