The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (popular as CRAMRA) is a treaty that is part of the
Antarctic Treaty System
russian: link=no, Договор об Антарктике es, link=no, Tratado Antártico
, name = Antarctic Treaty System
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. The convention was concluded at
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
on 2 June 1988. The government of New Zealand is the depository of the treaty.
The convention was signed by 19 states, but no states have ratified it. Therefore, the convention never entered into force and has been replaced by the 1998
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, also known as the Madrid Protocol, is a complementary legal instrument to the Antarctic Treaty signed in Madrid on October 4, 1991. It entered into force on January 14, 1998.
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(Madrid Protocol).
[L. Ivanov and N. Ivanova. CRAMRA Convention. In]
''The World of Antarctica''.
Generis Publishing, 2022. pp. 140-143.
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External links
PDFSignatories and status mfat.govt.nz.
Antarctica agreements
1988 in Antarctica
Treaties concluded in 1988
Unratified treaties
1988 in New Zealand
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