Recognizing the use of space technology and
its applications to substantively contribute to human empowerment
in improving the quality of life and bringing other benefits
to humanity in the Asia-Pacific region,
Recognizing also the importance of regional cooperation
through space-based technology applications that would address
disaster management and environmental issues for more secure
and prosperous society, tele-education and tele-medicine
through enhanced connectivity, as well as the importance
of fostering the hopes and dreams of young generations for
the future,
Hereby affirm that we, the participants of APRSAF-14,
[Sentinel Asia]
1. Declare the completion of the Sentinel Asia pilot project
successfully with the efforts of the current Joint Project
Team. This pilot project has successfully shared disaster-related
information obtained by several Earth Observation satellites,
especially those of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
along with training and technical support;
2. Declare the launch of the next phase of Sentinel Asia
starting from 2008 to 2012 with the goal to expand utilization
of disaster-related information including environmental changes
together with its member countries and international organizations,
increasing the number of Earth observation satellites from
the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the Geo-Informatics
and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) of Thailand,
and some other entities, as well as satellite communication;
3. Agreed to establish the new Joint Project Team for implementation
of the second phase of Sentinel Asia early next year, where
JAXA will serve as a secretariat;
[APRSAF satellite]
4. Welcome the APRSAF satellite cooperation proposed by JAXA,
which consists of two parts, i.e. a joint study on the small
satellite concept which shall meet the needs of the Asia-Pacific
region such as disaster management, and a pilot project to
develop the technology for the APRSAF satellite, to provide
opportunities for capacity building, and encourage to hold
technical workshops for a joint study on the APRSAF satellite.
JAXA, ISRO and other interested agencies will jointly evolve
a detailed proposal for the realization of the APRSAF satellite
at the earliest;
[Earth observation]
5. Promote satellite data applications, through the Earth
Observation Working Group (EO WG), in socially beneficial
areas such as disaster management and environmental monitoring;
[Communication satellite applications]
6. Share the experiences for realizing cooperation among
countries in the Asia-Pacific region through the Communication
Satellite Applications Working Group (CSA WG), regarding
applications of satellite communication for tele-education,
tele-medicine and disaster management, taking into account
the needs to resolve the digital-divide in the region;
[Space education and awareness]
7. Promote educational activities through the Space Education
and Awareness Working Group (SEA WG) to further stimulate
interest of primary and secondary school children as well
as university and graduate students in, and increase their
awareness of, space science and technology and their applications;
8. Encourage the exchange of education materials and teaching
experiences in enhancing education using the outputs yielded
by space activities and addressing space-related subjects,
taking into account the need to make more materials available
in the languages spoken in Asia and the Pacific to better
meet the needs of the countries in the region;
9. Recognizing the need for capacity building in the region,
the Forum noted the significant role played by the UN Affiliated
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia
and the Pacific (UN-CSSTEAP) located at the Indian Institute
of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, India, and recommend
the APRSAF participating countries and organizations to fully
utilize the center;
[Space Environment Utilization]
10. Share and update information in the field of space environment
utilization among Asia-Pacific countries, through the Space
Environment Utilization Working Group (SEU WG), and encourage
to realize the cooperation on space experiments following
the current feasibility studies of the ISS/Japan Experiment
Module (JEM) utilization;
11. Encourage to realize cooperation on a micro-gravity
platform on board the Space Recovery Experiment capsule (SRE)
of ISRO among Asia-Pacific countries;
[Space for Human Empowerment]
12. Appreciate the examples provided by ISRO on the use of
space technology for human empowerment to provide services
to village areas in the Asia-Pacific countries.
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