The Antarctic

Treaty

Here is a chart that explains who signed the Antarctic treaty and why.

The treaty was signed on 23 June 1961.

  Claimant
state		 Original
signatory		 Consultative
Party		 Non-Consultative
Party		 Comments
Argentina ! ! 23/06/61 - Signatory
Australia ! ! 23/06/61 - Signatory
Chile ! ! 23/06/61 - Signatory
France ! ! 16/09/60 - Signatory
New Zealand ! ! 01/11/60 - Signatory
Norway ! ! 24/08/60 - Signatory
United Kingdom ! ! 31/05/60 - Signatory
Belgium - ! 26/07/60 - Signatory
Japan - ! 04/08/60 - Signatory
Russian Federation - ! 02/11/60 - Succeeding state. Following the dissolution of the USSR, which was an original signatory state,Russia assumed the rights and obligations of being a party to the Treaty.
South Africa - ! 21/06/60 - Signatory
United States of America - ! 18/08/60 - Signatory
Brazil - - 12/09/83 16/05/75 Acceding state
Bulgaria - - 25/05/98 11/09/78 Acceding state
China - - 07/10/85 08/06/83 Acceding state
Ecuador - - 19/11/90 15/09/87 Acceding state
Finland - - 09/10/89 15/05/84 Acceding state
Germany - - 03/03/81 05/02/79 The German Democratic Republic was united with the Federal Republic of Germany on 2 October 1990. GDR acceded to the Treaty on 19/11/74 and was recognised as an ATCP on 05/10/87.
India - - 12/09/83 19/08/83 Acceding state
Italy - - 05/10/87 18/03/81 Acceding state
Netherlands - - 19/11/90 30/03/67 Acceding state
Peru - - 09/10/89 10/04/81 Acceding state
Poland - - 29/07/77 08/06/61 Acceding state
Republic of Korea - - 09/10/89 28/11/86 Acceding state
Spain - - 21/09/88 31/03/82 Acceding state
Sweden - - 21/09/88 24/04/84 Acceding state
Uruguay - - 07/10/85 11/01/80 Acceding state
Austria - - - 25/08/87 Acceding state
Canada - - - 04/05/88 Acceding state
Colombia - - - 31/01/89 Acceding state
Cuba - - - 16/08/84 Acceding state
Czech Republic - - - 14/06/62 Succeeding state. The Czech and Sloval Republics inherited Czechoslovakia's obligations as a non-consultative party with effect from 1 January 1993, the date of their succession to the Treaty.
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea - - - 21/01/87 Acceding state
Denmark - - - 20/05/65 Acceding state
Greece - - - 08/01/87 Acceding state
Guatemala - - - 31/07/91 Acceding state
Hungary - - - 27/01/84 Acceding state
Papua New Guinea - - - 16/03/81 Acceding state
Romania - - - 15/09/71 Acceding state
Slovak Republic - - - 14/06/62 Succeeding state. The Czech and Sloval Republics inherited Czechoslovakia's obligations as a non-consultative party with effect from 1 January 1993, the date of their succession to the Treaty.
Switzerland - - - 15/11/90 Acceding state
Turkey - - - 24/01/96 Acceding state
Ukraine - - - 28/10/92 Succeeding state. Ukraine succeeded to the Treaty following the dissolution of the USSR.
Venezuela       24/03/99 Acceding state

As you can see Quite a few of the countries didn't sign this very important treaty but those who did are mostly members of

the United Nations. The treaty has rules and regulations that include: Antarctica is only to be used for research No huskie dogs are to be imported The claims made by countries are official and are not to be changed.

<"Australian Antarctic Bases"> <"Home">