2023, LSC, Statement, Item 4: General Exchange of Views

Thank you Honourable Chair. On behalf of the Open Lunar Foundation, I would like to begin by thanking and congratulating you for your impeccable leadership of this Honourable Committee during the past two years. We also wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Secretariat for their excellent preparation of this session.

Distinguished Delegates, the Open Lunar Foundation is dedicated to creating stewardship. Just like this Honourable Committee, Open Lunar devotes deep consideration to technical and legal issues alike. A key feature of our work is the discovery of thoughtful ideas and initiatives that can advance our prosperous future on the Moon. We follow this discovery with sustained investment and collaborations. An example of how we turn discovery into action is the Lunar Policy Handbook, a unique guide to the nascent realm of lunar governance. A few months ago, during the last session of the Legal Subcommittee, we presented the LPH and distributed copies to Delegations. Today, everyone interested can download the LPH from its dedicated website.