Urging Parties to Enhance Environmental Protection for the Antarctic Ecosystem Northward to the Antarctic Convergence
The Representatives,
Reaffirming their commitment to the protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems;
Noting that the Antarctic Treaty, per its Article VI, provides that the Treaty applies to the area south of 60° South Latitude;
Noting further that the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, per its Article I(1), applies to the Antarctic marine living resources of the area south of 60° South latitude and to the Antarctic marine living resources of the area between that latitude and the Antarctic Convergence;
Recalling that the “Antarctic area” Special Area defined in Annex I, regulation 1.11.7, and the “Antarctic Area” Special Area defined in Annex II, regulation 13.8.1, and the “Antarctic area” Special Area defined in Annex V, regulation 5(1)(g), of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by its Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78), define this area (Antarctic Special Area) as the “sea area south of latitude 60º S” (MARPOL Special Areas);
Acknowledging the value of cooperation as among Parties and through the International Maritime Organization to prevent marine pollution;
Recommend that:
1. the Parties cooperate, consistent with the Protocol on Environmental Protection and in accordance with international law, to enhance environmental protection for the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem;
2. the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) be asked by the Chairman of the ATCM XXXII to provide its views to the ATCM on the possibility of asking the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to amend the Antarctic Special Area to extend its boundary northward to the Antarctic Convergence; and
3. the Parties at ATCM XXXIII consider the views of CCAMLR and whether to recommend that further steps be taken within the IMO to extend northward the Antarctic Special Area to the Antarctic Convergence.
The Representatives,
Reaffirming their commitment to the protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems;
Noting that the Antarctic Treaty, per its Article VI, provides that the Treaty applies to the area south of 60° South Latitude;
Noting further that the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, per its Article I(1), applies to the Antarctic marine living resources of the area south of 60° South latitude and to the Antarctic marine living resources of the area between that latitude and the Antarctic Convergence;
Recalling that the “Antarctic area” Special Area defined in Annex I, regulation 1.11.7, and the “Antarctic Area” Special Area defined in Annex II, regulation 13.8.1, and the “Antarctic area” Special Area defined in Annex V, regulation 5(1)(g), of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by its Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78), define this area (Antarctic Special Area) as the “sea area south of latitude 60º S” (MARPOL Special Areas);
Acknowledging the value of cooperation as among Parties and through the International Maritime Organization to prevent marine pollution;
Recommend that:
1. the Parties cooperate, consistent with the Protocol on Environmental Protection and in accordance with international law, to enhance environmental protection for the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem;
2. the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) be asked by the Chairman of the ATCM XXXII to provide its views to the ATCM on the possibility of asking the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to amend the Antarctic Special Area to extend its boundary northward to the Antarctic Convergence; and
3. the Parties at ATCM XXXIII consider the views of CCAMLR and whether to recommend that further steps be taken within the IMO to extend northward the Antarctic Special Area to the Antarctic Convergence.
