Editing Antarctic Treaty System (section)

== Parties ==

As of 2024, there are 58 states party to the treaty,<ref name="depositary">{{cite web|date=22 April 2019|title=Antarctic Treaty|url=https://www.state.gov/antarctic-treaty/|access-date=11 September 2022|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]}}</ref> 29 of which, including all 12 original signatories to the treaty, have consultative (voting) status.<ref name="secretariat2">{{cite web|url=https://www.ats.aq/devAS/Parties?lang=e|title=Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Parties|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref> The consultative members include the 7 countries that claim portions of Antarctica as their territory. The 51 non-claimant countries do not recognize the claims of others. 42 parties to the Antarctic Treaty have also ratified the "Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.state.gov/protocol-antarctic-treaty/ |title=Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty |date=27 October 2017 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>

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{{legend|orange|Parties with consulting status making a [[land claim|claim]] to [[territorial claims in Antarctica|Antarctic territory]]}}
{{legend|#EEEE00|Parties with consulting status reserving the right to make a territorial claim}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Antarctic Region |url=https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-ocean-and-polar-affairs/antarctic/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{legend|#0000FF|Other parties with consulting status}}
{{legend|#00AA00|Parties without consulting status}}
{{legend|#FF1111|Non-party UN member states and observers}}]]

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