The Antarctic Treaty

The Antarctic Treaty is a contract for the countries to sign to protect the environment.

The Antarctic Treaty system’s yearly annual Treaty consultative Meeting [ATCM] are the international forum for the administration and management of the region. Only 28 of the 46 particinate in desecion making participants are the consultative parties and in addition to the 12 original signatories include 16 demonstrated their interest in Antarctica by carrying out activity there.

These countries were the one’s with signfigent interest in Antarctica at the time : Argentina,Australia,Belgium,Chile,France
Japan,New Zealand,Norway,South Africa,the
Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United State.

Between them the signatories had established over 50 Antarctic stations for the IGY. The Treaty was a diplomatic expression of the operational and scientific cooperation that had been achieved “on the ice”! The Antarctic Treaty also forbids any measures of any military but not for the presence of military personell.

The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat was established Buenos Aires. Argentina in September 2004 by the Antarctic Treaty consultative Meeting [ATCM].

Facilitating to exchange of information between the parties required in the Treaty and the Environment protocol. Supporting the annual Antarctic Treaty consultative Meeting [ATCM] and the meeting of the committee for Environmental protection [CEP].