Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.
As of 2014, there are 50 states party to the treaty.
The Argentines believed that the islands had belonged to the Spanish empire and therefore belong to them. It is also theorized that there is a "tap into" the antarctic oil reserve ( which nobody can drill for because of the antarctic treaty) near or on the islands, bypassing the antarctic treaty meaning the islands are a bit more important than believed. This theory may be another motive for invasion and also would be a good reason why Britain defended it besides national pride.
Treaty of Versaillies
Anti-Treaty IRA occupied the Four Courts in Dublin, and Michael Collins of the Irish Free State was forced to bombard them. That started it.
The Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 ended the First Opium War and gained the island of Hong Kong for the British.
The main treaty was opened for signature on December 1st 1959.
The Antarctic Treaty is a TREATY not a living thing so it can not become extinct.
The Antarctic Treaty does not have an expiration date. It was signed in 1959 and is intended to remain in effect indefinitely.
All of planet earth benefits from the Antarctic Treaty, because science conducted there -- the study of the health of planet earth -- is shared with all countries that signed or ratified the Antarctic Treaty.
iT WAS tHe Antarctic treaty!
afghanastan albania are in the treaty
The Antarctic Treaty has not been broken, it may have been violated, but it remains in full force and effect.
There is no mining on the Antarctic continent: it is prohibited by the Antarctic Treaty.
Tourism in Antarctica is governed by the Antarctic Treaty. The treaty governs all land and ice south of 60 degrees S, and its Marine Protocols protect the Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent. The Antarctic Treaty is an international agreement to govern -- in fact, a condominium form of government. There is no money paid by anyone to the 'Antarctic Treaty'.
The treaty is called the Antarctic Treaty. You can read it, below.
As of 2014, there are 50 states party to the treaty.
The Antarctic Treaty is only difficult to explore when one is unable to read one of the languages in which the treaty is printed: English, Spanish, French and Russian.