America on the Ice: Antarctic Policy Issues

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DIANE Publishing, 1998 - Nature - 345 pages
 

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Page 197 - No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica or create any rights of sovereignty in Antarctica. No new claim, or enlargement of an existing claim, to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica shall be asserted while the present Treaty is in force.
Page 210 - Nations. 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.
Page 290 - Any vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the initial appointment.
Page 195 - There shall be. prohibited, inter alia, any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications, the carrying out of military maneuvers, as well as the testing of any type of weapons. 2. The present Treaty shall not prevent the use of military personnel or equipment for scientific research or for any other peaceful purpose.
Page 255 - ... shall be taken by a simple majority of the Members present and voting.
Page 239 - Recognizing that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord...
Page 264 - Commission shall authorize such staff establishment for the Secretariat as may be necessary and the Executive Secretary shall appoint, direct and supervise such staff according to such rules and procedures...
Page 224 - Chairman, each of whom shall serve for a term of two years and shall be eligible for re-election but not to a succeeding term.
Page 242 - Each of the Contracting Parties undertakes to exert appropriate efforts, consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, to the end that no one engages in any activity in Antarctica contrary to the principles or purposes of the present Treaty.
Page 290 - If the second arbitrator has not been appointed within the prescribed period, or if the Parties...

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