Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty part of the Antarctic Treaty System note - abbreviated as Antarctic-Environmental Protocol opened for signature - October 4 1991 entered into force - January 14 1998 objective - to provide for comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems; applies to the area covered by the Antarctic Treaty. parties - (27) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (16) Austria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine Source: CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.