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(c) they urge those Governments which are not parties to 

 the Antarctic Treaty and which engage in activities 

 involving the use of the marine living resoxirces of 

 Antarctica to take account of these guidelines; 



2. They review these interim guidelines as and when necessary and 

 in any event following the conclusion of the definitive regime 

 with a view to their future elaboration in the light of the 

 provisions of the definitive regime. 



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ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEFINITIVE CONSERVATION REGIME 



1. A definitive regime for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine 

 Living Resources should be concluded before the end of 1978. 



2. A Special Consultative Meeting be convened in order to 

 elaborate a draft definitive regime, and in particular: 



(a) to determine the form of the definitive regime, 

 including the question as to whether an international 

 instrument such as a convention is necessary; 



(b) to prepare, if necessary, draft rules of procedure for 

 a subsequent decisive meeting for the establishment 



of the definitive regime; 



(c) to decide on participation in such a meeting by States 

 other than Consultative Parties which are actively 

 engaged in research and exploitation of Antarctic Marine 

 Living Resources and the participation, on an observer 

 basis, of appropriate international organisations; 



(d) to finalise the date and place of the decisive meeting; 



(e) to take any other steps in order to facilitate the work of 

 the decisive meeting referred to above. 



3. The Special Consultative Meeting shall base its work on this 

 recommendation and take account of the discussions at the 

 Ninth Consultative Meeting, its report and the documents 

 presented to it, and, in the elaboration of a draft definitive 

 regime, shall take into account inter alia the following 

 elements : 



