Swiss Committee on Polar
and High Altitude Research
A Committee of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Antarctic Treaty
The main purpose of the Antarctic Treaty, which was signed in Washington on December 1, 1959, is to ensure "in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue for ever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord."
Since 1991, Switzerland is an ordinary party (without the right to vote) of the Treaty.
Swiss Delegate: Ms. Evelyne Gerber
Full text of the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty:
Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research
Schwarztorstrasse 9
CH-3007 BERN
vera.kaufmann@scnat.ch
A project realised by
SCNAT - Swiss Academy of Sciences and
SAMS - Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
