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United States–New Zealand Proposal for Marine Protected Area in Ross Sea Fails to Win Required Unanimous Approval

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, May 20, 1980, 33 UST 3476, 1329 UNTS 48, available at http://www.ccamlr.org/en/document/publications/convention-conservation-antarctic-marine-living-resources.

2 For background on the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), see http://www.ccamlr.org/en/organisation/about-ccamlr.

3 CCAMLR Press Release, Discussions Continue for the Establishment of MPAs in Antarctica (July 17, 2013), at http://www.ccamlr.org/en/news/2013/discussions-continue-establishment-mpas-antarctica.

4 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0885, United States Seeks Enhanced Protection of Antarctic Waters (July 15, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/07/211908.htm.

5 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0897, Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry, Results of the Special Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (July 16, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/07/212063.htm.