وبناءً على اقتراح الاتحاد السوفيتي فقد تولت هذه الهيئات النظر في أهمية واستصواب وضع اتفاقية شاملة وحيدة بشأن قانون الفضاء.
At the suggestion of the Russian Federation, those bodies had taken up the question of the expediency and desirability of elaborating a single comprehensive convention on space law. There was an urgent need to adapt the existing norms of international space law to current requirements and realities.