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claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica or create any rights of 

 sovereignty in Antarctica. No new claim, or enlargement of an exist- 

 ing claim, to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica shall be asserted 

 while the present Treaty is in force. 



Article V 



1. Any nuclear explosions in Antarctica and the disposal there of 

 radioactive waste material shall be prohibited. 



2. In the event of the conclusion^ of international agreements con- 

 cerning the use of nuclear energy, including nuclear explosions and 

 the disposal of radioactive waste material, to which all of the Con- 

 tracting Parties whose representatives are entitled to participate in the 

 meetings provided for under Article IX are parties, the rules estab- 

 lished under such agreements shall apply in Antarctica. 



Article VI 



The provisions of the present Treaty shall apply to the area south 

 of 60° South Latitude, including all ice shelves, but nothing in the 

 present Treaty shall prejudice or in any way affect the rights, or the 

 exercise of the rights,_of any State under international law with re- 

 gard to the high seas within that area. 



Article VII 



1. In order to promote the objectives and ensure the observance of 

 the provisions of the present Treaty, each Contracting Party whose 

 representatives are entitled to participate in the meetings referred to 

 in Article IX of the Treaty shall have the right to designate observers 

 to carry out any inspection provided for by the present Article. Ob- 

 servers shall be nationals of the Contracting Parties which desig- 

 nate them. The names of observers shall be communicated to every 

 other Contracting Party having the right to designate observers, and 

 like notice shall be given of the termination of their appointment. 



2. Each observer designated in accordance with the provisions of 

 paragraph 1 of this Article shall have complete freedom of access at 

 any time to any or all areas of Antarctica. 



3. All areas of Antarctica, including all stations, installations and 

 equipment within those areas, and all ships and aircraft at points of 

 discharging or embarking cargoes or personnel in Antarctica, shall be 

 open at all times to inspection by any observers designated in accord- 

 ance with paragraph 1 of this Article. 



4. Aerial observation may be carried out at any time ovet any or 

 all areas of Antarctica by any of the Contracting Parties having the 

 right to desiffnate observers. 



5. Each Contracting Party shall, at the time when the present 

 Treaty enters into force for it, inform the other Contracting Parties, 

 and thereafter shall give them notice in advance, of 



(a) all expeditions to and within Antarctica, on the part of its 

 ships or nationals, and all expeditions to Antarctica organized in 

 or proceeding from its territory ; 



