Instituto Antártico Peruano

The Instituto Antártico Peruano (INANPE) it is the government organisation that centralizes the planning, coordination and control of scientific activities of the Republic of Peru in the Antarctica. It was created the November 20, 2002 and it has its headquarters in Lima, Peru.

History

Background

The Comision Nacional de Asuntos Antarticos(CONAAN) was created the July 11, 1983 by Supreme Decree 9-83-RE. It was a technical organism conformed by various sectors of the public Peruvian administration, charged with advising the government on antarctic issues such as juridical and political aspects, and the economical, scientific and technical aspects. Mainly it was encharged of the redaction and execution of the antarctic politic of Peru and of the Peruvian Antarctic program.[1]

Creation

The November 20, 2002 it was published at the official newspaper El Peruano the law No 27870 (named "Ley del Instituto Antartico Peruano"). Approved by the Peruvian Congress and enacted by the President of the Republic, that restructured the CONAAN, constituting the Instituto Antártico Peruano (INANPE) like a decentralized organism with juridic personality with scientific, technical, functional, economical and administrative autonomy depending of the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores to safeguard the Peruvian interest in the Antarctica.[2]

Objectives

The Instituto Antártico Peruano is the entity charged to formulate, coordinate, conduct and supervise in integral way the national antarctic politic, such as all the activities that public and private entities make in the Antarctica.[3]

Structure

The Instituto Antártico Peruano has the following structure:

  • Directive Council
  • Scientific Counselors Committee
  • Executive Secretary
  • Line Organisms.

References
  1. Tamburelli, Gianfranco (2008). "Peru and the Environmental Protection of Antarctica". The Antarctic Legal System: The Protection of the Environment of the Polar Regions. Giuffre editore. pp. 227–245. ISBN 9788814142161.
  2. "LEY 27870 - Ley del Instituto Antartico Peruano - INANPE" (Microsoft Word document). faolex.fao.org. Congreso de la Republica del Peru. November 20, 2002. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. "ley 27870-Ley del Instituto Antártico Peruano-INANPE". Congreso de la República del Perú.
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