United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)

Rule Changes

Traditional multilateral space governance forum — the Accords bypassed it

Eight nations signed the Artemis Accords on October 13, 2020, establishing voluntary principles for how countries should behave on the Moon. Five and a half years later, Latvia became the 62nd signatory at a ceremony at NASA Headquarters on April 20, 2026, widening a coalition that now spans every inhabited continent.

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