Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Thirty-eighth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - Eighteenth Committee on Environmental Protection Meeting

Sofia, Bulgaria
1 Jun 2015 - 10 Jun 2015

The XXXVIII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the XVIII Meeting of the Committee on Environmental Protection (CEP) were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1 to 10 June 2015. The Meetings were held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria and were jointly organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute. Over 400 participants from the Antarctic Treaty Parties, experts, representatives of civil society and international observers attended the Meeting with the common goal to reaffirm their commitment to preserve the uniqueness of Antarctica as a natural reserve devoted to peace, scientific research and international cooperation. The Meeting welcomed Mongolia and Kazakhstan as parties to the Antarctic Treaty, taking to 52 the number of Parties and the accession of Portugal and Venezuela to the Protocol for Environmental Protection bringing the number of Parties to 37.

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Том I
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Measures, Decisions and Resolutions

  • Number

    Title

  • M1

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 101 (Taylor Rookery, Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M2

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 102 (Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M3

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 103 (Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M4

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 104 (Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M5

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 105 (Beaufort Island, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea): Revised Management Plan

  • M6

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 106 (Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea): Revised Management Plan

  • M7

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 119 (Davis Valley and Forlidas Pond, Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains): Revised Management Plan

  • M8

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 148 (Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula): Revised Management Plan

  • M9

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 152 (Western Bransfield Strait): Revised Management Plan

  • M10

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 153 (Eastern Dallmann Bay): Revised Management Plan

  • M11

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 155 (Cape Evans, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M12

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 157 (Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M13

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 158 (Hut Point, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M14

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 159 (Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast): Revised Management Plan

  • M15

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 163 (Dakshin Gangotri Glacier, Dronning Maud Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M16

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 164 (Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M17

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 168 (Mount Harding, Grove Mountains, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M18

    Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 2 (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M19

    Revised List of Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments: Lame Dog Hut at the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island and Oversnow heavy tractor “Kharkovchanka” that was used in Antarctica from 1959 to 2010

  • D1

    Revised Rules of Procedure for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (2015): Committees and Working Groups

  • D2

    Measures on operational matters designated as no longer current

  • D3

    Secretariat Report, Programme and Budget

  • D4

    Multi-Year Strategic Work Plan for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

  • D5

    Liability arising from Environmental Emergencies

  • D6

    Exchange of Information

  • R1

    Cooperative Air Transport System

  • R2

    Antarctic Information and Telecommunications Technology Systems

  • R3

    The Antarctic Environments Portal

  • R4

    Committee for Environmental Protection Climate Change Response Work Programme

  • R5

    Important Bird Areas in Antarctica

  • R6

    The role of Antarctica in global climate processes

1 M1, M2, M3…: Measures
D1, D2, D3…:Decisions
R1, R2, R3…:Resolutions