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of the First and Second Consultative Meetings, and in accordance 

 with Kecommendation II-IX, recommend to their Governments that 

 they take the necessary steps to approve and implement as soon as 

 practicable those Recommendations of the Telecommunications Meet- 

 ing which they find themselves able to approve, taking into considera- 

 tion (a) and (b) below. 



The Representatives, pointing out the useful and important work 

 effected by the Telecommunications Meetings at Washington, recom- 

 mend to their Governments that they : 



a) Continue their consultations with a view to effecting further im- 

 provement in coordinating telecommunications activities. 



b) During the Preparatory Meetings for the next Consultative Meet- 

 ing, examine the results of the Recommendations made by the 

 Washington Telecommunications Meeting, and consider measures 

 to improve Antarctic radio communications in the future. 



III-VI 



QUESTIONS CONCERNING MEETINGS OF SPECIALISTS 



The Representatives, recognizing the importance of the problem 

 raised during the examination of Item 7 (that is, the Item entitled 

 "Questions concerning Meetings of Specialists"), recommend their 

 Governments to examine this question attentively before the Fourth 

 Consultative Meeting and to consider including it on the Agenda of 

 that Meeting. 



III-IX 



INTERIM GUIDE LINES FOR CONSERVATION OF FAUNA AND FLORA 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that until 

 such time as the Agreed Measures on the Conservation of Antarctic 

 Fauna and Flora may become effective in accordance with Article IX 

 of the Antarctic Treaty, these Agreed Measures as far as feasible be 

 considered as guide lines in this interim period. [^] 



III-X 



INTEREST OF SCAR IN THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC FAUNA AND FLORA 



Recognizing the initiative already taken by the Scientific Committee 

 on Antarctic Research (SCAR) on matters relating to the conserva- 

 tion of Antarctic fauna and flora, and considering its role as defined 

 in Recommendation I-IV, the Representatives recommend to their 

 Governments that they encourage SCAR to continue its interest in 

 those matters and to prepare reports from time to time on this subject, 

 and especially at this time on the matters that it considers should be 

 listed in the Annexes of the Agreed Measures for the Conservation 

 of Antarctic Fauna and Flora. 



* For the text of the Agreed Measures, see Appendix, po8t,i>. 31. 



