General Guidelines for Visitors to the Antarctic

The Representatives,

Recalling Recommendation XVIII-1 (1994), which annexed the Guidance for those organising and conducting tourism and non-governmental activities in the Antarctic and Resolution 3 (2011), which annexed General Guidelines for Visitors to the Antarctic (“General Guidelines”);

Recalling Resolution 4 (2021), which annexed updated General Guidelines;

Recalling that, at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (“ATCM”) XLV (2023), the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (“the Secretariat”) was tasked to review, within existing resources, all relevant Antarctic Treaty documents pertaining to current and future cooperation, to provide options for potential adoption by the ATCM that would ensure gender-neutral language across these documents;

Noting that the Secretariat has reviewed the General Guidelines and has prepared draft revised General Guidelines, in each of the official languages of the Antarctic Treaty, to address identified inconsistencies with the United Nations Guidelines for gender-inclusive language (“UN Guidelines”);

Desiring to replace, at this time, only the current English language version of the General Guidelines;

Further desiring to submit the French, Russian and Spanish versions of the draft revised General Guidelines for proof-reading to ensure that the substance of their current provisions has not been altered;

Recommend that their Governments:

1. request the Secretariat to replace the English language version of the General Guidelines currently on its website with the revised version annexed to this Resolution; and

2. request the Secretariat to send the French, Russian and Spanish versions of the draft revised General Guidelines for proofreading to be presented for consideration to the 47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.