22. ADHERENCE OF NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES TO THE CONVENTION

(from "Chairman's Report of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting")


Following the 29th Annual Meeting the Chairman sent copies of the relevant resolutions adopted at that meeting to non-member whaling nations, requesting their cooperation with regard to the conservation of the various whale stocks concerned.

At the present meeting the Commission welcomed statements by the Observers representing Chile, the Republic of Korea, Spain and Peru indicating that their Governments were taking the appropriate steps to adhere to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. All four nations expected to become members of the Commission before the next Annual Meeting.

The Commission adopted a Resolution (Appendix 7) put forward by the USA concerning whaling by non-member nations.

Members of the Commission including Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa and the UK all made statements concerning their current or proposed actions in compliance with the two resolutions adopted last year dealing with the prohibition of importation of whale products from non-member countries and the prohibition of the transfer of whaling vessels and equipment and other types of assistance to non-member countries.

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