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2. Such meetings be convened and the terms of reference be estab- 

 lished either at Consultative Meetings or as a result of agreement 

 reached through diplomatic channels among all the Consultative 

 Parties. 



3. The host Government circulate a report concerning the meeting of 

 experts to all the Contracting Parties. 



4. The report of the meeting of experts shall be submitted to a sub- 

 sequent Consultative Meeting for consideration except when the 

 Consultative Parties have agreed otherwise. 



IV - 25 

 MEETING ON LOGISTICS 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that they 

 accept the offer made by the Government of Japan to hold a meeting 

 on logistics in Japan in June 1968. 



1. The meeting will be held in furtherance of principles and objectives 

 of the Antarctic Treaty. 



2. The meeting will be for a period of about one week and will be 

 attended by experts in selected fields. The meeting will have the 

 following terms of reference : 



(i) To discuss problems in the fields of Antarctic logistics speci- 

 fied in paragraph 3 below. 



(ii) To exchange views on possible solutions which have been 

 tried recently. 



(iii) To examine critically new solutions which may be proposed 

 in paj^TS submitted at the meeting. 



3. The fields for discussion will include aspects of : 



(i) Design of buildings and building services, including waste 



disposal and water supply, 

 (ii) Oversnow transport, 

 (iii) Air transport, including airfields. 

 ( i V ) Sea tran5;port.. 



(v) Safety measures. 



(vi) New and urgent problems which Governments agree require 

 discussion. 



4. A final agenda within these terms of reference will be determined 

 by Governments through diplomatic channels after they have had 

 an opportunity to discuss priorities with their experts. 



