Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00429:section:24:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00429
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24 (pt 11/17)
Character Range: 56551–59632

XXI
   1. Each Contracting Party shall take appropriate measures within its competence to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Convention and with conservation measures adopted by the Commission to which the Party is bound in accordance with Article IX of this Convention.
   2. Each Contracting Party shall transmit to the Commission information on measures taken pursuant to paragraph 1 above, including the imposition of sanctions for any violation.

ARTICLE XXII
   1. Each Contracting Party undertakes to exert appropriate efforts, consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, to the end that no one engages in any activity contrary to the objective of this Convention.
   2. Each Contracting Party shall notify the Commission of any such activity which comes to its attention.

ARTICLE XXIII
   1. The Commission and the Scientific Committee shall co‑operate with the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties on matters falling within the competence of the latter.
   2. The Commission and the Scientific Committee shall co‑operate, as appropriate, with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and with other Specialised Agencies.
   3. The Commission and the Scientific Committee shall seek to develop co‑operative working relationships, as appropriate, with inter‑governmental and non‑governmental organizations which could contribute to their work, including the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and the International Whaling Commission.
   4. The Commission may enter into agreements with the organizations referred to in this Article and with other organizations as may be appropriate. The Commission and the Scientific Committee may invite such organizations to send observers to their meetings and to meetings of their subsidiary bodies.

ARTICLE XXIV
   1. In order to promote the objective and ensure observance of the provisions of this Convention, the Contracting Parties agree that a system of observation and inspection shall be established.
   2. The system of observation and inspection shall be elaborated by the Commission on the basis of the following principles:
     (a) Contracting Parties shall co‑operate with each other to ensure the effective implementation of the system of observation and inspection, taking account of the existing international practice. This system shall include, inter alia, procedures for boarding and inspection by observers and inspectors designated by the Members of the Commission and procedures for flag state prosecution and sanctions on the basis of evidence resulting from such boarding and inspections. A report of such prosecutions and sanctions imposed shall be included in the information referred to in Article XXI of this Convention;
     (b) in order to verify compliance with measures adopted under this Convention, observation and inspection shall be carried out on board vessels engaged in scientific research or harvesting of marine living resources in the area to which this Convention applies, through observers and