text: UNITED NATIONS General Assembly COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE Legal Sub-Committee ,IIJN l '!. 1990 Distr. GENERAL A/AC.105/C.2/16/Add.8 10 April 1990 Original: ENGLISH CONSIDERATION OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION OF OUTER SPACE SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE BENEFIT AND IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL STATES, TAKING INTO PARTICULAR ACCOUNT THE NEEDS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Report of the Secretary-General Addendum CONTENTS REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS United States of America GE.90-60658/1778B 2 A/AC.105/C.2/16/Add~S page 2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Original: English] [9 April 1990] The United States presents its compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and has the honour to refer to the letter from the Secretary-General to the Representative of the United States relating to the recommendations contained in the report of the Legal Sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on the feaceful Uses of Outer Space regarding the method of work concerning the agenda item entitled: "Consideration of the legal aspects related to the application of the principle that the exploration and utilization of outer space should be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all States, taking into particular account the needs of developing countries". In its report (A/AC.105/4309 p.14) the Legal Sub-Committee decided upon the following method of work concerning that item: (a) Consideration of the national frameworks, if any, relating to the development of the application of the principle .contained in article 1·of the 1967 Outer Space Tr-eaty in light of the replies .received by Governments pursuant to the request of the Secretary-General. of 26 September 1988; (b). Consideration of international agreements that Member·States have entered into that are relevant to the principle that the exploration and use 
analysis: The text appears to be related to the exploration and utilization of outer space, with a focus on the legal aspects and the principle that space exploration and utilization should be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all states, particularly developing countries. This suggests that the category is likely to be related to science and technology, but also has implications for international cooperation and development.