1.10.5, 1.10.6

1.10.5 Contracting parties

Contracting party	Date of signature	Date of ratification, acceptance (Ac) or approval (Ap)	Effective date	Date of Commission membership
Argentina	11 Sep 80	28 May 82	27 Jun 82	27 Jun 82
Australia	1 Sep 80	6 May 81	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
Belgium	11 Sep 80	22 Feb 84	23 Mar 84	23 Mar 84
Chile	11 Sep 80	22 Jul 81	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
German Democratic Republic*	11 Sep 80	30 Mar 82 (Ap)	29 Apr 82	29 Apr 82
Germany, Federal Republic of	11 Sep 80	23 Apr 82	23 May 82	23 May 82
New Zealand	11 Sep 80	8 Mar 82	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
Norway	11 Sep 80	6 Dec 83	5 Jan 84	5 Jan 84
Poland	11 Sep 80	28 Mar 84	27 Apr 84	27 Apr 84
South Africa	1 Sep 80	23 Jul 81	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
Soviet Union	11 Sep 80	26 May 81 (Ac)	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
United Kingdom	11 Sep 80	31 Aug 81	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
United States of America	11 Sep 80	18 Feb 82	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
Japan	12 Sep 80	26 May 81 (Ac)	7 Apr 82	7 Apr 82
France	16 Sep 80	16 Sep 82	16 Oct 82	16 Oct 82
European Economic Community		21 Apr 82	21 May 82	21 May 82
Spain		9 Apr 82	9 May 84	21 Oct 87
Sweden		7 Jun 84	6 Jul 84	30 Dec 89
Uruguay		22 Mar 85	22 Apr 85
India		17 Jun 85	17 Jul 85	29 Jun 86
Republic of Korea		29 Mar 85	28 Apr 85	19 Nov 85
Brazil		28 Jan 86	27 Feb 86	8 Sep 86
Greece		12 Feb 87	14 Mar 87
Canada		1 Jul 88	31 Jul 88
Italy		29 Mar 89	28 Apr 89	30 Jun 90
Peru		23 Jun 89	23 Jul 89
Finland		6 Sep 89	6 Oct 89
Netherlands		23 Feb 90	25 Mar 90
Bulgaria		1 Sep 92	30 Sep 92

* Membership ceased on 2 Oct 90 following unification with FGR.

1.10.6 Report of the First Special Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

The First Special Meeting of the Commission was held on 8 September 1986 under the chairmanship of Dr Orlando R. Rebagliati (Argentina), Chairman of the Commission. The purpose of this meeting was to consider the notification of the Government of Brazil of the basis on which it was seeking membership of the Commission.
2. The following members of the Commission were in attendance: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, European Economic Community, France, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Korea, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America.
Background
3. On 1 August 1986 the Government of Brazil in accordance with Article VII, 2(d) of the Convention notified the Depositary Government of the basis on which it sought to become a Member of the Commission. The notification and supporting information were communicated to Members by the Depositary.
4. Article VII, 2(d) states that:

'Within two months of receipt of such communication from the Depositary, any Member of the Commission may request that a special meeting of the Commission be held to consider the matter ... If there is no request for a meeting, the Contracting Party submitting the notification shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements for Commission Membership' 5. In the case of the notification of Brazil, the end of the two month period was 10 October 1986 and Brazil would have become a Member of the Commission after that date if no Members requested the convening of a special meeting.
6. However, the Government of Argentina requested that the Depositary Government convene a special meeting to consider the notification of Brazil and the opportunity of holding the meeting was taken during the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Commission.
Proceedings of the Meeting
7. The Commission bearing in mind the Guidelines adopted at the Fourth Meeting noted the extensive marine biological program being undertaken by Brazil in the Convention area with the general objective of gathering information on the key biological species, biomass estimates, species interactions and the physiological processes of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. The main focus of the program is in the Bransfield Strait and Admiralty Bay regions. The Commission also noted Brazil's contribution to the BIOMASS/SIBEX program (1983/84, 1984/85).
8. It was acknowledged that the research activities of Brazil are directly related to the marine living resources in accordance with the requirements of the Convention and that the papers presented by Brazil with its notification indicate that considerable achieve- ments have been made towards the objectives of the program.
9. On this basis the Commission warmly welcomed Brazil into Membership of the Commission as from 8 September 1986.
10. The Commission agreed that in this particular case, an interpretation had been placed on the terms of the Convention so that Brazil could attend the Fifth Meeting. The interpretation had been unanimously supported on this occasion but Members agreed that it should not be taken as a precedent in the future.

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