Endorses the recommendations of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of the Legal Sub-Committee at its 28th session and on the work of the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee at its 26th session; decides that during the 26th session of the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, the Working Group on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space shall be reconvened to conduct additional work on the basis of its previous reports and of subsequent reports of the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee; endorses the UN Programme on Space Applications for 1989, as proposed to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space by the Expert on Space Applications; urges all States to contribute actively to the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space as an essential condition for the promotion of international co-operation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes; requests the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to consider at its 32nd session a new agenda item entitled "Spin-off benefits of space technology: review of current status".

Adopted without vote, 71st meeting

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Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 6 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 112-114. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).