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What are the main objectives of the Antarctic Treaty?

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Objectives of Antarctic Treaty :-

Signed between 12 countries in Washington on 1st December 1959 for making the Antarctic Continent a demilitarized zone to be preserved for scientific research only.

The twelve original signatories are Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the UK and the US.

The treaty entered into force in 1961 and currently has 54 parties.

Headquarters: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

For the purposes of the treaty system, Antarctica is defined as all of the land and ice shelves south of 60°S latitude.

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