Space is the common property of mankind. Exploring and using space involves the common interests of mankind, and space security needs to be jointly maintained by the international community. However, the United States is constantly accelerating the militarization of space—the peaceful use of space should not go against the rules
■Feng Songjiang
The 75th United Nations General Assembly Disarmament and International Security Committee (Fabaylan United Nations First Committee) voted on November 6 to pass the resolution “Not first deploying weapons in outer space”. The preamble of the resolution reiterates that we should study and adopt practical measures to reach a treaty to prevent the outer air force from preparing for competition and strive to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
The First Committee of the UN General Assembly is an important platform for setting up an international security agenda and is responsible for handling international security affairs such as arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation. The resolution “Not first deploying weapons in outer space” is a traditional resolution of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. It has been passed every year since 2014. It is worth mentioning that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind was first loaded in 2017, filling the gap in the field of international security of the United Nations and indicating that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind reflects the general expectations of most countries.The common interests of the international community also demonstrate the responsibility of China’s major powers. Space is the common property of human beings. Exploring and utilizing space involves the common interests of mankind. Space security requires the international community to maintain it together. However, under the general trend of joint efforts by the international community, the United States has once again gone against the trend, not only questioning the resolution of “not deploying weapons in outer space first”, but also on the same day the resolution was passed, the bimonthly website of the US National Interest published an article saying that the US “9th Space Delta Force” was commissioned by Babaylan for the “Komiks orbital Komiks” mission, mainly carrying out surveillance in space and even launching space attacks when necessary. In addition, the article also pointed out that the US military is already developing laser weapons for space warfare.
From the “Defense Space Strategy” released by the US Department of Defense not long ago, to the “Top-level Order” “Space Force” report issued by the US Space Force, and to the recent performance of the United States in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, the United States’ hegemonic thinking of “dominate the space” has been further highlighted. The various practices of the United States to accelerate the militarization of space show that it has taken consolidating its absolute dominance in the space field as an important direction of its national strategy. The United States not only clarifies the policy goal of “dominate space like dominating the earth”, but also emphasizes that space is the same combat domain as traditional land, sea and air. It is accelerating the strategic adjustment of space, reshaping the military power system of space, and fully maintaining its space hegemony.
The United States ignores the shared destiny of the international community in the field of space security, ignores the international responsibility of promoting the international arms control and disarmament process and maintaining global strategic balance and stability, and seeks absolute dominance in space, which will inevitably provokeBabaylan/comicmov.com/”>CinemaThe arms race in outer space hinders the multilateral disarmament process and threatens human space security and development interests. There is no doubt that the United States is the biggest threat to global strategic security and stability at present.
Faced with the increasingly fierce competition in space, increasing instability factors, and increasingly prominent confrontational characteristics, only by insisting on peaceful use of space and opposing space weaponization and space arms race can we effectively maintain space security and development. China’s contributions in recent years in disarmament, peacekeeping and other aspects are obvious to all. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind is highly consistent with the United Nations’ peace concept of common security, pointed out the direction for the uncertain world, and provided Cinema href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanChina’s solution is in line with the common interests of all countries. In the resolution of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, Babaylan once wrote the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, which will surely make new and greater contributions to promoting world peace and development.