Antarctica’s sovereignty: Adoption of arctic council concept as a better replacement for Antarctica Treaty System (ATS)
The conflict surrounding the sovereignty over the region of Antarctica is a longstanding issue that has plagued the claimant states for decades. The exhaustion of mineral and raw material fuels the hostility and struggle for dominance over the unclaimed region which beliefs to be the largest remai...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6108/1/FH02-FUHA-19-25153.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6108/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The conflict surrounding the sovereignty over the region of Antarctica is a longstanding issue that has plagued the claimant states for decades. The exhaustion of
mineral and raw material fuels the hostility and struggle for dominance over the
unclaimed region which beliefs to be the largest remaining reserve of oil and gas as
well as other valuable natural resources. With growing number of claimant states
and the inexistence of proper international framework, the issues over Antarctica is
a time-ticking bomb waiting to burst and causes a major friction over the South Pole.
The success achieved by Arctic Council in managing the Arctic region inspires this
paper to propose and evaluate the idea of establishing an “Antarctica Council” as a
crucial recourse to solve what Antarctica Treaty System (ATS) has failed to achieve.
This paper is an examination of analysis and critiques in legal documents and
international reports that seek a critical approach over the ineffectiveness of existing
legal framework and possible improvement in Arctic council concept adoptions. |
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