Antarctic Minerals Special Consultative Meetings, Chairman's Press Statements
Australia, Foreign Affairs "Comments on moratorium and territorial scope provisions of draft Antarctic mineral resources regime"
Australia, Foreign Affairs, "Backgrounder", and general information on Antarctic minerals regime negotiations
Barnes, James "Let's save Antarctica!" NGO Letter to US President Carter from World Wildlife Fund and others
SCAR reports "Antarctic Environmental Implication of Possible Mineral Exploration and Exploitation (AEIMEE)"
Woolcott, Richard "Antarctica's Future: Continuity or Change" address at Australian Institute of International Affairs
Antarctic Minerals Regime, the Beeby Draft
Joyner, Christopher "Antarctic Minerals Convention" Marine Policy Reports
Mansfield, William "Who has the right of exploitation, and the right to prevent exploitation, of the minerals in Antarctica?" address at American Society of International Law
Statements by the United Kingdom and the German Democratic Republic concerning reserving positions with respect to territorial claims
Antarctic Treaty, Report of the meeting held pursuant to Recommendation XV-2
Beeby, Christopher "The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities" address at International Bar Association
Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, Report of the Chairman of the Drafting Committee
Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, Chinese language version
Declarations Argentina and Chile concerning Article 63 of the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Resource Activities
Report of the First Session of the Special Consultative Meeting on Antarctic Mineral Resources, Wellington (AMR/SCM/21/Rev.1/Corr.1)
New Zealand High Commission, notice of signatories of the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources, 1988
Chile, Presencia de Chile en la Antartica (1520-1984), information submitted to the United Nations
New Zealand "ATCM XV [Draft] Working Paper on the Protection of the Antarctic Environment"
Argentina "Respuesta de la Argentina a la solicitud del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas Sobre la Cuestion de la Antartida"
Chile, Decree no 363 creating the National Committee of the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) and establishing its functions
United States Congress, Senate "Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978" Amendment
United States Congress, Senate Commerce Committee "Statement of James N Barnes to the Committee on Science, Technology and Space". Includes incomplete copy of memorandum to R Tucker Scully of the State Department.
South Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs "Marine and Antarctic Conservation in South Africa: challenges and achievements"
United States Congress, House of Representatives "Antarctic Protection Act of 1990" Amendment
United States Congress, House of Representatives "Antarctica World Park and Protection Act of 1990" Amendment
United States Congress, House of Representatives "Antarctica: House action: Owens Resolution"
United States Congress, House of Representatives "Antarctic Environmental Protection Act of 1990" Report from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
United States Congress, House of Representatives "Antarctic Protection Act of 1990" Report from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
United States Congress, Senate Committee of Foreign Relations "Statement of Dr Peter Wilkniss" Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation"
United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations "Testimony of Curtis Bohlen, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs"
Press article concerning Polish press reporting of the Eleventh Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Viña del Mar
United States Congressional Record "Protecting Antarctica as a global ecological commons"
Poland, application for consideration as an Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party. Includes a similar document dated 1977-07-21.
Press article concerning Norwegian attitude to protecting the Antarctic environment
Press article concerning New Zealand and Argentine relations during the Falklands/Malvinas dispute. Includes a related document reporting an article in the Buenos Aires Herald.
United Kingdom, House of Commons "Falklands: Franks Review"
Press articles concerning the Falkland Islands after conclusion of hostilities, comprising articles between 1986 and 1995
United Kingdom, cablegrams relating to the Canada and United States attitudes to the Falklands dispute
Germany "Draft of law implementing the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty"
United States "Code of Federal Regulations", including Office of the Secretary of Defense, Part 197, Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Department of Defense Actions
United States, Official White House Joint Statement on the Environment
United States, Department of State, letter concerning Wilkes Station
United States Antarctic Research Program, National Science Foundation "The development and application of American law to the Antarctic program and to expeditionary forces" Chuck Stovitz
United States, Regular State Department briefing concerning environment protection legislation
United States Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space and Technology "Hearing on Antarctic Minerals Policy announced". Includes witness lists and transcripts of their statements.
United States White House, Statement by the President, Mt Rushmore
United States Senate, Foreign Relations Committee "Legislation to protect the environment of Antarctica"
United States Congress, Senate, statements concerning Antarctic environment legislation
United States Congress, Horse of Representatives, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation, Hearing on the Environment of Antarctic
Slovak Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, confirming the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republics
United Nations Charter—Original membership, communication to the Secretary-General that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is now under the designation Russian Federation
Federal Republic of Germany, Deutscher Bundestag "Entschliessung zu den gefrahen einer zerstorung des okosystems in der antarktis" (Drucksache 11/4227)
Press article concerning France and environment protection proposals
Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs cablegram "Antarctica: Soviet comment on Chinese intentions". Includes reporting of two press articles concerning China's activity in Antarctica.
Czech Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, confirming the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republics
United Nations Charter—Admission of new Members, Communication to the Secretary-General that the Federal Republic of Germany is now under the designation Germany
Press article "Canada accedes to the Antarctic Treaty" Antarctic Journal of the United States
Chile, Foreign Minister Silva Cimma's address to the Chilean Council for International Relations
Belgian law relating to the protection of Antarctic flora and fauna
Radio Australia, International Report "DFAT Secretary Richard Woolcott, Comments on Antarctica" transcript
Press article "Les Belges votent blanc: les autorites belges veulent que l'Antarctique demeure un continent vierge"
Argentina, Argentine law 24.216 implementing the Madrid Protocol
Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade "Antarctica - Land of peace and science" DFATnews
Presidential Declaration on Antarctica of Chile and Argentina
Argentina, Agreement with Germany for the construction of a science laboratory at Jubany Station
Jorge Berguño Barnes "Chile y el Descubrimiento de la Antartica" Diplomacia 1974, no 3
"US-Argentina Bahia Paraiso cooperative program" Report of a Meeting and Status Report, Buenos Aires. Includes related reports and a press article.
Chile, Civil Code, Article 593
Julio Escudero Guzman "El Decreto Antartico de 1940" Diplomacia 1974, no 3
Aquiles D Ygobone "Soberanía Argentina de las Islas Malvinas - Antártida Argentina: cuestiones fronterizas entre Argentina y Chile"
Enrique Jorge Pierrou "Toponomia del sector Antartico Argentino"
Law no. 20,489 concerning foreign scientific and technical research in Argentine territorial waters. Includes related Decree no. 4,915.s
Law no. 20,136 amending law no 17,500 prohibiting fishing by foreign vessels in Argentine territorial waters
Argentina, Decree no. 8,802 regulating foreign fishing vessels in the Argentine territorial sea
Argentina, Resolution no. 265 limiting the activities of foreign fishing vessels in Argentine territorial waters. Includes amending Resolution no. 556.
Argentina, Law no. 17,500 promoting the exploration of the resources of the Argentine territorial sea
Lucius Mar "Underdeveloped fisheries II' The Review of the River Plate (Argentina)
Argentina, Decree no. 10,367 and Decree no. 1,717 concerning air navigation and Argentine territorial sea
Argentina, claim to 200-mile territorial waters, Keesings Contemporary Archives
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