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IWC website |
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IWC meetings |
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General literature |
International
Whaling Commission (IWC)
Official website of
the IWC: a useful starting
point for information on the IWC, although most of the material available is
rather basic and is not always up-to-date. Sections include:
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Catch limits, basic information on the following:
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Whale population
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IWC Watching
The full reports of IWC meetings are not available on the web, but the Whaling
Information from Japan site
contains extracts from IWC Reports going back to 1968.
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Literature on-line |
How the IWC Meetings Appear
Analysis of IWC meetings; extracted from a PhD thesis by Masami
Iwasaki-Goodman, on the Whaling
Information from Japan site.
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IWC 53 (2001) |
IGIFL: IWC 2001 website
Comprehensive review of the 2001 meeting. Includes:
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Report |
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Articles |
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Resolutions |
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Voting summary |
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Media coverage |
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Links |
IWC
2001 meeting page
Small collection of documents from the IWC:
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Final Press Release |
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Outline Agenda |
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Resolutions |
High
North Alliance: IWC 2001 Media Kit
Collection of resources on the 2001 meeting from the High North
Alliance, including:
 | Hot issues Brief summary of the main issues. |
| Media coverage Selected links to media resources covering the meeting. |
| The International Harpoon HNA's own daily report of events at the meeting. |
Whale
and Dolphin Conservation Society: Sea Red Campaign
The WDCS's coverage of the 2001
meeting. Includes:
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53 Meeting Background information. |
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News from the IWC Daily report from the IWC. |
ECO 2001
Coverage of the 2001 meeting, published by a coalition of
environmental NGOs:
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Issue 1: 23 July (also in pdf) |
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Issue 2: 24 July (also in pdf) |
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Issue 3: 25 July (also in pdf) |
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Issue 4: 26 July (also in pdf) |
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Issue 5: 27 July (also in pdf) |
IWMC-World
Conservation Trust: IWC 53
Selection of media releases from the IWCM-World
Conservation Trust on the 2001 meeting.
NZ Department of Conservation: Report
IWC
Intercessional Meeting of the Working Group on the Revised Management
Scheme Monaco, 6th-8th February 2001
Briefing from the Environmental
Investigation Agency: Cetaceans Campaign.
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Literature on-line |
Proposed South Pacific Whale Sanctuary
Article by William T
Burke, [2001] International Fisheries
Bulletin No. 14.
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IWC 52 (2000) |
Resolutions of
the 52nd Meeting (2000)
Reproduced on the ASIL Wildlife
Interest Group website.
Press
Release from the 2000 meeting
On the IWC website.
Extracts
from the Scientific Committee Report
Reproduced on the Whaling Information from
Japan
website (scroll down page to 1999).
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16. Scientific Permits |
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17. Whale Sanctuaries |
The
International Harpoon
Coverage of the meeting from the High
North Alliance.
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ECO.online
ECO-online is a report of the 2000 meeting, produced by
a coalition of NGOs.
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Issue 1 |
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Issue 2 |
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Issue 3 |
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Issue 4 |
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Issue 5 |
Whale
and Dolphin Conservation Society: IWC 2000
Various news releases and reports, provided by WDCS.
IWMC-World
Conservation Trust: IWC 52
Selection of media releases from the IWCM-World
Conservation Trust on the 2000 meeting.
The
52nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission
Briefing from the
Environmental Investigation Agency: Cetaceans Campaign.
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IWC 51 (1999) |
Resolutions
of the 51st Meeting (1999)
Reproduced on the ASIL Wildlife Interest Group
website.
Some
Extracts from the Chairman's Report
Reproduced on the Whaling Information from
Japan
website (scroll down page to 1999).
Press Release
from the 1999 Meeting
From the IWC site.
Opening
statement of IUCN
On the High North Allaince site.
51st International Whaling Commission Meeting,
May 1999
Brief report from the Cetacean
Society International's Whales Alive! newsletter.
IWMC-World
Conservation Trust: IWC 51
Selection of media releases from the IWCM-World
Conservation Trust on the 1999 meeting.
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IWC 50 (1998) |
Resolutions
of the 50th Meeting (1998)
Reproduced on the ASIL Wildlife Interest Group
website.
Some
Extracts from the Chairman's Report
Reproduced on the Whaling Information from
Japan
website (scroll down page to 1998).
Final
Press Release
On the IWC website.
The
International Harpoon
The IWC 50 editions of the High North
Alliance publication:
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The International Harpoon, No. 1 |
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The International Harpoon, No. 2 |
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The International Harpoon, No. 3 |
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The International Harpoon, No. 4 |
On To Oman- The 1998 IWC Meeting
Brief report from the Cetacean
Society International's Whales Alive! newsletter.
IWMC-World
Conservation Trust: IWC 50
Selection of press releases from the IWCM-World
Conservation Trust on the 1998 meeting.
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Literature on-line |
The International Whaling Commission at 50
Brief paper by Carole Carlson in the Cetacean Society International's Whales Alive! newsletter.
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IWC 49 (1997) |
Resolutions
of the 49th Meeting (1997) (pdf file)
Reproduced on the ASIL Wildlife Interest Group
website.
Some
Extracts from the Chairman's Report
Reproduced on the Whaling Information from
Japan
website (scroll down page to 1997).
Original text of the so-called "Irish Proposal".
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The
Technical Flaws of the Irish Proposal WDCS briefing on the Irish Proposal (1999). |
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The Irish Proposal Overview from the High North Alliance. |
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The
Case Against the Irish Government Proposal to Lift the Moratorium on
Commerical Whaling Briefing by EIA International. |
The International
Harpoon
Extracts from the High North Alliance series
on the IWC from 1997.
The 1997 IWC Meeting and Beyond: The Turmoil
Continues
Turmoil At The IWC - A Test Of Wills
IWMC-World
Conservation Trust: IWC 49
Selection of media releases from the IWCM-World
Conservation Trust on the 1997 meeting.
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IWC 48 (1996) |
Resolutions of
the 48th Meeting (1996) (pdf file)
Some
Extracts from the Chairman's Report
Reproduced on the Whaling Information from
Japan
website (scroll down page to 1996).
Final Press Release
Reproduced on the Whaling Information from
Japan
website.
The 1996 International Whaling Commission Meeting
Brief report on the 1996
meeting from the Cetacean
Society International's Whales Alive! newsletter.
ECO
ECO is a report of the 1996 meeting, produced by
a coalition of NGOs.
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ECO 1, 24 June 96 |
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ECO 2, 25 June 96 |
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ECO 3, 26 June 96 |
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ECO 4, 27 June 96 |
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ECO 5, 28 June 96 |
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Earlier meetings and issues |
International
Whaling Commission Resolutions
Reproduced in Section 4.0 of the
ASIL Wildlife Interest Group
website (all pdf files):
IWC
Annual Meetings: report extracts
Extracts from IWC Annual Meeting reports on the Whaling
Information from Japan website. The extracts go back to 1968 and are
organized by decade:
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| IWC in 1980s |
| IWC in 1970s |
| IWC in 1960s |
Government of
Iceland Announces Withdrawl from the IWC (Press Release)
Questions and
answers to Iceland's decision to leave the IWC
Two documents from the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries, outlining the
reasons for its 1992 decision to leave the IWC.
On the Soviet Whaling Falsification,
1947-1972
Brief article published in Whales Alive!,
based on a presentation at the 1996 IWC meeting by Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov.
Soviet Whaling Scandal
Another brief comment on the subject.
Three articles from Whaling in the North Atlantic - Economic and Political Perspectives, Proceedings of a Conference held in Reykjavik, 1997:
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The International Whaling Commission Today (Ray Gambell) |
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Whaling and international law (William Burke) |
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Fostering a negotiated outcome in the IWC (Robert Friedheim) |
International
Legal Workshop on Assessment of Actions of the IWC under the ICRW
The proceedings of this conference organized
by the Institute of Cetacean Research in
1996 are
reproduced in the Whaling Library's Social and
Political Topics section.
Laws, Treaties and
Evolution
Paper by William Aron, presented
at the Symposium "High Sea Fisheries and International Fishery
Management Organization", 9 March 2001, Tokyo.
The
International Whaling Commission- A Case of Malignant Neglect
Another paper by William Aron, presented at the 2000 IIFET conference.
Flouting the
Convention
Article from May 1999 by William Aron, William Burke and Milton Freeman.
Marine
Mammals: A Class Case of the Triumph of Emotion over Science
(John Aquilino)
Utilization
or Preservation? The Battle over Management of Whales (Steinar
Andresen)
Two papers from (2000)
2 Journal of
Sustainable Use (Report of the Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on
Sustainable Use of Wildlife Resources, Chengdu, China, November 1999).
The
Precautionary Principle and the IWC
1998 paper by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society.
To Whale or Not to
Whale
Article by Mark Derr from Atlantic Unbound
(October, 1997).
Whales:
Their emerging right to life
Extract from the article by Anthony D'Amato and Sudir K. Chopra, which
appeared in the American Journal of International Law