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(b) that all tourists and other visitors comply with any condi- 

 tions or restrictions on their movements which the station 

 commander may stipulate for their safety or to safeguard 

 scientific programmes being undertaken at or near the sta- 

 tion; 



(c) that visitors must not enter Specially Protected Areas and 

 must respect designated historic monuments ; 



3. Advance notice of all expeditions to the Treaty area not organized 

 by a Consultative Party, but organized in, proceeding from or calling 

 at that Party's territory, shall be given, in so far as is possible, to the 

 other Consultative Parties. Such notice shall include the relevant 

 information listed in Recommendation I- VI; 



4. Until such time as this Recommendation becomes effective in 

 accordance with Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty, it shall be con- 

 sidered, as far as feasible, as a guide-line. 



RECOMMENDATION VI-11 

 NEW ISLANDS 



The Representatives, 

 Considering that: 



(1) in recent years a number of countries have launched scientific 

 research rockets (sounding rockets) from the Antarctic Treaty area 

 and that the number of such launchings is expected to increase along 

 with the scale and importance of scientific research activities in the- 

 Antarctic ; 



(2) it will be necessary to adopt adequate safety measures to pre- 

 vent possible damage or injury to persons, fauna and flora, facilities, 

 vessels and aircraft in the Antarctic Treaty area and in adjacent areas 

 which might result from the launching of rockets from the Treaty 

 area or from their residual elements ; 



Recommend to their Governments that ; 



1. Each Government which plans to launch rockets from the Ant- 

 arctic Treaty area include in its annual exchange of information under 

 paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty details of each 

 planned launching, including inter alia the following information: 



(a) the geographical co-ordinates of the place of launching; 



(b) the time and date of launching or, alternatively, the approxi- 

 mate period of time during which it is planned to carry out 

 the launchings; 



(c) the direction of launching; 



(d) the planned maximum altitude; 



(e) the planned impact area; 



( f ) the type and other specifications of the rockets to be launched, 

 including possible residual hazards \ 



(g) the purpose and research programme of the rocket. 



