In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

• UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER Side event at Rio+20
• UN-SPIDER supports International Workshop on Drought
• Call for experts for Technical Advisory Mission to Cape Verde closed
• UN-SPIDER Newsletter “Technical Advisory Support” available

News from our Regional Support Offices

• Károly Róbert College became member of OGC
• RCMRD: SDI-Africa Newsletter for June available
• IGAC implements project on floods and landslides
• ASAL: Space-based information to combat desertification

News from our Community

• 55th session of COPUOS successfully concluded
• International Charter activated for floods in Canada
• TerraSAR-X: Five years in space
• DLR supports establishment of IWG-SEM
• China: Donation of BeiDou/COMPASS model
• Rio+20 agreement addresses disaster risk reduction

Upcoming events

• Fifth International Summer School and Conference Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment (AGSE 2012)