I am writing an essay about a new antarctic treaty. I have to include these things: caring for the environment

Question

I am writing an essay about a new antarctic treaty. I have to include these things: caring for the environment, how it would be enforced etc., which activities would be banned. Please help asap. Thank you!

Answer 1

Sorry there is almost no one there to affect the environment. It is a place that can be very cold. They were working on an antenna and it was only 60 deg.F. below zero. They moved the cable a little and it turned into powder. Most things we know will not work in the cold.

Answer 2

Talk about the existing Articles and say how you would change them.  Here they are.

Articles of the Antarctic Treaty

Article 1 - area to be used for peaceful purposes only; military activity, such as weapons testing, is prohibited, but military personnel and equipment may be used for scientific research or any other peaceful purpose;

Article 2 - freedom of scientific investigation and cooperation shall continue;

Article 3 - free exchange of information and personnel in cooperation with the United Nations and other international agencies;

Article 4 - does not recognize, dispute, or establish territorial sovereignty claims and no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force;

Article 5 - prohibits nuclear explosions or disposal of radioactive wastes;

Article 6 - includes under the treaty all land and ice shelves south of 60 degrees 00 minutes south;

Article 7 - treaty-state observers have free access, including aerial observation, to any area and may inspect all stations, installations, and equipment; advance notice of all activities and of the introduction of military personnel must be given;

Article 8 - allows for jurisdiction over observers and scientists by their own states;

Article 9 - frequent consultative meetings take place among member nations;

Article 10 - treaty states will discourage activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the treaty;

Article 11 - disputes to be settled peacefully by the parties concerned or, ultimately, by the International Court of Justice;

Articles 12, 13, 14 - deal with upholding, interpreting, and amending the treaty among involved nations.

The main objective of the ATS is to ensure in the interests of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord. The treaty forbids any measures of a military nature, but not the presence of military personnel per se. It avoided addressing the question of existing territorial claims asserted by some nations and not recognized by others. According to article 25, the treaty may be modified or amended in any way after having been in force for fifty years (in 2011). Such changes will have to get a 3/4 majority vote.