Statement of Accepted Practices and Relevant Provisions of the Treaty, including Guidance for Visitors to the Antarctic

Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting on Antarctic Mineral Resources

The Antarctic Treaty

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

Antarctic Treaty System | ATS [Abbr.]

Antarctic Treaty

spring ozone hole in the Antarctic

Antarctic spring ozone depletion

reference antarctic data for environmental research | READER

Nuclear Planning Group of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1) | Nuclear Planning Group (2)

Participation in the Antarctic treaty meeting of experts on guidelines for Antarctic shipping held in London, U.K., April 2000, $7,500; and participation in the special Antarctic treaty consultative meeting held in the Hague, Netherlands, September 2000, including costs of preparation and production of reports, $18,750.

On the broader issue of Canada's scientific contribution to the Antarctic treaty system, since acceding to the Antarctic treaty in 1988, Canadian government and university scientists and experts have participated in the work of many technical and scientific groups and contributed in several fields.

27. Notes the increased activity surrounding the exploration of oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean and the Arctic; believes that the EU should promote the development of an international legal framework for the protection of the High Arctic, on lines similar to those already established for the Antarctic in the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol on Environmental Protection; considers that for other parts of the Arctic which fall within the exclusive economic zones of EU Member States or EEA countries, there is an urgent need for the proposed regulation on the safety of offshore oil and gas to include drilling requireme ...[+++]nts which ensure that remote areas are not exposed to a higher risk than other areas and that extreme operating conditions, such as long-lasting darkness, icy conditions or deep water, are accurately reflected in the authorisation process;

15. Suggests that the Commission should be prepared to pursue the opening of international negotiations designed to lead to the adoption of an international treaty for the protection of the Arctic, having as its inspiration the Antarctic Treaty, as supplemented by the Madrid Protocol signed in 1991, but respecting the fundamental difference represented by the populated nature of the Arctic and the consequent rights and needs of the peoples and nations of the Arctic region; believes, however, that as a minimum starting-point such a treaty could at l ...[+++]east cover the unpopulated and unclaimed area at the centre of the Arctic Ocean;