Antarctica at the UN 1988: seeking a bridge of understanding
ABSTRACT The struggle between Antarctic Treaty Parties and their UN critics regarding the management of Antarctica was resumed in November 1988 when, for the sixth successive year, the United Nations discussed the 'Question of Antarctica'. This year the UN adopted two further resolutions r...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400019525 2024-03-03T08:38:52+00:00 Antarctica at the UN 1988: seeking a bridge of understanding Beck, Peter J. 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400019525 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400019525 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 25, issue 155, page 329-334 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1989 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400019525 2024-02-08T08:42:21Z ABSTRACT The struggle between Antarctic Treaty Parties and their UN critics regarding the management of Antarctica was resumed in November 1988 when, for the sixth successive year, the United Nations discussed the 'Question of Antarctica'. This year the UN adopted two further resolutions reaffirming demands of 1987 for wider participation in the minerals negotiations, the involvement of the UN Secretary-General in Antarctic Treaty System operations, and the exclusion of South Africa from treaty meetings. The Treaty Parties seem unlikely to heed these resolutions. Reforms within the Treaty System are the most likely means of progress for the critics, althoough Australia's critique of the Minerals Convention has introduced an element of uncertainty. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic Polar Record 25 155 329 334 |
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ABSTRACT The struggle between Antarctic Treaty Parties and their UN critics regarding the management of Antarctica was resumed in November 1988 when, for the sixth successive year, the United Nations discussed the 'Question of Antarctica'. This year the UN adopted two further resolutions reaffirming demands of 1987 for wider participation in the minerals negotiations, the involvement of the UN Secretary-General in Antarctic Treaty System operations, and the exclusion of South Africa from treaty meetings. The Treaty Parties seem unlikely to heed these resolutions. Reforms within the Treaty System are the most likely means of progress for the critics, althoough Australia's critique of the Minerals Convention has introduced an element of uncertainty. |
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