Yesterday’s feel-good atmosphere dissolved into profound uncertainty after Japan led the IWC’s pro-whaling bloc in a walkout intended to break the body’s quorum, with a vote on the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary looming.
What promised to be a day filled with discussions of important conservation work and other matters instead became the occasion for a closed door commissioners’ meeting and a lot of wrangling over quorum and other procedural rules.
By the time the Commission resumed in open session on Thursday evening, it was time to close IWC 63. In the interim, the commissioners had privately worked out a statement to explain away the near meltdown and restore some prospect for comity within the IWC in the future.
To read the complete article go to:
http://www.hsi.org/news/news/2011/07/iwc_63_day_four_071411.html
What promised to be a day filled with discussions of important conservation work and other matters instead became the occasion for a closed door commissioners’ meeting and a lot of wrangling over quorum and other procedural rules.
By the time the Commission resumed in open session on Thursday evening, it was time to close IWC 63. In the interim, the commissioners had privately worked out a statement to explain away the near meltdown and restore some prospect for comity within the IWC in the future.
To read the complete article go to:
http://www.hsi.org/news/news/2011/07/iwc_63_day_four_071411.html
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