l+l+)+. rne efforts to prevent the arns race from spreading tc outer space were madein the United l{ations at the end of the 1950s" In Ncveabe" 1958, the Union ofSoviet Socialist Republics submitted. a draft resclution in ,.rhich it proposed, inparticularo a ban on the use of outer space for military prrrpoau" urrd "r, undertaking by states to launch rockets into outer space onl-y ..rnder an agreedinternational Frogranne. rn the folrowing years, siltilar proposals r,rere discusserfin the Ten-Nation comnittee on Disarmament, the Eightecn-Nation coromittee onDisamarent and the united ltrati.ons. These efforts sought to establish thatA/ 35/392 llnq Lasn ;lnnex .!-a-qe _LJo States, in the exFloration and use of outer space, shoul-d be Suided by the principle that international 1aw, including the Charter of the United Nations, applied to outer space and, celestial bodies and that outer space and. celesti.al bodies were free for exploration and use by eJ1 States in confcrmity vith internationaf 1aw and were not subject to nationaf appropriation. 4L5. fn 1953, Mexico subroitted to the Eighteen-Nation Corn:littee on Disarmament the outline of a draft treaty prohibiting the placing in orbit and the stationing in outer space of nuclear wealons or other rieapons of mass destfuction and also the testing of those weapons in outer space. That sane year, the General Assenbly adopted. a resofution to the same effect. U+5. fn 1956 the Soviet Union and the United States reached an agreement on a text entitled "Treaty on lrinciples Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Cefestial Dodies". The Treaty entered into force on 10 October 1957 and., as at 12 July 1980, is in force for 78 States. The nain provisions of the Treaty of interest to this study are as follows: (a) The undertaking by States parties not to place in orbit around the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international efforts to regulate and govern the use of outer space, focusing on the prevention of the arms race and the establishment of principles for the exploration and use of outer space. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is related to international relations and cooperation. The specific details mentioned, such as the submission of drafts and agreements, also point towards a category related to international governance.

**Category**
Science and technology, International relations