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... Recalling that the Treaty on Principles Governing the
Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies of 27 January 1967 affirms that States shall bear international
responsibility for their national activities in outer space and refers to the State on
whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried, ...
... Desiring, in the light of the Treaty on Principles
Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including
the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, to make provision for the national registration by
launching States of space objects launched into outer space, ...
... 2. Where there are two or more launching States in respect of
any such space object, they shall jointly determine which one of them shall register the
object in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, bearing in mind the provisions of article VIII of the Treaty on Principles Governing
the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies, and without prejudice to appropriate agreements concluded or
to be concluded among the launching States on jurisdiction and control over the space
object and over any personnel thereof. ...
... 1. In this Convention, with the exception of articles VIII to
XII inclusive, references to States shall be deemed to apply to any international
intergovernmental organization which conducts space activities if the organization
declares its acceptance of the rights and obligations provided for in this Convention and
if a majority of the States members of the organization are States Parties to this
Convention and to the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Useof Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. ...