--- title: "P010-Rev3: _LIST OF STATES & ORGANIZATIONS" description: "Official Cospas-Sarsat P-series document P010-Rev3" sidebar: badge: text: "P" variant: "note" # Extended Cospas-Sarsat metadata documentId: "P010-Rev3" series: "P" seriesName: "Programme" documentType: "programme" isLatest: true issue: 1 revision: 3 documentDate: "February 2026" originalTitle: "_LIST OF STATES & ORGANIZATIONS" --- > **📋 Document Information** > > **Series:** P-Series (Programme) > **Version:** Issue 1 - Revision 3 > **Date:** February 2026 > **Source:** [Cospas-Sarsat Official Documents](https://www.cospas-sarsat.int/en/documents-pro/system-documents) --- List of Participants and Representatives C/S P.010 E 04 February 2026 LIST OF STATES & ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE COSPAS-SARSAT PROGRAMME I. Parties - Space Segment Providers II. Participants - Ground Segment Providers III. Participants - User States IV. Participants - Organisations V. Contributors to the Space Segment through Special Arrangement I. PARTIES - SPACE SEGMENT PROVIDERS Participant Cooperating Agency/ Representative (effective date of tenure) Effective Date of Association Canada National SAR Secretariat (NSS), Public Safety Canada Mr Greg Surek (1 July 2025) 30 August 1988 France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Mr Bruno Chazal (10 September 2015) 30 August 1988 Russian Federation Morsviazsputnik Mr Andrey Kuropyatnikov (August 2011) 30 August 1988 USA United States Coast Guard (US CG) Mr Layne Carter (1 September 2025) 30 August 1988 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation notified the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on 6 January 1992 that the membership of the USSR in the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme was continued by the Russian Federation. 04 February 2026 II. PARTICIPANTS - GROUND SEGMENT PROVIDERS Participant - Agency/Representative - Effective Date of Association/Depositary Algeria - Service SAR, Ministere de la Defence Nationale, Colonel Benzarour Hamza (15 September 2025) - 10 May 1996, ICAO Argentina - Argentina Air Force - SASS, Mr Angel Adolfo Thompson (28 April 2025) - 9 January 2002, ICAO Australia - Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Ms Leanne Loan (15 October 2021) - 22 June 1991, IMO Brazil - Air Space Control Department (DECEA), Major Bruno Vieira Passos (8 March 2022) - 10 July 1992, ICAO Chile - Servicio de Busqueda y Salvamento de la Fuerza Aerea de Chile, Lt General Maximo Venegas Raggio (24 November 2024) - 23 February 1990, ICAO China (P.R.) - Maritime Safety Administration, Mr Xu Wei (January 2026) - 28 March 1997, IMO Cyprus - Larnaca Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Lt Cdr (Navy) George Economou (4 August 2025) - 8 April 2017, ICAO Greece - Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Captain (HCG) Konstantinos Psychogyios (7 May 2025) - 13 May 2006, IMO India - Department of Space, Government of India, Shri Manish Saxena (26 September 2025) - 23 May 1991, ICAO Indonesia - National SAR Agency of Indonesia (BASARNAS), Brigadier General TNI Tofik Tofana (24 December 2024) - 27 June 1992, IMO Italy - Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Cdr Giuseppe Antonio Danese (28 August 2023) - 27 January 1991, ICAO Japan - Japan Coast Guard, Captain Arakawa Naohide (15 April 2024) - 10 July 1993, IMO Korea (Rep. of) - Korea Coast Guard, Mr Min Ung Song (29 July 2024) - 25 October 1995, IMO Malaysia - Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), First Admiral Maritime Kamal Ariffin Jusoh (March 2025) - 28 December 2016, ICAO New Zealand - Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ), Mr Justin Keith Allan (18 October 2021) - 15 May 1993, ICAO Notes: - P. R. of China originally joined as User State as of 18 November 1992. - Cyprus originally joined as User State as of 6 October 2006. - Greece originally joined as User State as of 13 September 1992. II. PARTICIPANTS - GROUND SEGMENT PROVIDERS (continued) Nigeria - National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Air Commodore Bature Usman (14 November 2025) - 20 May 2004, IMO Norway - Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Mr Tore Wangsfjord (1 January 2020) - 30 December 1990, IMO Pakistan - Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Mr Zafar Iqbal (1 October 2020) - 13 October 1991, IMO Peru - Direccion General de Capitanias y Guardacostas, Peruvian Navy, Rear Admiral Jorge Portocarrero Castillo (8 August 2025) - 27 November 1996, IMO Qatar (State of) - Doha Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (DJRCC/QAMCC), Brigadier (Air) Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Hitmi (1 September 2025) - 12 November 2017, ICAO Saudi Arabia - General Authority of Civil Aviation, Mr Fahad Saud O Alharbi (10 April 2016) - 19 August 2000, ICAO Singapore - Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Mr Tai Kit (7 December 2011) / Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Capt Dilshad Ahmad (1 August 2023) - 23 October 1992, ICAO/IMO South Africa - National Department of Transport, Mr Chueu Terrence Mabuela (1 September 2023) - 2 November 2000, IMO Spain - Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Mr Jose Alvaro Martinez-Villalobos Castillo (16 October 2022) - 8 July 1992, IMO Thailand - Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport - 19 November 1999, ICAO Togo - Le Ministere des Infrastructures et des transports, Colonel Neyo Takougnadi (11 December 2020) - 11 January 2019, ICAO Turkiye - Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Ms Gulsima Bilgin (22 May 2024) - 11 June 2005, ICAO United Arab Emirates - Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Mr Tariq Al Awadhi (7 December 2008) - 26 November 2009, ICAO United Kingdom - Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Mr Christopher Hopkins (11 April 2023) - 9 March 1990, IMO Vietnam - Vietnam Maritime and Waterway Administration (VIMAWA), Mr Le Do Muoi (29 August 2025) / Vietnam Maritime Communication and Electronics LLC (VISHIPEL), Mr Phan Ngoc Quang (4 September 2015) - 26 June 2002, IMO Note: Nigeria originally joined as User State as of 3 March 2001. 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PARTICIPANTS - USER STATES Denmark - Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, Mr Claus Bildsoe Gerlen (1 June 2012) - 8 March 1991, ICAO Finland - Ministry of the Interior / The Finnish Border Guard, Lieutenant Commander Sami Jarvenpaa (22 September 2020) - 7 March 2010, IMO Germany - Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Mr Philipp Merkel (1 April 2024) - 17 December 1992, ICAO Netherlands (The) - The Netherlands Coastguard, Mr Rene Slikker (1 March 2017) - 3 March 1995, IMO Poland - Civil Aviation Authority, Mr Adam Konarzewski PhD (16 October 2023) - 16 September 2005, ICAO Serbia - Civil Aviation Directorate, Mrs Mirjana Cizmarov (13 January 2015) - 17 July 2010, ICAO Sweden - Swedish Civil Defense and Resilience Agency, Mr Fredrik Liljegren (13 January 2026) - 24 October 1990, ICAO Switzerland - Federal Office of Civil Aviation, Mr Daniel Ponzini (1 January 2026) - 14 February 1991, ICAO Tunisia - Ministere du Transport, Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile, Mr Bilel Nasri (26 February 2025) - 5 August 1994, ICAO IV. PARTICIPANTS - ORGANISATIONS ITDC - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Mr Hai-Long Pan (21 February 2022) - 4 June 1992 (Association as Ground Segment Operator approved at CSC-7, notified 5 May 1992) Hong Kong, China - Hong Kong Marine Department, Mr Sai Fat Wong (2 March 2024) - 28 June 1998 (Association as Ground Segment Operator approved at CSC-19, notified 27 May 1998) V. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SPACE SEGMENT THROUGH SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Mr Flavio Murolo - 25 October 2010 European Commission - DG Internal Market, Mr Antonio Rolla (22 November 2019) - 14 Dec 2006 / 1 December 2016 China (P.R.) - Maritime Safety Administration, Mr Xu Wei (January 2026) - 18 November 1992 / 14 November 2022 India - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Shri Manish Saxena (26 September 2025) - 23 February 2007 - END OF DOCUMENT -