Partijen en gegevens

The Kingdom of the Netherlands chooses both means for the settlement of disputes mentioned in Article 19, paragraph I, of the Protocol, i.e. the International Court of Justice and the Arbitral Tribunal.

The Argentine Republic declares that in as much as the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on the Protection of the Environment is a Complementary Agreement of the Antarctic Treaty and that its Article 4 fully respects what has been stated in Article IV, Subsection 1, Paragraph A) of said Treaty, none of its stipulations should be interpreted or be applied as affecting its rights, based on legal titles, acts of possession, contiguity and geological continuity in the region South of parallel 60, in which it has proclaimed and maintained its sovereignty.

The Czech Republic accepts the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and of the Arbitral Tribunal under Article 19, paragraph 1, of the Protocol om Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, done at Madrid on October 4, 1991.

…that the Kingdom of the Netherlands chooses both means for the settlement of disputes mentioned in Article 19, paragraph 1, of the Protocol, i.e. the International Court of Justice and the Arbitral Tribunal.

Pursuant to article 19 paragraph 1 of the Protocol the Republic of Austria chooses the International Court of Justice for the settlement of disputes under this provision.