MEASURES, DECISIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
1. Measures
(a) A text which contains provisions intended to be legally binding once it has been approved by all the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties will be expressed as a Measure recommended for approval in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty, and referred to as a "Measure".
(b) Measures will be numbered consecutively, followed by the year of adoption.
2. Decisions
(a) A decision taken at an Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting on an internal organizational matter will be operative at adoption or at such other time as may be specified, and will be referred to as a "Decision".
(b) Decisions will be numbered consecutively, followed by the year of adoption.
3. Resolutions
(a) A hortatory text adopted at an Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will be contained in a Resolution.
(b) Resolutions will be numbered consecutively, followed by the year of adoption.
4. Final Reports of ATCMs
(a) Part II, Annex A of the Final Report of each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will contain the full text of Measures adopted at the Meeting.
(b) Part II, Annex B of the Final Report of each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will contain the full text of any Decisions adopted at that Meeting.
(c) Part II, Annex C of the Final Report of each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will contain the full text of any Resolutions adopted at that Meeting.
5. Nothing in this Decision affects in any way anything done by previous Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.
6. This Decision will be operative at adoption.
1. Measures
(a) A text which contains provisions intended to be legally binding once it has been approved by all the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties will be expressed as a Measure recommended for approval in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty, and referred to as a "Measure".
(b) Measures will be numbered consecutively, followed by the year of adoption.
2. Decisions
(a) A decision taken at an Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting on an internal organizational matter will be operative at adoption or at such other time as may be specified, and will be referred to as a "Decision".
(b) Decisions will be numbered consecutively, followed by the year of adoption.
3. Resolutions
(a) A hortatory text adopted at an Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will be contained in a Resolution.
(b) Resolutions will be numbered consecutively, followed by the year of adoption.
4. Final Reports of ATCMs
(a) Part II, Annex A of the Final Report of each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will contain the full text of Measures adopted at the Meeting.
(b) Part II, Annex B of the Final Report of each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will contain the full text of any Decisions adopted at that Meeting.
(c) Part II, Annex C of the Final Report of each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting will contain the full text of any Resolutions adopted at that Meeting.
5. Nothing in this Decision affects in any way anything done by previous Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.
6. This Decision will be operative at adoption.
