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''8. Other business 



The United States Delegation submitted documents showing the 

 status of approvals by Governments of Recommendations adopted at 

 Consultative Meetings, as received and recorded by the United 

 States Government as depositary Government for the Antarctic Treaty, 

 up to and including 15 September 1977. The documents are 

 reproduced at Annex 5- 



During the course of the Ninth Consultative Neeting it 

 was unanimously agreed that the greetings of all Representatives bo 

 conveyed to the Antarctic Stations of the Consultative Parties. 

 The text is at Annex 4. 



The Consultative Parties were agreed that in view of the 

 number of important matters requiring continuing consideration 

 it was desirable to meet oa a more frequent basis than in the 



past. It was noted that the holding of Special Consultative 

 Meetings for ad hoc purposes would be a response to this 

 need; and it was agreed that the question of periodicity 

 and nature of meetings within the Treaty franework should be 

 included as an item on the agenda of the Tenth Consultative 

 Meeting. 



