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Bulletin No 155, October 2004

Twenty-seventh Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
Cape Town, South Africa, 24 May – 4 June 2004

Measure 1 (2004)

Antarctic Protected Area System: Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Managed Areas

The Representatives,
Recalling Article 4 of Annex V of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, providing for the designation of Antarctic Specially Managed Areas;
Noting that the draft Management Plans appended to this Measure have been endorsed by the Committee for Environmental Protection;
Recognizing that these Areas support significant scientific, wilderness, ecological, heritage and aesthetic values and would benefit from improved coordination between Parties active there;
Recommend to their Governments the following Measure for approval in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty:
That the Management Plans for:

which are annexed to this Measure, be adopted.