"Rex" <rexdudeREMOVEANDREVERSEDOMAIN@liam.ur> wrote in message 
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Andrew W wrote:

Here's one.
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/55/a5520.pdf

Interesting.
Quote:".At the 464th meeting, a special presentation was
made by the representative of IAA on the IAA position
paper entitled  �A decision process for examining the
possibility of sending communications to extraterrestrial
civilizations�. The Committee, on the basis of the presen-
tation, agreed that the Office for Outer Space Affairs
should retain a copy of the position paper on file for
review."

So looks like they're trying to codify processes in the event of an 
official 'first contact' situation.

The rest of the document seems mostly about space treaties.

If I recall- there was a Cold War treaty banning use of nukes in space.
So to get around that, the US military are considering this:

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god

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I'm sure their darts are aimed at our satellites, just like ours are trained
on their satellites.  All these so-called treaties are mere lip-service
balm for the jittery masses, to prove that the Politicos have a handle
on things ... which, of course, they don't.