Antarctica Should Remain Off Limits to United Nations Meddling

Publication Date: December 1986

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Thomas E. L. Dewey

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: International organizations

Type: Report

Abstract:

The Antarctic Treaty is by any measure one of the most successful international agreements of the post-World War II era. It has maintained the peace on a continent that was formerly a center of conflict. In so doing, it has made possible significant achievements in science and environmental conservation. The U.S. and its Antarctic Treaty partners thus should encourage other states to accede to the Treaty, while pressing for the removal of the issue from the U.N.'s agenda-before the threats to the Treaty System grow even more serious than they already are.