Space activities are ever-increasing, with growing numbers of space actors and stakeholders that seek to benefit from all that the space environment has to offer, thus bettering life on Earth. As a consequence of this, the need to ensure space security has never been greater. States and other stakeholders have been working on establishing effective mechanisms to keep space peaceful and sustainable through processes such as the current Open-ended working group for reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviour (OEWG), and laying the foundation to continue working on space security mechanisms through future processes after the conclusion of the OEWG. UNIDIR and Secure World Foundation have developed a toolkit to assist in the development of multilateral measures and contribute to the creation of the common understanding necessary for their success and effectiveness.
The Lexicon for Outer Space Security aims to serve as an accessible global reference point for terminological issues related to space security. It is now available here: https://unidir.org/spacelexicon
The Space Security Portal is a one-stop hub of national, regional, and international-level policies, processes, laws and structures that are relevant to the development and activity surrounding outer space security. It is now available here: https://spacesecurityportal.org/
During this OEWG side event, both of these tools will be presented by some of the experts involved in their development in order to showcase how they can contribute to the work carried out by UN Member States to ensure that space is kept a peaceful and secure environment.
