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... Each Contracting Party which receives information or discovers that the personnel of a
spacecraft have suffered accident or are experiencing conditions of distress or have made
an emergency or unintended landing in territory under its jurisdiction or on the high seas
or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State shall immediately: ...
... If information is received or it is discovered that the personnel of a spacecraft have
alighted on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State,
those Contracting Parties which are in a position to do so shall, if necessary, extend
assistance in search and rescue operations for such personnel to assure their speedy
rescue. They shall inform the launching authority and the Secretary-General of the United
Nations of the steps they are taking and of their progress. ...
... If, owing to accident, distress, emergency or unintended landing, the personnel of a
spacecraft land in territory under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party or have been
found on the high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State, they
shall be safely and promptly returned to representatives of the launching authority. ...
... 1. Each Contracting Party which receives information or discovers that a space object
or its component parts has returned to Earth in territory under its jurisdiction or on the
high seas or in any other place not under the jurisdiction of any State, shall notify the
launching authority and the Secretary- General of the United Nations. ...