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International Whaling Commission Fails to Reach Agreement on Commercial Whaling; United States Sees Commission as Increasingly Ineffective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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References

1 Broder, John M. U.S.Leads Bid to Phase Out Whale Hunting N.Y. Times, Apr. 15, 2010, at A1 Google Scholar; Eilperin, Juliet Panel Proposes WhalingBan Compromise, Wash. Post, Apr. 24, 2010, at A2 Google Scholar. The text of the compromise proposal considered at the IWC meeting is at http://iwcoffice.org/_documents/commission/IWC62docs/62–7rev.pdf.

2 See, e.g., Whales Urgently Need Your Help Now, Advertisement, N.Y. Times, June 18, 2010, at A20.

3 Jolly, David Talks on Whaling Reductions Fail, N.Y. Times, June 24, 2010, at A8 Google Scholar; Kaufman, Marc & Eilperin, Juliet Talks on Whale Hunting at an Impasse, Wash. Post, June 24, 2010, at A4 Google Scholar

4 [Editor’s Note. See Crook, John R. Contemporary Practice of the United States, 103 AJIL 366 (2009)Google Scholar.]

5 Deputy Ass’t Secretary of State David Balton, Ongoing Efforts Within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Regarding Its Future, Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, and Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment (May 6, 2010), at http://www.state.gOv/g/oes/rls/remarks/2010/143167.htm.