Call for setting up Arab space agency
Regional, Science, 11/6/1997

The Second Arab Space and Remote Sensing Conference which is held in Cairo stressed the need for more Arab cooperation in the fields of developing and utilizing resources, as these technologies and systems play a great role in the other development fields.

The conference's recommendations included setting up an Arab network for the research of space and remote Sensing so that the Arab countries could exchange the information and data. It also included setting up an Arab Society to serve this purpose and forming a scientific advisory committee under the supervision of the Arab Organization for Science and Culture as a mechanism to implement the joint cooperative projects in the fields of remote sensing applications and the geographical information systems.

The head of the Egyptian Authority for Space Sciences and Remote Sensing stated that the Egyptian satellite "Nile Sat" has the ability to send, receive, and transfer the information which will make it easy for the Arab countries to exchange information and data.

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