Calling for the United States to encourage immediate negotiations toward a new agreement among Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, for the full protection of Antarctica as a global ecological commons.

Summary

Declares that: (1) Antarctica is a global ecological commons and should be managed under a new agreement among the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties or a protocol to the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities which should for an indefinite period establish Antarctica as a region closed to commercial minerals development and related activities; (2) under such new agreement, information about minerals or other resources in Antarctica should be obtained under strictly controlled arrangements and should be openly shared in the international scientific community; (3) the Convention is not adequate to protect the environment of Antarctica and could stimulate commercial exploitation; (4) pending the negotiations and entry into force of a new agreement or protocol ensuring the full protection of Antarctica as a global ecological commons, the President should not present the Convention to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification; (5) the United States should support the interim measures presently in force among nations signatory to the Convention; and (6) the negotiation of such a new agreement or protocol should be a major item on the agenda of the pending XV Antarctic Treaty Consultative meeting opening on October 9, 1989.

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Timeline

1. 4 October 1989

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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2. 4 October 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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3. 4 October 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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4. 18 October 1989

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

   Source: Committee

5. 16 November 1990

   Committee

   See S.J.Res.206.

   Source: Committee

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Sponsors

• Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] · D · Sponsor
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