Topic: Private Sector Access to Outer Space
Country: Chile
Delegate Name: Donnie Crossley
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Chile position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
Access to outer space technology has usually only been available to national governments of certain countries. As private companies gain wealth and knowledge to create their own space related technology, private sector access to beyond our earth has become an issue. Allowing these companies to pursue their desire of placing space technology in the atmosphere could potentially change the world. This could highly benefit the global economy and unlock regions of the earth to new services. In 2014, the representative of Chile in the United Nations stressed that access to outer space networking was crucial
This topic is a vital issue to Chile. The representative from Chile in the United Nations explained that there needs to be more technology in the air so the world can consume all of the information it is being fed. Chile has not been involved in any treaties, other than those that exist prior to the Cold War. Even though those treaties have been reiterated many times, the Chileans support the idea of a new treaty relating to intragalactic technologies. Currently, the Department of Outer Space, Telecommunications, and Aeronautics are working to provide these privileges to the people of Chile and is negotiating space cooperation agreements with other countries.
The world is ready for another revolution, but this revolution comes with many worries and cautions. Safety of the world’s civilians is priority and SCITECH needs to find a way to keep civilians safe while accomplishing global private sector access to outer space. Chile is more than ready to accept this, but not before regulations and security measures are taken to ensure the safety of this plan.
