General Guidelines and Site Guidelines Checklist 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”);
Acknowledging that the General Guidelines must be reviewed and revised as further information becomes available;
Recalling Resolutions 5 (2005), 2 (2006), 1 (2007), 2 (2008), 4 (2009), 1 (2010), 4 (2011), 4 (2012), 3 (2013), 4 (2014), 2 (2016), 1 (2018), 2 (2019) and 3 (2021), which adopted and updated lists of sites subject to Site Guidelines for Visitors (“Site Guidelines”);
Recalling Resolution 3 (2019), which adopted the Site Guidelines for Visitors Checklist (“the Checklist”);
Affirming the value of providing general environmental advice to visitors to complement site-specific information;
Noting the desirability of providing contemporary advice to visitors to Antarctica to guide them in minimising their impacts at all sites;
Wishing to strengthen the existing guidance for visitors to Antarctica and to establish coherence between the General Guidelines and Site Guidelines;
Recommend that their Governments:
1. endorse the revised General Guidelines annexed to this Resolution (Annex 1);
2. urge all those intending to visit sites in Antarctica to ensure that they are fully conversant with and adhere to the advice in the General Guidelines;
3. request the Secretariat to place the General Guidelines on its website;
4. note that Resolution 3 (2011) is no longer current and request the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (“the Secretariat”) to post the text of Resolution 3 (2011) on its website in such a way that makes clear that it is no longer current;
5. endorse the updated Checklist annexed to this Resolution (Annex 2) and encourage those involved in the preparation or review of Site Guidelines to comply with it; and
6. request the Secretariat to place the updated Checklist on its website and indicate that Resolution 3 (2019) is no longer current.
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”);
Acknowledging that the General Guidelines must be reviewed and revised as further information becomes available;
Recalling Resolutions 5 (2005), 2 (2006), 1 (2007), 2 (2008), 4 (2009), 1 (2010), 4 (2011), 4 (2012), 3 (2013), 4 (2014), 2 (2016), 1 (2018), 2 (2019) and 3 (2021), which adopted and updated lists of sites subject to Site Guidelines for Visitors (“Site Guidelines”);
Recalling Resolution 3 (2019), which adopted the Site Guidelines for Visitors Checklist (“the Checklist”);
Affirming the value of providing general environmental advice to visitors to complement site-specific information;
Noting the desirability of providing contemporary advice to visitors to Antarctica to guide them in minimising their impacts at all sites;
Wishing to strengthen the existing guidance for visitors to Antarctica and to establish coherence between the General Guidelines and Site Guidelines;
Recommend that their Governments:
1. endorse the revised General Guidelines annexed to this Resolution (Annex 1);
2. urge all those intending to visit sites in Antarctica to ensure that they are fully conversant with and adhere to the advice in the General Guidelines;
3. request the Secretariat to place the General Guidelines on its website;
4. note that Resolution 3 (2011) is no longer current and request the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (“the Secretariat”) to post the text of Resolution 3 (2011) on its website in such a way that makes clear that it is no longer current;
5. endorse the updated Checklist annexed to this Resolution (Annex 2) and encourage those involved in the preparation or review of Site Guidelines to comply with it; and
6. request the Secretariat to place the updated Checklist on its website and indicate that Resolution 3 (2019) is no longer current.
