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Bulletin No 155, October 2004

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

Resolution 3 (2004)

Tourism and Non-Governmental Activities: Enhanced Co-operation amongst Parties

The Representatives,
Concerned about the increasing trend in Antarctic tourism and the need to ensure more rigorous monitoring and control of such activities;
Desiring to ensure that all such activities undertaken in Antarctica are strictly in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty and its Environmental Protocol;
Aware that some individuals may circumvent national legislation by seeking approval for their activities from more than one national authority;
Noting that the consultations described below would be without prejudice to any Party’s implementation of its own national legislation.

Recommend that:

  1. All Parties nominate to the Secretariat a single contact point for information about tourism and non-Governmental activities in Antarctica;
  2. Parties exchange information about such activities as and when they are notified, particularly where there are potential implications for other Parties;
  3. Where Parties are notified, or become aware, of an activity involving a vessel or aircraft flagged or registered with another Treaty Party; or where the organizers are nationals of another Treaty Party, that they consult those relevant Parties as appropriate during the process of evaluating such activities and, where applicable, prior to any decision to authorize the activity or permit to proceed.