Cabinet about ratifying The Antarctic Treaty

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet at its meeting January 7 decided to present a draft on ratifying the Antarctic Treaty. Ratification of this international document is of high importance in terms of improving our future competence for receiving own shares from the wealth of humanity. The issue was approved by the meeting of the Ministers on February 7 last year and developed under the consultation with the Parliamentary Standing committee on security and foreign policy. Since a first participation of Mongolian scholars in the Antarctic researches that took place in 1972-1974, our scholars have been always included in other countries’ teams. Through ratifying the document, Mongolia will send its own team and locate its own science station in Antarctica. The Antarctic Treaty has 50 countries so far.