Establishing a New International Space Cooperation Mechanism For Protecting World Heritage Sites

International agreements and conventions are a traditional source of international law that can be applied effectively to enhance peaceful cooperation among States. Individual States negotiate these agreements based on national policies and existing international frameworks with the objective of securing political promises for conforming State conduct on certain issues. International organisations, such as UNESCO, also utilise and apply these political strategies in order to fulfil their missions. A new trend is emerging, however, toward creating soft law agreements and volunteer partnerships—something that is becoming more evident especially in the space sector. Significantly, these new flexible frameworks for space agreements on space technology and data exchange are pushing international cooperation even further, to include both State and non-State partners.