again came out of copuos and unispace plus 50. great leadership has been shown there to build this confidence in the way that we can work together. doesn't matter which states we are. so i think that we are on a good track. we need to do more. the long-term sustainability is -- activity is extremely important. we have now as simonetta has mentioned, achieved a certain level of success. we have much more work to do. the first 12 guidelines have been hopefully put in the bank and we are going to be working over the next two years at the next set. and there are some very sensitive issues and peter will, i'm sure, mention some of those issues as we move forward. it's not going to be easy but we have to work together and now we have to -- as this meeting is why we're here we have to start to talk about these guidelines because these are going to affect the way that nations do their business in space. as a leadoff speaker said, safe and responsible use of outer space is the key. and we need to now to move forward and i'm pleased to be h

again came out of copuos and unispace plus 50. great leadership has been shown there in a way we can work together, doesn't matter which states we are. we are on a good track, we need to do more. the long-term sustainability is -- activity is extremely important. we have now as simonetta mentioned, achieved a certain level of success. we have more work to do. the first 12 guidelines have been put in the bank and we are going to be working over the next two years at the next set and there are some very sensitive issues and peter will, i'm sure, mention some of those issues as we move forward. it's not going to be easy but we have to work together and now we have to -- as this meeting is why we're here we have to start to talk about these guidelines because near are going to affect the way that nations do their business in space as a leadoff speaker said, safe and responsible use of outer space is the key and we need now to move forward and i'm pleased to be here and pleased that we are discussing these and such in open forum with a

conference, unispace plus 50 to take place in june, 2018. together we included common space. number one, global partnership in space exploration and innovation. number two, legal regime of outer space and global space government, current and future perspectives, number three, enhanced the formational change on space objects and event. international framework for space weather services. number five, strengthen space cooperation for global health. number six, international cooperation towards low emission and capacity building for 21st century. those priorities have been selected based on an assessment of the cross cutting areas of governance, resiliency, interoperability, capacity building and sustainable development. they are designed to create an approach for the upcoming member states. included in this is the fostering of dialogue between governments and ngos, industry, private sector and civil society. the the the priorities are intended to help us identify where supporting structures are required to protect the space environment and secu