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(4) an Antarctic telecommunications system needs to respond, as 

 may be appropriate, to future changes in requirements for transmission 

 of meteorological information and advances in telecommunications 

 technology ; 



Recommend to their Governments that : 



1. They adopt as guide-lines the Proposals contained in the Final 

 Report of the Second Antarctic Treaty Meeting on Telecommunica- 

 tions held in Buenos Aires in 1969 ; 



2. In the plans for their expeditions they provide the organizational 

 and technical arrangements necessary to implement these Proposals 

 as soon as, and as far as practicable. 



RECOMMENDATION VI-2 



EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION 



ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES 



The Representatives, 

 Considering that : 



( 1 ) there is a need to continue the annual exchange of information 

 on telecommunications facilities ; 



(2) this information should be made as useful as possible to radio 

 operators at all stations in the Antarctic ; 



(3) there is a need for a procedure for exchanging views on other 

 matters pertinent to their respective telecommunications systems, but 

 not affecting all Parties ; 



Recommend to their Governments that : 



1. Information on telecommunications facilities be exchanged an- 

 nually, under paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty and 

 Recommendation I-VI (8) , [^] in accordance with the standard tabular 

 format annexed hereto ; 



2. Information on telecommunications facilities be exchanged not 

 later than 31 October of each year in accordance with Recommenda- 

 tion IV-23; [-] 



3. They authorize the addressees entered by each Consultative Party 

 on the annexed standard tabular format also to correspond with other 

 addressees on matters affecting their respective telecommunications 

 systems, on the use of those systems and on the coordination of com- 

 munications necessary for cooperative activities. 



' TIAS 5094 ; 13 UST 1351. 

 - TIAS 6668 ; 20 UST 616. 



