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U. They will continue to ronitor the Antarctic environnent 

 and to exercise their responsibility for informin," the v/orld 

 community of any sirnificant changes in the Antarctic Treaty 

 Area caused bv man's activities. 



IX- 6 



OIL CCNTAJJIIATICN CP THE AliT/JRCTIC I-j^IirS EI.lTIRONian/T 



The Kepresentatives, 

 Recorjgcnd to their Governments that: 

 'I. They consider the possibility of preparing reports conceminj; 

 the pathv/ays by v;hich oil may reach the Antarctic marine 

 environment as a result of man's maritime activities in the 

 Antarctic ; 



2. They include in these reports proposals relating to 

 practicable means, if any, by which such oil contanination 

 might be reduced; 



3. They consider the possibility of instituting, in association 

 with appropriate organisations, a programme for the deterrdna^ion 

 of baseline levels of contamination of the Ant2irctic marine 

 environment by oil ; 



U. They provide such reports as they may have prepared to, and 



f\irther consider this matter at, the Meeting of IJcperts recommendec. 

 in paragraph 5 of Recommendation IX-1 , with a view to making 

 proposals concerning these matters for consideration at the next 

 Consultative Meeting. 



