HomeAntarctica Status Lists ...06. Recommendations adopted at the First Consultative Meeting, done at Canberra July 24, 1961. hide 06. Recommendations adopted at the First Consultative Meeting, done at Canberra July 24, 1961. Depositary – Treaty Affairs Office of Treaty Affairs Entered into force April 30, 1962. Article IX, paragraph 4, of the Antarctic Treaty provides that recommended measures “shall become effective when approved by all the Contracting Parties whose representatives were entitled to participate in the meetings held to consider those measures.” Download status list [131 KB] Tags Antarctic Multilateral Treaties