Policy paper

United Kingdom - New Zealand Antarctic co-operation priorities to 2020

The United Kingdom and New Zealand have agreed shared Antarctic priorities to 2020.

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

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United Kingdom - New Zealand Antarctic co-operation priorities to 2020

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Through their respective delegations to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and their respective National Antarctic Programmes, the UK and New Zealand have identified priority areas to further underpin their historical close co-operation on Antarctic and Southern Ocean issues, up to 2020.

The document was announced as part of a visit to Christchurch, New Zealand by the UK’s ice patrol vessel HMS Protector on 20 January 2016.

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Published 20 January 2016

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