Editing Antarctic Treaty System (section)

==Overview of parties to the Antarctic Treaty System==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" | Country<ref name="depositary" /><ref name="secretariat2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/antarctic|title=Antarctic Treaty|publisher=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]|access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="introduction2">{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/15272.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/15272.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=The Antarctic Treaty System: Introduction|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]|access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Signature
!scope="col"| [[Ratification]]/<br />Accession
!scope="col"| Consultative<br />status<ref name="secretariat2" /><ref name="introduction2" />
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Argentina}} (''[[Argentine Antarctica|claim]]'')<sup>*</sup>
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Australia}} (''[[Australian Antarctic Territory|claim]]'')
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Austria}}
|No
|{{dts|1987|Aug|25|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Belarus}}
|No
|{{dts|2006|Dec|27|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Belgium}}
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Jul|26|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Brazil}} (''[[Brazilian Antarctica|unofficial claim]]'')
|No
|{{dts|1975|May|16|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1983|Sep|27|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Bulgaria}}
|No
|{{dts|1978|Sep|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1998|Jun|5|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Canada}}
|No
|{{dts|1988|May|4|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Chile}} (''[[Chilean Antarctic Territory|claim]]'')<sup>*</sup>
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|China}}
|No
|{{dts|1983|Jun|8|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1985|Oct|7|format=dmy}}
|Applies to {{HKG}} and {{MAC}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=南极条约 |url=http://treaty.mfa.gov.cn/Treaty/web/detail1.jsp?objid=1531876003660 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014035218/http://treaty.mfa.gov.cn/Treaty/web/detail1.jsp?objid=1531876003660 |archive-date=14 October 2021 |website=中华人民共和国-条约数据库 |language=zh}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Colombia}}
|No
|{{dts|1989|Jan|31|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Costa Rica}}
|No
|{{dts|2022|Aug|11|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Cuba}}
|No
|{{dts|1984|Aug|16|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Czech Republic}}
|No
|{{dts|1993|Jan|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2014|Apr|1|format=dmy}}
|Succession from {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}}, which acceded on 14 June 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/czechrepublic/suc/washington|title=Czech Republic: Succession to Antarctic Treaty|publisher=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]|access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Denmark}}
|No
|{{dts|1965|May|20|format=dmy}}
|No
|<!-- apply to {{Flag|Faroe Islands}} and {{Flag|Greenland}} or not? -->
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Ecuador}}
|No
|{{dts|1987|Sep|15|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1990|Nov|19|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Estonia}}
|No
|{{dts|2001|May|17|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Finland}}
|No
|{{dts|1984|May|15|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1989|Oct|20|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|France}} (''[[Adélie Land|claim]]'')
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Sep|16|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Germany}} (''[[New Swabia|historical claim]]'')
|No
|{{dts|1979|Feb|5|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1981|Mar|3|format=dmy}}
|Ratified as {{flagu|West Germany}}.
{{flagu|East Germany}} also acceded on 19 November 1974, and received consultative status on 5 October 1987, prior to its [[German reunification|reunification with West Germany]].<ref name="introduction2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/germany/acc/washington|title=Germany: Accession to Antarctic Treaty|publisher=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]|access-date=13 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Greece}}
|No
|{{dts|1987|Jan|8|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Guatemala}}
|No
|{{dts|1991|Jul|31|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Hungary}}
|No
|{{dts|1984|Jan|27|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Iceland}}
|No
|{{dts|2015|Oct|13|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Johnstone|first1=Rachael Lorna|last2=Jabour|first2=Julia|last3=Tamm|first3=Sune|date=8 December 2018|title=Iceland's Accession to the Antarctic Treaty|journal=The Yearbook of Polar Law Online|volume=9|issue=1|pages=262–281|doi=10.1163/22116427_009010012|s2cid=159373678|issn=2211-6427}}</ref>
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|India}}
|No
|{{dts|1983|Aug|19|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1983|Sep|12|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Italy}}
|No
|{{dts|1981|Mar|18|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1987|Oct|5|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Japan}} (''[[Yamato Yukihara|historical claim]]'')
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Aug|4|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}
|No
|{{dts|2015|Jan|27|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Malaysia}}
|No
|{{dts|2011|Oct|31|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Monaco}}
|No
|{{dts|2008|May|31|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Mongolia}}
|No
|{{dts|2015|Mar|23|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Netherlands}}
|No
|{{dts|1967|Mar|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1990|Nov|19|format=dmy}}
|Applies to all [[Autonomous administrative division#Dutch constituent countries|constituent countries]] of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly applied to {{SUR}} until its independence on 25 November 1975.
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|New Zealand}} (''[[Ross Dependency|claim]]'')
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Nov|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|North Korea}}
|No
|{{dts|1987|Jan|21|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Norway}} (''[[Queen Maud Land|claim]]'')
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Aug|24|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Pakistan}}
|No
|{{dts|2012|Mar|1|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Papua New Guinea}}
|No
|{{dts|1981|Mar|16|format=dmy}}
|No
|Succession from {{flagu|Australia}}. Effective from their independence on 16 September 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/papuanewguinea/suc/washington|title=Papua New Guinea: Succession to Antarctic Treaty|publisher=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]|access-date=13 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313214738/http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/papuanewguinea/suc/washington |archive-date= 13 March 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Peru}}
|No
|{{dts|1981|Apr|10|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1989|Oct|9|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Poland}}
|No
|{{dts|1961|Jun|8|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1977|Jul|29|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Portugal}}
|No
|{{dts|2010|Jan|29|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Romania}}
|No
|{{dts|1971|Sep|15|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Russia}}<sup>†</sup>
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Nov|2|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|Ratified as the {{flagu|Soviet Union}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/russianfederation/rat/washington|title=Russian Federation: Ratification of Antarctic Treaty |publisher=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]|access-date=13 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313214533/http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/russianfederation/rat/washington |archive-date= 13 March 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|San Marino}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Marino accedes to the Antarctic Treaty |date=Feb 22, 2023 |url=https://www.ats.aq/devph/en/news/234 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Antarctic Treaty |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230319061841/https://www.ats.aq/devph/en/news/234 |archive-date=Mar 19, 2023 }}</ref>
|No
|{{dts|2023|Feb|14|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}}
|No
|{{dts|2024|May|22|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Slovakia}}
|No
|{{dts|1993|Jan|1|format=dmy}}
|No
|Succession from {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}}, which acceded on 14 June 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/slovakia/suc/washington|title=Slovakia: Succession to Antarctic Treaty|publisher=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]|access-date=13 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313215720/http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/a/antarctic/slovakia/suc/washington |archive-date= 13 March 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Slovenia}}
|No
|{{dts|2019|Apr|22|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|South Africa}}<ref name="dfa-ats2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/inter/ats.htm|title=Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)|publisher=[[Department of International Relations and Cooperation]]|access-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713181306/http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/inter/ats.htm |archive-date= Jul 13, 2011 }}</ref>
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Jun|21|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|South Korea}}
|No
|{{dts|1986|Nov|28|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1989|Oct|9|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Spain}}
|No
|{{dts|1982|Mar|31|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1988|Sep|21|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Sweden}}
|No
|{{dts|1984|Apr|24|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1988|Sep|21|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Switzerland}}
|No
|{{dts|1990|Nov|15|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Turkey}}
|No
|{{dts|1996|Jan|24|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Ukraine}}
|No
|{{dts|1992|Oct|28|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2004|Jun|4|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|United Arab Emirates}}
|No
|{{dts|2024|Dec|11|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|United Kingdom}} (''[[British Antarctic Territory|claim]]'')<sup>*</sup>
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|May|31|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|<!-- apply to [[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territories]] and [[Crown Dependencies]] or not? -->
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|United States}}<sup>†</sup>
|{{dts|1959|Dec|1|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|Aug|18|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1961|Jun|23|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Uruguay}}
|No
|{{dts|1980|Jan|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1985|Oct|7|format=dmy}}
|
|-
|scope="row"|{{Flagu|Venezuela}}
|No
|{{dts|1999|May|24|format=dmy}}
|No
|
|}

<sup>*</sup> Has an overlapping claim with another one or two claimants.<br />
<sup>†</sup> Reserved the right to make a claim.<ref name=":1" />