Guidelines for the assessment and management of Heritage in Antarctica
The Representatives,
Recalling the requirement in Annex III to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (“the Protocol”) to clean up past and present waste disposal sites on land and abandoned work sites of Antarctic activities;
Recalling furthermore that Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol provides for sites or monuments of recognised historic value to be listed as Historic Sites and Monuments (“HSM”), which shall not be damaged, removed or destroyed;
Recalling also Measure 3 (2003), which revised and updated the List of Historic Sites and Monuments (“the List”), and subsequent Measures which have added further HSM to the List;
Recalling further Resolution 3 (2009), which recommended that the Guidelines for the designation and protection of Historic Sites and Monuments be used by Parties as guidance on questions related to the designation, protection and preservation of historic sites, monuments, artefacts and other historic remains in Antarctica;
Desiring to ensure that the process for designating HSM advances identification and protection of the recognised historic values of Antarctica;
Noting the importance of consistency in the listing of HSM, the need to appropriately balance environmental protection and heritage conservation considerations in the management of HSM and the value of taking into account the growing expertise in the management of Antarctic heritage values;
Recommend to their Governments that the non-mandatory Guidelines for the assessment and management of Heritage in Antarctica annexed to this Resolution be used by Parties as additional guidance on questions related to the assessment and management of sites/objects with heritage values in Antarctica.
The Representatives,
Recalling the requirement in Annex III to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (“the Protocol”) to clean up past and present waste disposal sites on land and abandoned work sites of Antarctic activities;
Recalling furthermore that Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol provides for sites or monuments of recognised historic value to be listed as Historic Sites and Monuments (“HSM”), which shall not be damaged, removed or destroyed;
Recalling also Measure 3 (2003), which revised and updated the List of Historic Sites and Monuments (“the List”), and subsequent Measures which have added further HSM to the List;
Recalling further Resolution 3 (2009), which recommended that the Guidelines for the designation and protection of Historic Sites and Monuments be used by Parties as guidance on questions related to the designation, protection and preservation of historic sites, monuments, artefacts and other historic remains in Antarctica;
Desiring to ensure that the process for designating HSM advances identification and protection of the recognised historic values of Antarctica;
Noting the importance of consistency in the listing of HSM, the need to appropriately balance environmental protection and heritage conservation considerations in the management of HSM and the value of taking into account the growing expertise in the management of Antarctic heritage values;
Recommend to their Governments that the non-mandatory Guidelines for the assessment and management of Heritage in Antarctica annexed to this Resolution be used by Parties as additional guidance on questions related to the assessment and management of sites/objects with heritage values in Antarctica.
