Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 5 (Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole): Revised Management Plan

The Representatives,

Recalling Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (“the Protocol”), providing for the designation of Antarctic Specially Managed Areas ("ASMA") and the approval of Management Plans for those Areas;
Recalling Measure 2 (2007), which designated Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole as Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 5;
Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASMA 5;
Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASMA 5 with the revised Management Plan;

Recommend to their Governments the following Measure for approval in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Annex V to the Protocol:

That:

1. the revised Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 5 (Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and
2. the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 5 annexed to Measure 2 (2007) be revoked.