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2. Kr George Hall, Representative oi" the United Kitigdoir. , 

 acted as Tenporsry Chairxaa of the Meeting pending the election 

 of a Chaim-tia. 



3. The rCeetins -//as formally opened by Hr Ted Rowlands, M?, 

 Minister of State for Foreign and Commonvealth Affairs of the 

 United Kingdom. 



4. Mr Hall was then elected Chairman, Mr John Scallwood of 

 the FCO was appointed Secret?. ry-Ganeral and Mr Ian Duncan of the 

 FCO was appointed Assistant Secretary General. 



5. The Opening Session was held in public. Ooeaing statements 

 were made by the Heads of Delegations (Annex 1). 



6. The Meeting adopted the following Agenda: 



1. Opening of meeting 



2. Election of officers 



3. Opening statements 

 4-. Adoption of agenda 



5. Antarctic resources - the question of mineral 

 exploi-ation end exploitation (Reconmendation VIII-1'i, 

 operative paragraph 4) 



6. Antarctic carine living resources (Recorxiendation VIII-IO, 

 operative paragraph 5) 



7. Improvement of telecomT.unications in Antarctica and of 

 the collection and distribution of meteorological dat» 



8. Effects of tourists and non governmental expeditions 



in the Antarctic Treaty Area, Completion of Annexes A 

 and B to Recommendation VIII- 9 



9. Co-operation in transport (Recojimendation VIII-7) 



10. Man's impact on the Antarctic environment 



11. Activities in the Antarctic of states that are not 

 Contracting Parties 



12. Documents of the Consultative Meetings 



13. Review of conservation measures and Sites of Special 

 Scientific Interest 



14. Date and place of next Consultative Meeting 



15. Any other business 



16. Adoption of Final Report 



17. Closing of meeting 



