Tag: 39th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)

• Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 08:29 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty parties reaffirm commitment to ban on mining in the Antarctic

  

  The 29 countries party to the Antarctic Treaty unanimously agreed on Wednesday to a resolution at the 39th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) stating their “firm commitment to retain and continue to implement…as a matter of highest priority” the ban on mining activities in the Antarctic, which is part of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (also called the Madrid Protocol).