States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space." In paragraph 5 it was provided that States bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space. In paragraph 8 it was agreed: Each State which launches or procures the launching of an object into outer space, and each State from whose territory or facility an object is launched, is internationally liable for damage to a foreign State or to its natural or juridical persons by such object or its component parts on earth, in air space, or in outer space. On the same date the General Assembly requested COPUOS to prepare promptly a draft convention on liability for damage. 6.2 Liability Provisions in the 1967 Treaty: Article 7 However, COPUOS proceeded to draft the 1967 Principles Treaty, which made general provisions for liability along the lines illustrated in the foregoing documentation. On January 25, 1967, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 2222 (XXI) which carried as an annex the Principles Treaty. Pursuant to Article 7 of this agreement, which entered into force on October 10, 1967, the principle was established that a launching State "is internationally liable for damage to another State Party to the Treaty or to its natural or juridical persons by such object or its component parts on the Earth, in air space or in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies." Related to the principle of liability so established is the provision in Article 9 whereby States are required to conduct their activities in the space environment "with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other States Parties to the Treaty." They are required to avoid "harmful contamination" of the Paul G. Dembling and Daniel M. Arons, "The Evolution of the Outer Space Treaty," 33 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 419 (1967).
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