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Draft Declaration of Principles Concerning the Sending of Communications to Extraterrestrial Intelligence


The States participating in this Declaration,
Recognizing that a scientific search for evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence is being conducted with increasingly effective means,
Acknowledging the possibility of discovering such evidence,
Recognizing the potentially profound importance of such a discovery for Humankind,
Noting the existence of procedures for the verification and announcement of a detection of evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence,
Conscious of the question of whether and how Humankind should send a communication to extraterrestrial intelligence,
Desiring to establish an orderly process for dealing with that question,

Agree to the following Principles:

I

International consultations should be initiated to consider the question of sending communications to extraterrestrial civilizations.

II

Consultations on whether a message should be send, andits content, should take place within the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space of the United Nations and within other governmental and non-governmental organizations, and should accommodate participation by qualified, interested groups that can contribute constructively to these consultations.

III

These consultations should be open to participation by all interested States and should be intended to lead to recommendations reflecting a consensus.

IV

The United Nations General Assembly should consider making the decision on whether or not to send a message to extraterrestrial intelligence, and on what the content of that message should be, based on recommendations from the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and from governmental and non-governmental organizations.

V

If a decision is made to send a message to extraterrestrial intelligence, it should be sent on behalf of all Humankind, rather than from individual States.

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VI

The content of such a message should reflect a careful concern for the broad interests and well-being of Humanity, and should be make available to the public in advance of transmission.

VII

As the sending of a communication of extraterrestrial intelligence could lead to an exchange of communications separated by many years, consideration should be given to a long-term institutional framework for such communications.

VIII

No communication to extraterrestrial intelligence should be sent by any State until appropriate international consultations have taken place. States should not cooperate with attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence that do not conform to the principles in this Declaration.

IX

In their deliberations on these question, States participating in this Declaration and United Nations bodies should draw on the expertise of scientists, scholars, and other persons with relevant knowledge.

X

Should a decision be made to send a communication, the encoding and transmission of the message should be assigned to scientists and engineers specializing in the technologies required.