Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Thirty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - Fifteenth Committee on Environmental Protection Meeting

Hobart, Australia
11 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012

The Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXXV (ATCM) was held in Hobart, Australia, for the first time in an eight-day format from 11-20 June 2012 in conjunction with the Committee for Environmental Protection XV. The ATCM is the premier international forum on Antarctica through which Antarctic Treaty Parties come together annually to discuss and decide on measures to realise their vision for Antarctica as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science. The outcomes of ATCM XXXV reinforce and advance this vision. This year marks the centenary of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions to the South Pole and, for the host country of Australia, the centenary of its first Antarctic expedition led by Douglas Mawson. Over 250 representatives from the Antarctic Treaty Parties, experts and observers, attended. The Meeting welcomed Malaysia and Pakistan as Parties to the Antarctic Treaty, taking to 50 the number of Parties.

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Том I
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Measures, Decisions and Resolutions

  • Number

    Title

  • M1

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 109 (Moe Island, South Orkney Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M2

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 110 (Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M3

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 111 (Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, South Orkney Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M4

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 112 (Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M5

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 115 (Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, Graham Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M6

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 129 (Rothera Point, Adelaide Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M7

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 133 (Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M8

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 140 (Parts of Deception Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M9

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 172 (Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls,Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land): Management Plan

  • M10

    Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 4 (Deception Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M11

    Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments: No 4 Pole of Inaccessibility Station building, No 7 Ivan Khmara's Stone, No 8 Anatoly Shcheglov's Monument, No 9 Buromsky Island Cemetery, No 10 Soviet Oasis Station Observatory, No 11 Vostok Station Tractor, No 37 O'Higgins Historic Site

  • D1

    Measures on Operational Matters designated as no longer current

  • D2

    Secretariat Report, Programme and Budget

  • D3

    The Development of a Multi-Year Strategic Work Plan for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

  • D4

    Electronic Information Exchange System

  • R1

    Strengthening Support for the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

  • R2

    Cooperation on questions related to the exercise of jurisdiction in the Antarctic Treaty area

  • R3

    Improving Cooperation in Antarctica

  • R4

    Site Guidelines for visitors

  • R5

    Barrientos Island – Aitcho Islands visitor Site Guidelines

  • R6

    Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions

  • R7

    Vessel Safety in the Antarctic Treaty Area

  • R8

    Improved Coordination of Maritime, Aeronautical and Land-Based Search and Rescue

  • R9

    The Assessment of Land-Based Expeditionary Activities

  • R10

    Yachting Guidelines

  • R11

    Checklist for visitors’ in-field activities

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