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Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance
last update: May 06, 2009 01:33 PM
To assess legacy lessons of the Antarctic Treaty on its 50th anniversary in the city where it was signed "in the interest of all mankind" - the Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance will be convened in an inclusive international and interdisciplinary manner at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC from November 30 to December 3, 2009. The Antarctic Treaty Summit is endorsed by the International Polar Year with initial public-private funding from the US-UK Fulbright Commission, Tinker Foundation, Marine Mammal Commission and American Geophysical Union.
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| When |
Nov 30, 2009 09:00 AM
to Dec 03, 2009 06:00 PM |
| Where | Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA |
| Contact Name | Paul Berkman |
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Objectives
For the past five decades, the Antarctic Treaty has provided a firm foundation for ongoing international cooperation to successfully manage nearly ten percent of the Earth for “peaceful purposes only… on the basis of freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica as applied during the International Geophysical Year.” Growing from seven claimant and five non-claimant signatories, the Antarctic Treaty now engages 46 nations, representing nearly 90% of humankind.
Reflecting this global context – as an endorsed project of the International Polar Year – the Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance will provide an unique international, interdisciplinary and inclusive forum for scientists, legislators, administrators, lawyers, historians, educators, executives, students and other members of civil society to openly:
- Assess lessons learned from the Antarctic Treaty System during the past five decades that have legacy value for international governance in general;
- Reveal precedents for cooperative planetary-scale governance from one our civilization’s international spaces (i.e., outer space, deep sea and Antarctica); and
- Establish broad public awareness around the world about the visionary goals, strategies and achievements that have emerged from the Antarctic Treaty “in the interest of all mankind.”
