Committee : General Assembly

Topic : Weaponization of Space

Country : State of Japan
Delegate : XYZ
“The exploration and the use of outer space shall be for peaceful purposes and shall be
carried out for the benefit and interest of all countries. The prevention of an arms race in
outer space would avert a grave danger for international peace and security”---- The
State of Japan fully supports this statement. The country is among a number of key
Asian nations currently expanding their presence in space. Japan stresses the need for
the use of outer space but for peaceful purposes and exploration only.

The weaponization of space is the placement and development of weaponry and

military technology in space. The militarization of space can be envisioned as a
continuum, ranging from a completely unmilitarized condition in which satellites are not
used for any purposes with military utility to a state of complete militarization in which
large numbers of many types of space systems perform every possible military
function. Japan firmly believes that supplying weapons into space in lieu of
defragmenting the maintained peace in the world is a giant leap towards the dangerous
effects of weaponization. The Diet resolution of 1969 established “the principle of
peaceful use of space” as the bedrock of Japan’s space policy. Article 9 of the
Japanese Constitution states that Japan could use and exploit space only for “non-
military” and “peaceful purposes”. The Reformed resolution of 2001 states that the
use of weapons in space; by Japan is mandatory only in times of external threat and
tension but that too efficiently without any misjudgment. Japan has also introduced or
been a party of following agreements:

 The United Nations Outer Space Treaty, 1967.

 The United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,2010.
 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space.
 UNOOSA Agreement on the Recommendation to Outer Space Treaty.
 Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space,1967.
 The Charter of The COPUOS, Resolution 55/122, UNGA, 2005.

With reference to all the statements made above the State of Japan, as a dutiful
member of the United Nations urges it introduce innovative and effective ways of
establishing cooperation within and between regional and international organizations.
"Concluding a peace agreement may be the first step towards a peaceful world."
Keeping in mind these views, the State of Japan continues to support and contribute
towards establishing peace - harmony in the world.