b. Measures Approved Under Article IX, Relating to the Fur- 

 therance of the Principles and Objectives of the Antarctic 

 Treaty, adopted July 28, 1962* 



Recommendations adopted at the Second Consultative Meeting under 

 Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty^ at Buenos Aires, July 28, 1962; 

 Effective January 11, 1963. 



[RECOMMENDATIONSC^] OF SECOND ANTARCTIC 

 TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING] 



The Meeting unanimously agreed to adopt the following 

 recommendations :[^] 



II-I 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that, in ac- 

 cordance with Article III of the Antarctic Treaty [^] and in the light 

 of recommendations made by SCAR,[*] they take measures contribut- 

 ing to : 



1. The completion by July 1, 1963, or as soon thereafter as prac- 

 ticable, of the transmission by scientific organizations to the 

 recognized international data gathering centres of scientific ob- 

 servations carried out in Antarctica from 1957 until 1959 inclu- 

 sive, and 1960 if possible. 



2. (a) The free availability and exchange, by all appropriate 

 means, of scientific observations and results, in every scientific 

 discipline, obtained by expeditions in any part of Antarctica ; 



(b) the prompt transmission, preferably within a year of the 

 receipt in each country of the data from Antarctica, of such ob- 

 servations and results to the recognized international data gather- 

 ing centres, where such centres exist. 



3. (a) The free availability of published results of Antarctic 

 research carried out since the beginning of the International Geo- 

 physical Year ; 



(b) the transmission to the recognized international data gath- 

 ering centres, before July 1, 1963, of such publications already 

 issued ; 



•Citation: 14 UST 99 ; TIAS 5274. 



1 The English language text printed herein is a verbatim extract of the Recommendations 

 from the Report of the Second Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, as certified by the 

 Secretary General of that Meeting at Buenos Aires. 



The original documents relating to the said Meeting are held in the archives of the 

 Argentine Government, Buenos Aires. 



2 Adopted July 28, 1962. The Recommendations became effective Jan. 11, 1963, in accord- 

 ance with article IX(4) of the Antarctic Treaty, having been approved by the following 

 Contracting Parties : Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, 

 Norway, South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. 



3 TIAS 4780 ; 12 UST 796. 



* Special Committee on Antarctic Research. 



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