The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been postponed until next year a decision on a possible lifting of the moratorium on commercial whaling in the absence of consensus expressed by member countries.
The decision was announced by the chairman of the CBI, Anthony Liverpool, having heard the views of the various national delegations, who requested a period of reflection to allow time to review the positions on the discrepancies.
"We believe the best solution would be to take a pause, a reflection period, and resume discussions next year," the delegation of New Zealand during his speech, endorsed by other countries like Mexico.
After two days of closed meetings, in which the 88 member countries were divided into groups of ten to facilitate the exchange of views, the 62nd annual meeting of the IWC meeting reopened conscious, according to the president, Anthony Liverpool, that "still needs more work."
Moratorium 25 years ago
The most important point on the negotiating table is a consensus proposal of the presidency, in which, although it calls for maintaining the moratorium for 25 years, supports the establishment of catch limits "significantly below current, "which critics interpreted as legitimizing commercial whaling.
Representatives of several countries, including Norway's whaling and showed on Tuesday, his pessimism about the negotiations, but tried to play down dramatically to the fact that the meeting of Agadir is closed without agreement, as happened in the previous summit held in Madeira (Portugal).
The appointment remains divided to the nations in favor of hunting, such as Norway, Russia, Denmark, Iceland and Japan, and conservationists, led by Latin America and Australia, and is being closely monitored by environmental groups, who complain they are hunted annually outside the control of the 1500 IWC whales.
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