Appendix II
| Date | 01 March 1974 |
| Published date | 01 March 1974 |
| DOI | 10.1177/001083677400900119 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Appendix
II
TEXT
OF
THE
ANTARCTIC
TREATY
OF
1 st
DECEMBER
1959
A
final
Act
of
the
Conference
on
the
Antarctic
and
the
Antarctic
Treaty
were
signed
at
Washington
on
lst
December
1959.
The
texts
were
subsequently
pub-
lished
as
a
United
Kingdom
Government
White
Paper
(Cmnd.
913)
from
which
the
following
text
is
taken.
The
Antarctic
Treaty
The
Governments
of
Argentina,
Australia,
Belgium,
Chile,
the
French
Republic,
Japan,
New
Zealand,
Norway,
the
Union
of
South
Africa,
the
Union
of
Soviet
So-
cialist
Republics,
the
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland,
and
the
United
States
of
America.
Recognizing
that
it
is
in
the
interest
of
all
mankind
that
the
Antarctic
shall
con-
tinue
for
ever
to
be
used
exclusively
for
peaceful
purposes
and
shall
not
become
the
scene
or
object
of
international
discord;
Acknowledging
the
substantial
contribu-
tions
to
scientific
knowledge
resulting
from
international
co-operation
in
scientific
in-
vestigation
in
the
Antarctic;
Convinced
that
the
establishment
of
a
firm
foundation
for
the
continuation
and
development
of
such
co-operation
on
the
basis
of
freedom
of
scientific
investigation
in
the
Antarctic
as
applied
during
the
International
Geophysical
Year
accords
with
the
interests
of
science
and
the
prog-
ress
of
all
mankind;
Convinced
also
that
a
treaty
ensuring
the
use
of
the
Antarctic
for
peaceful
pur-
poses
only
and
the
continuance
of
inter-
national
harmony
in
the
Antarctic
will
further
the
purposes
and
principles
em-
bodied
in
the
Charter
of
the
United
Na-
tions ;
Have
agreed
as
follows:
Article
I
1.
The
Antarctic
shall
be
used
for
peace-
ful
purposes
only.
There
shall
be
pro-
hibited,
inter
alia,
any
measures
of
a
mili-
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tary
nature,
such
as
the
establishment
of
military
bases
and
fortifications,
the
car-
rying
out
of
military
manoeuvres,
as
well
as
the
testing
of
any
type
of
weapons.
2.
The
present
Treaty
shall
not
prevent
the
use
of
military
personnel
or
equip-
ment
for
scientific
research
or
for
any
other
peaceful
purpose.
Article
11
Freedom
of
scientific
investigation
in
the
Antarctic
and
co-operation
toward
that
end,
as
applied
during
the
International
Geophysical
Year,
shall
continue,
subject
to
the
provisions
of
the
present
Treaty.
Article
III
1.
In
order
to
promote
international
co-
operation
in
scientific
investigation
in
the
Antarctic,
as
provided
for
in
Article
II
of
the
present
Treaty,
the
Contracting
Parties
agree
that,
to
the
greatest
extent
feasible
and
practicable:
(a)
information
regarding
plans
for
scientific
programmes
in
the
Ant-
arctic
shall
be
exchanged
to
permit
maximum
economy
and
efficiency
of
operations;
(b)
scientific
personnel
shall
be
ex-
changed
in
the
Antarctic
between
expeditions
and
stations;
(c)
scientific
observations
and
results
from
the
Antarctic
shall
be
ex-
changed
and
made
freely
available.
2.
In
implementing
this
Article,
every
encouragement
shall
be
given
to
the
estab-
lishment
of
co-operative
working
relations
with
those
Specialized
Agencies
of
the
United
Nations
and
other
international
organizations
having
a
scientific
or
tech-
nical
interest
in
the
Antarctic.
Article
IV
1.
Nothing
contained
in
the
present
Treaty
shall
be
interpreted
as:
(a)
a
renunciation
by
any
Contracting
Party
of
previously
asserted
rights
of
or
claims
to
territorial
sovereign-
ty
in
the
Antarctic;
(b)
a
renunciation
or
diminution
by
any
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