Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

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Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Formation	1 September 2004
Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Membership	Parties to the Antarctic Treaty System
Official language	English, French, Russian, and Spanish
Executive Secretary	Albert Lluberas
Staff	9
Website	www.ats.aq

The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (ATS) is a subsidiary body of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and, as such, performs its duties under the ATCM's direction. The ATCM is the forum that brings together the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, Non-Consultative Parties, Observers and Experts. The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 and entered into force in 1961.

The Secretariat is located at 757 Maipú Street, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Government of Argentina provides the office where the Secretariat operates, and the Headquarters Agreement^[1] –signed in 2010, during ATCM XXXIII—establishes the relationship between the ATCM and the Argentine Republic regarding the operations of the Secretariat in Argentina.