Children's Space Charter

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PREAMBLE: Earth, Our Home in Outer Space. Earth, our home planet in Outer Space, is part of a growing, living universe, composed of planets, stars, galaxies, and countless celestial bodies. Earth and Outer Space must be preserved as a peaceful place free of weapons and war for all the children of our world. We do not want war or weapons in space. We, the children, have the absolute right to be able to travel, explore, live and work in a cooperative, peaceful space society and universe. We have the absolute right to use Space Age technology to eliminate poverty, to educate and communicate, to share information about who we are and who are neighbors are, to learn about how to have a healthy body, mind and environment, and to create abundance, peace and prosperity for all creatures living on Earth and in Space.

PEACE IN SPACE:
We, the undersigned children, ask the leaders of all our governments and Member States on Earth to sign this Children's Space Charter with us, and to deposit this Children's Space Charter with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan as Depositary under Article 102 of the United Nations Charter.

1. There shall be an immediate and permanent ban on all space-based weapons.

2. Space shall be maintained as a peaceful place for space travel and exploration, and for living and working in a cooperative space society in the universe.

3. An International Outer Space Peacekeeping Agency will be established to monitor and enforce this Children's Space Charter.

4. This Children's Space Charter enters into force under Article 102 of the U.N. Charter when twenty United Nations Member States have ratified it.

SIGNATURES OF CHILDREN:

WE hereby sign this "Children's Space Charter" and respectfully request that each nation-state leader and/or representative sign this "Children's Space Charter" and immediately deposit it with the U.N. Secretary General as Treaty Depositary.

SIGNATURES OF U.N. MEMBER NATIONS:

WE REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER NATIONS of the United Nations hereby solemnly sign the "Children's Space Charter" to be deposited with the U.N. Secretary General under Article 102 of the U.N. Charter. This "Children's Space Charter," of which the English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited immediately with the Secretary General of the United Nations.