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Merge with Government of Antarctica ? --Ann O'nyme 07:50, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I think Government of Antarctica should be definitively merged with Antarctic Treaty System because the content between these two articles is already now highly redundant (Government of Antarctica containing most of the information Antarctic Treaty System contains but not vice versa). The title of the arcticle Antarctic Treaty System is better, but the content of the article Government of Antarctica is much better, so we should copy the additional content of Government of Antarctica into the article Antarctic Treaty System and then delete Government of Antarctica. -- Citylover 11:12, 10 September 2005 (UTC).

Done. I transferred all information from "Government of Antarctica" into this article here (Antarctic Treaty System) and made a redirect from "Government of Antarctica" to this article here (Antarctic Treaty System). -- Citylover 13:58, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Expiration? 2 Westarctica 3 mistake? 4 Economic exploitation 5 Annual Meetings 6 Acceding?

[edit] Expiration?

Is there an expiration on this thing? - Amgine 00:06, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

There should be a section explaining the Antarctic Treaty of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime. It plays a critical role in the series. User-Name 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I moved it to Antarctic Treaty of Mobile Suit Gundam. That's where it belongs. Lokifer 03:13, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Lokifer, there should be a notice on this page about the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime for those looking up "Antactric Treaty" but are really looking for the "Antactric Treaty of Mobile Suit Gundam". User-Name 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I've taken care of that now. Lokifer 09:39, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Westarctica

The land from 90 degrees west to 150 degrees west has been claimed by The Grand Duchy of Westarctica. (see http://www.westarctica.com/index.html) -- Citylover 17:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] mistake?

this link on the BAS website shows us that there are 28 Consultative parties, whereas the article states that there are 27 articles:

"The Antarctic Treaty System's yearly Atlantic Treaty Consultative Meetings are the international forum for the administration and management of the region. Only 27 of the 44 parties to the agreements have the right to participate in these meetings. These parties are the Consultative Parties and, in addition to the twelve original signatories, include 15 countries that have demonstrated their interest in Antarctica by carrying out substantial scientific activity there."

is this a mistake, and on which side? --DTR 16:36, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

The data in the article was from 1999, but I've updated it: Estonia became an acceding state on 2001-05-17 and the Ukraine became a consultative party on 2004-05-27 [1]. -- Jeandré, 2006-01-03t22:31z

[edit] Economic exploitation

Is Antarctica currently protected from economic exploitation? Is this mentioned in the treaty? Zargulon 12:10, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Annual Meetings

Its impossibale to link to but here is a quote of the http://www.ats.aq/ website"We -the Antarctic Treaty Parties- are meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland from 12 to 23 June 2006 for the XXIXth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. Our discussions of the international management of Antarctica are this year enhanced by a full day`s consideration of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 and its importance for our Antarctic future." Its impossible to use this a reference becuase the webstie uses AJAX

[edit] Acceding?

Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't seem clear what is meant by countries with "acceding" status on the map (e.g. Canada). I don't find this anywhere in the article. Could this be clarified? Ddddan 16:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)