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ANTARKTİKA ANTLAŞMASI                                                                                                                  THE ANTARCTIC TREATY





       2. If one-third of the Members of the Commis-                                       Annex For An Arbitral Tribunal
       sion request a meeting to discuss a proposed  The Depositary shall notify all Contracting Par-
       amendment  the  Depositary  shall  call  such  a  ties of the following:            The arbitral tribunal referred to in paragraph 3 of Article XXV shall be composed of three arbitra-
       meeting.                                                                            tors who shall be appointed as follows:
                                            (a) Signatures of this Convention and the depo-
       3. An amendment shall enter into force when  sit  of  instruments  of  ratification,  acceptance,   The Party commencing proceedings shall communicate the name of an arbitrator to the other
       the Depositary has received instruments of ra-  approval or accession;              Party which, in turn, within a period of forty days following such notification, shall communicate
       tification, acceptance or approval thereof from                                     the name of the second arbitrator. The Parties shall, within a period of sixty days following the
       all the Members of the Commission.   (b) The date of entry into force of this Conventi-  appointment of the second arbitrator, appoint the third arbitrator, who shall not be a national of
                                            on and of any amendment thereto.               either Party and shall not be of the same nationality as either of the first two arbitrators. The third
       4. Such amendment shall thereafter enter into                                       arbitrator shall preside over the tribunal.
       force as to any other Contracting Party when   Article 33:
       notice  of  ratification,  acceptance  or  approval                                 If the second arbitrator has not been appointed within the prescribed period, or if the Parties have
       by it has been received by the Depositary. Any                                      not reached agreement within the prescribed period on the appointment of the third arbitrator,
       such Contracting Party from which no such no-  1. This Convention, of which the English, Fren-  that arbitrator shall be appointed, as the request of either Party, by the Secretary-General of the
       tice has been received within a period of one   ch, Russian and Spanish texts are equally aut-  Permanent Court of Arbitration, from among persons of international standing not having the
       year  from  the  date  of  entry  into  force  of  the   hentic, shall be deposited with the Government   nationally of a State which is a Party to this Convention.
       amendment  in  accordance  with  paragraph  3   of Australia which shall transmit duly certified
       above shall be deemed to have withdrawn from   copies  thereof  to  all  signatory  and  acceding   The arbitral tribunal shall decide where its headquarters will be located and shall adopt its own
       this Convention.                     Parties.                                       rules of procedure.
                                            2. This  Convention  shall  be  registered  by  the
       Article 31:                          Depositary  pursuant  to  Article  102  of  the   The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be made by a majority of its members, who may not abs-
                                            Charter of the United Nations.                 tain from voting.
       1. Any Contracting Party may withdraw from  Drawn  up  at  Canberra  this  twentieth  day  of
       this Convention on 30 June of any year, by gi-  May 1980.                           Any Contracting Party which is not a Party to the dispute may intervene in the proceedings with
       ving written notice no later than 1 January of                                      the consent of the arbitral tribunal.
       the same year to the Depositary, which, upon  In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly   The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding on all Parties to the dispute and on any
       receipt of such a notice, shall communicate it  authorized, have signed this Convention.  Party which intervenes in the proceedings and shall be complied with without delay
       forthwith to the other Contracting Parties.                                         The arbitral tribunal shall interpret the award at the request of one of the Parties to the dispute
                                                                                           or of any intervening Party.
       2.  Any  other  Contracting  Party  may,  within                                    Unless the arbitral tribunal determines otherwise because of the particular circumstances of the
       sixty  days  of  the  receipt  of  a  copy  of  such  a                             case, the expenses of the tribunal, including the remuneration of its members, shall be borne by
       notice from the Depositary, give written notice                                     the Parties to the dispute in equal shares.
       of withdrawal to the Depositary in which case
       the Convention shall cease to be in force on 30
       June of the same year with respect to the Cont-
       racting Party giving such notice.

       3.  Withdrawal  from  this  Convention  by  any
       Member of the Commission shall not affect its
       financial obligations under this Convention.

       Article 32:



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