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IKPHOVEIaiOT CF TELECCMI-IUITICATIGNS IK TITE AKTAI^CTIC 



The Representatives, 



Considerinf- that requirements in the field of telecomnunications 

 as regards collection ar.d dissemination of meteorolor^ical data nnd 

 the need for, scientific, adrdnistrative and operational traffic have 

 developed substantially since the second telecomiaunications meotinfr 

 of exports of the Consultative Parties held in Buenos Aires in 1969 ; 



Considerinf; that the implementation of Recommendation VI . 1 and 

 VII. 7, and participation in the progpr-amnes of the V.'orld rieteorolo.Tical 

 Organisation, particularly the './orld V/eather 'Jatch, require a thorouf;h 

 review and improverent of the network, operating in the Antarctic; 



Recommend to their Governments that they: 



1. Compile comprehensive date, each for its ovm part, on the types 

 of traffic, modes of trancmission, timing, frequencies of their 

 telecommunications schedules and current equipment of their 

 telecomnunications programmes in the Antarctic, eis v;ell as on projects 

 in the process of implementation and proposed improvements, in particular 

 by desifinating, where appropriate, stations capable of replacinr; others 

 in the event of breakdovm. 



2. Forv/ard all such data to each of the other Consultative 

 Parties via diplomatic channels on the one hand and on the other by 

 direct despatch to the departments concerned. 



3. Arrange for a meeting of telecommunications experts to be 

 held, on the initiative of the Government of the host country, before 

 the Tenth Consultative Keeting, to analyse the data thus compiled, 

 suggest desirable measures of harmonisation and put for'.vard 

 recommendations on improvements to be made in the operation of the 

 telecommunications network in the Antarctic. 



k» Request SC/JS through their National Antarctic Committees to 

 undertake, at the earliest opportunity, a study of the most recert 

 applications of science and technology to the specific probler.s of the 

 Antarctic in the field of propagation of radio vmves, and to pass on 

 its conclusions to the Consultative Parties prior to their Tenth 

 Meeting or if necessary to the next Consultative Meetings. 



