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As the "one super" among the superpowers, especially now the situation on Mars is very unclear, so Meriken did not immediately react violently to Tang Chao's speech.

Of course, it may also be the reason for the lack of time. Dealing with Tang Chao and the Tian Xia behind him requires careful planning and cannot be decided with a single shot.

But they didn't do nothing. Instead, they immediately asked the President's Office to issue a statement indicating that Meriken can be trusted. They are good and they have made a lot of contributions to the world.

Finally, they also advised certain people not to discredit Meriken.

In view of the current international...Oh, no, it’s the complicated interstellar situation, so they will focus on the overall situation for now, but they will reserve the right to sue.

This... can almost be seen as a compromise.

When there was an uproar outside, the afternoon session of the United Nations began.

In the remaining day and a half, they have to formulate an effective, sufficiently binding international law that can play a guiding role in contact with alien civilizations.

The current human society has a space law, and there are many more.

Flying into space belongs to the unique dream of mankind.

In order to maintain this dream, human beings have specially formulated some relevant laws, because when human beings expand their scope of activities, they always need new self-discipline to avoid the disorder caused by new freedom.

In order to prevent human beings from rushing into space disorderly like a group of wild boars with wings, and messing up this dream, human beings always have to set up some constraints on their own.

Since the launch of the world’s first artificial earth satellite "Sputnik 1", the United Nations immediately paid attention and introduced relevant legislation.

First of all, people established the "Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" as an ad hoc subordinate body of the UN General Assembly.

Then the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 1962, which contained all the important features of international space law, and laid the foundation for the final adoption of the "Magna Carta" of outer space, the "Outer Space Treaty."

The full name of the "Outer Space Treaty" is like the name of a light novel. It is quite long. It is called "Principles Treaty on the Activities of Countries in the Exploration and Utilization of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies."

As the foundation of international space law, it is also known as the "space constitution," so it basically stipulates 10 basic principles that should be observed when engaging in space activities.

The first is the principle of common interest.

That is, the exploration and use of outer space should benefit all countries, regardless of their economic or scientific development.

The second is the principle of free exploration and utilization.

Countries should freely explore and use outer space on an equal basis and in accordance with international law, and freely enter all regions of the celestial body.

The third is the principle of not taking it for yourself.

States must not use, occupy, or in any other way take outer space as their own by claiming sovereignty.

The fourth is the principle of restricting militarization.

That is, countries cannot place and deploy nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction in orbit around the earth and on celestial bodies.

The fifth is the principle of rescue astronauts.

In the event of an accident, distress or emergency landing of astronauts, countries should give them all possible assistance and return them to the launching country quickly and safely.

The sixth is the principle of national responsibility.

Countries should bear international responsibility for their space activities, regardless of whether such activities are carried out by government agencies or by non-government agencies.

The seventh is the principle of registration of outer space objects.

All countries that conduct space activities must inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the status, location, and results of the activities to the greatest possible and practical extent.

The eighth is the principle of jurisdiction and control over space objects.

That is to say, the State that registers space objects launched into space still retains jurisdiction and control over the objects in outer space.

The ninth is the principle of protecting the space environment.

Space activities should avoid harmful pollution to outer space, and prevent the introduction of extraterrestrial materials from causing adverse changes to the earth's environment.

The last one is the principle of international cooperation, that is, countries engaged in outer space activities should cooperate and assist each other.

Then based on these principles, the Outer Space Committee also formulated the relevant "Rescue Agreement", "Liability Convention", "Registration Convention" and "Moon Agreement."

These are abbreviations, and the full name is still the length of the light novel title.

In addition, there are the "Declaration of the Legal Principles for the Exploration and Utilization of Outer Space Activities by Countries", the "Principles for All Countries to Use Artificial Earth Satellites for International Direct Television Broadcasts", and the "Principles for Remote Sensing of the Earth from Outer Space" , "Principles on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space", "Declaration on Carrying out International Cooperation in the Exploration and Utilization of Outer Space, Promoting the Welfare and Interests of All Countries, Taking Particularly into the Needs of Developing Countries", The Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development, etc.

but……

Among the above-mentioned space law treaties, only the "Outer Space View Treaty" has been ratified by nearly a hundred countries and has received wide support from the international community.

The remaining signatories have only a few dozen or a dozen or even a few.

For example, the "Moon Agreement", its provisions are similar to the "Antarctic Treaty", all are not to pollute, not to declare sovereignty, to pay attention to equality, research results must be released to all countries and so on.

That is, one is on the earth, and the other is beside the earth, and at the same time, they are all places out of reach of ordinary people.

But this "Moon Agreement" has only a dozen signatories.

Let me put it this way, none of the countries capable of sending the probe to the moon has signed this treaty.

There are enough signatories to the "Outer Space Treaty", and all major countries with certain space capabilities have also signed it. But what is the use of signing it? If it doesn't comply, it still doesn't comply.

It calls on all countries engaged in space activities to cooperate and assist each other, but out of interest, this article is not implemented very well.

It also restricts the militarization of space. I won't talk about the research and launch of anti-satellite missiles. Several countries are already playing it.

In recent years, Meriken has directly established the Space Force, which is more blatant than launching anti-satellite missiles from the earth to strike satellites, and it makes it clear that the "Outer Space Treaty" is not taken seriously.

International law has been developed longer and more complete than international space law, but Meriken can still bypass the United Nations and fight against whoever wants to fight directly because its own force is too powerful.

The same is true for the space law. The United Nations does not have strong power, and even it does not have strong binding force. Its subordinate body, the Outer Space Committee, is even more non-binding.

But relevant laws still need to exist.

When one party has an overwhelming advantage, he naturally doesn't care about what happens in space, but when the two sides are evenly matched, even when they are at a disadvantage, they begin to expect the space law to take charge.

Especially when it comes to extraterrestrial civilization, once the probe is confirmed to be real, humans must consider the issue of contact with extraterrestrial civilization.

At this time, no one wants to leave himself behind, and he does not want one party to monopolize the benefits, so relevant laws must be enacted.

Even if the relevant laws have limited effects, as long as the other party can't use force to threaten the world with fairness, and then monopolize the alien benefits.

For example, although the role of the United Nations is not great, it still has some effects. Otherwise, Meriken’s foreign war will be even more unscrupulous.

The efficiency of secretly contacting and doing things must be poor. Once other countries are allowed to seize the opportunity, there will always be some opportunities to catch up.