Communications with extraterrestrial intelligence: A new dimension of space law

Although little progress has recently been made in concrete law, the develo pment of two inter-related declarations regarding detection and reaction to it, has carried matters further. The declarations are summarised. It is ti me to formulate their principles as a document suitable for discussion with in COPUOS, with the intention that eventually the General Assembly should a dopt a Declaration of Principles, with the advantages of the status of such a declaration. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.