Forty-second Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - Twenty-second Committee for Environmental Protection Meeting
Prague, Czechia
1 Jul 2019 - 11 Jul 2019
From 2 to 11 July 2019, the Czech Republic hosted the XLII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM). The meeting was chaired by Mr Martin Smolek (the Czech Republic). The XXII meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) was held from 1 to 5 July 2019 and was chaired by Ms Birgit Njåstad (Norway). The Meetings were organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Over 370 participants from the Antarctic Treaty Parties, experts, representatives of civil society and international observers attended the annual Meeting. The Meeting was opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Mr Tomáš Petříček. The Meeting welcomed Slovenia as a Party to the Antarctic Treaty, bringing the number of Parties to 54. The ATCM adopted the Prague Declaration on the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty. The Declaration, inter alia, reaffirms the commitment of the Consultative Parties to the principles and purposes of the Antarctic Treaty, including the protection and preservation of Antarctica.