US embassy cable - 05ROME1968

UNCLAS ROME 001968 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
FOR OES/SAT, IO, AND EUR/WE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TSPA, AORC, IT, UNPUOS, UNGA 
SUBJECT: ITALIAN RESPONSE ON USG PROPOSED UN COPUOS STSC 
SPACE DEBRIS MITIGATION GUIDELINES 
 
REF: A. A) STATE 090961 (NOTAL) 
     B. B) STATE 18202 (NOTAL) 
     C. C) UNVIE 00173 (NOTAL) 
 
1.  On May 24, Science Counselor delivered the text in ref A 
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Space Agency 
(ASI), and the Italian National Research Council.  On June 7, 
Counselor Giovanni Manfredi, Chief of Office VI (S&T 
Cooperation) at the MFA's Directorate General for 
Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation, provided the 
Ministry's response.  Manfredi informed us that the GOI 
considers the U.S. draft proposal on high level space debris 
to be compatible with Italian proposals on the same subject, 
and therefore accepts the U.S. draft.  He added that the 
Italian delegation would like to continue discussing space 
debris mitigation with the American delegation in Vienna next 
week at the COPUOS intersessional working group meeting from 
June 13-16. 
 
2.  In a separate communication, Gabriella Arrigo, Head of 
ASI's Office for International Relations with non-European 
Space Agency/EU Countries, informed us that the GOI would 
support the U.S. draft text and would work with the U.S. 
delegation to improve it. 
 
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