Revised Rules of Procedure for the Committee for Environmental Protection


The Representatives,

Recalling Decision 1 (2023) Revised Rules of Procedure for the Committee for Environmental Protection (2023);

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;

Recalling that, at ATCM 46 (2024), the Secretariat was requested to send the French, Russian and Spanish versions of the draft Revised Rules of Procedure for the Committee for Environmental Protection (“CEP”) for proofreading;

Noting that the Secretariat presented for consideration the French, Russian and Spanish versions of the draft Revised Rules of Procedure for the CEP to the 27th Meeting of the CEP;

Desiring to replace the current French and Spanish language versions of the Rules of Procedure for the CEP;

Desiring that no changes be made to the English and Russian language versions;


Decide:

1. to make no changes to the English and Russian language versions of the Revised Rules of Procedure for the CEP (2023); and

2. to replace the Revised Rules of Procedure for the CEP (2023) annexed to Decision 1 (2023) with the Revised Rules of Procedure for the CEP in all four official languages annexed to this Decision.