Antarctic Protected Areas System: Reformatted List of Historic Sites and Monuments
The Representatives,
Noting the requirements of Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty to maintain a list of current Historic Sites and Monuments (“HSMs”) and that such sites “shall not be damaged, removed or destroyed”;
Recalling Recommendations I-IX, V-4, VI-14, VII-9, XII-7, XIII-16, XIV-8, XV-12, XVI-11, XVII-3 and Measures 4 (1995), 2 (1996), 4 (1997), 2 (1998), 1 (2001), 2 (2001), 3(2003), 11 and 12 (2011), 11 (2012), 18, 19, 20 and 21 (2013), 19 (2015), 9 (2016) and 12 (2019);
Noting the Guidelines for the designation and protection of Historic Sites and Monuments adopted through Resolution 3 (2009) and the Guidelines for the assessment and management of Heritage in Antarctica adopted through Resolution 2 (2018);
Furthermore recalling Decision 1 (2019) in which Parties agreed to incorporate the new fields of information, in addition to the existing fields, in the List of HSMs;
Desiring to update the descriptions of HSMs according to the format prescribed by Decision 1 (2019);
Recommend to their Governments, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, that the List of Historic Monuments Identified and Described by the Proposing Government or Governments, annexed to Recommendation VII-9 and modified by the Recommendations and Measures recalled above, be replaced by the revised and updated List of Historic Sites and Monuments annexed to this Measure.
The Representatives,
Noting the requirements of Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty to maintain a list of current Historic Sites and Monuments (“HSMs”) and that such sites “shall not be damaged, removed or destroyed”;
Recalling Recommendations I-IX, V-4, VI-14, VII-9, XII-7, XIII-16, XIV-8, XV-12, XVI-11, XVII-3 and Measures 4 (1995), 2 (1996), 4 (1997), 2 (1998), 1 (2001), 2 (2001), 3(2003), 11 and 12 (2011), 11 (2012), 18, 19, 20 and 21 (2013), 19 (2015), 9 (2016) and 12 (2019);
Noting the Guidelines for the designation and protection of Historic Sites and Monuments adopted through Resolution 3 (2009) and the Guidelines for the assessment and management of Heritage in Antarctica adopted through Resolution 2 (2018);
Furthermore recalling Decision 1 (2019) in which Parties agreed to incorporate the new fields of information, in addition to the existing fields, in the List of HSMs;
Desiring to update the descriptions of HSMs according to the format prescribed by Decision 1 (2019);
Recommend to their Governments, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, that the List of Historic Monuments Identified and Described by the Proposing Government or Governments, annexed to Recommendation VII-9 and modified by the Recommendations and Measures recalled above, be replaced by the revised and updated List of Historic Sites and Monuments annexed to this Measure.
