Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities

Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities

Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities June 1988 this Convention is a part of the Antarctic Treaty System, comprising the Antarctic Treaty System, the measures in effect under that Treaty, and its associated separate legal instruments, the prime purpose of which is to ensure that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international conflict. The Parties provide through this Convention, the principles it establishes, the rules it prescribes, the institutions it creates and the decisions adopted pursuant to it.

The Convention has not entered into force and has been effectively replaced by the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol).

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