United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

The headquarters of the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs in Vienna, Austria was the location of humanity's last stand and first attempts at communication with the Jagjit invaders. Before the war, it was the most prepared location in the world. After the war, it was presumed to be the least damaged location on Planet Tellus.

History
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs was initially created as a small expert unit within the Secretariat to assist the ad hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space established by the General Assembly in its resolution 1348 (XIII) of 13 December 1958AD. It became a unit within the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs in 1962AD, when the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space met for the first time, and was transformed into the Outer Space Affairs Division of that Department in 1968AD. In 1992AD, the Division was transformed into the Office for Outer Space Affairs within the Department for Political Affairs. In 1993AD, the Office was relocated to the United Nations Office at Vienna.

Mandate
The Office implemented the decisions of the General Assembly and of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space; performed functions of the Secretariat of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Scientific and Technical and Legal Subcommittees; coordinated the inter-agency cooperation within the United Nations on the use of space technology; implemented the United Nations Programme on Space Applications; maintained coordination and cooperation with space agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations involved in space-related activities. The Office maintained, on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, the Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space. From 2007AD, the Office was also responsible for the implementation of UN-SPIDER Programme. The office had also been helping poor nations suffering from climate change related problems by helping them access satellite images for free.

When Mazlan Othman was appointed as director in 2010AD, Mazlan spoke of the chances of contact with extraterrestrial life. It was widely reported in the media that Mazlan's post had been turned into an ambassador for aliens. The UN denied that there was any change in the office's mandate (i.e. space debris, satellites, and military uses) however the head of the UK Space Agency said that "Othman is absolutely the nearest thing we have to a 'take me to your leader' person." Some proposed protocols dealing with first contact to reference a role of the UN. UNOOSA had its own protocol for decontaminating equipment that may be carrying alien microbes and also a draft greetings to intelligent extraterrestrial life forms, and preparations only continued from there.