Signatory States to the Antarctic Treaty
There are 42 States party to the Antarctic Treaty. There are 26 Consultative Parties, which have voting status at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and 16 Non-Consultative Parties, which have observer status at these meetings. 12 Parties were original signatories. CONSULTATIVE PARTIES Original Signatories Date of ratification United Kingdom 31 May 1960 South Africa 21 Jun 1960 Belgium 26 Jul 1960 Japan 4 Aug 1960 United States of America 18 Aug 1960 Norway 24 Aug 1960 France 16 Sep 1960 New Zealand 1 Nov 1960 Russia (1) 2 Nov 1960 Argentina 23 Jun 1961 Australia 23 Jun 1961 Chile 23 Jun 1961 Acceding States Date of accession Consultative status Poland 8 Jun 1961 29 Jul 1977 Netherlands 30 Mar 1967 19 Nov 1990 German Democratic Republic (2) 19 Nov 1974 5 Oct 1987 Brazil 16 May 1975 12 Sep 1983 Germany, Federal Republic 5 Feb 1979 3 Mar 1981 Uruguay 11 Jan 1980 7 Oct 1985 Italy 18 Mar 1981 5 Oct 1987 Peru 10 Apr 1981 9 Oct 1989 Spain 31 Mar 1982 21 Sep 1988 China, People's Republic 8 Jun 1983 7 Oct 1985 India 19 Aug 1983 12 Sep 1983 Sweden 24 Apr 1984 21 Sep 1988 Finland 15 May 1984 9 Oct 1989 Republic of Korea 28 Nov 1986 9 Oct 1989 Ecuador 15 Sep 1987 19 Nov 1990 NON-CONSULTATIVE PARTIES Non-Consultative Parties Date of accession Czech Republic (3) 14 Jun 1962 Slovak Republic (3) 14 Jun 1962 Denmark 20 May 1965 Romania 15 Sep 1971 Bulgaria 11 Sep 1978 Papua New Guinea (4) 16 Mar 1981 Hungary 27 Jan 1984 Cuba 16 Aug 1984 Greece 8 Jan 1987 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 21 Jan 1987 Austria 25 Aug 1987 Canada 4 May 1988 Colombia 31 Jan 1989 Switzerland 15 Nov 1990 Guatemala 31 Jul 1991 Ukraine 28 Oct 1992 Notes 1. Formerly the Soviet Union, represented by Russia from December 1991. 2. United with the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990. 3. Succeeded to the Treaty as part of Czechoslovakia which separated into two republics on 1 January 1993. 4. Succeeded to the Treaty after independence from Australia.