§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress was made in the recent Antarctic minerals regime negotiations in Tokyo; and whether he will issue a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe negotiations in Tokyo provided a further opportunity to carry on the work of earlier meetings at Wellington, Bonn and Washington towards the elaboration of a practical Antarctic minerals regime acceptable to all consultative parties. A decision was taken to invite non-consultative parties to the Antarctic treaty to attend the next round of informal discussions at Rio de Janeiro in February 1985 as observers.