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Article: Keep Space for Peace!
- Article from:
- International Peace Update
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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Excerpts from WILPF's Keep Space for Peace statement
Fifty years ago, on 4 October 1957, the launch of the Sputnik satellite changed the world forever. A new era of political, military, technological, and scientific developments began as the world entered the space age. Sputnik roused fears of an arms race in outer space.
Ten years later, on 10 October 1967, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomed the Outer Space Treaty, which sought to ensure the peaceful uses of space for the benefit of all humankind. On the 40th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, WILPF reaffirms that treaty's goals. We welcome the progress made in ...