UN General Assembly
1971

222. This matter has a relation, direct or indirect, to the formal note we submitted to the Secretary-General when celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our Organization. In that document we recommended a study of ways and means for depoliticizing outer space, which is another way of setting aside special areas or reserves for peaceful purposes. 223. We therefore cannot fail to welcome the inclusion of item 33 on our agenda which corresponds to that resolution. 224. In line with our request to the Secretary-General, which followed the highest. channels, we are pleased that in this Assembly there has emerged the idea of international co-operation in the peaceful use of outer space.