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Brazil will host IWC67 in 2018. The next meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee will be held in Bled, Slovenia, in May of next year and in Kenya in 2018. Participants can look forward to some truly beautiful places.
Japanese Commissioner Joji Morishita will be the Chair of the next meeting. He has a lot of experience in the IWC and is a skillful diplomat. Morishita was officially nominated by the United States. Most of the day was spent working on finance and administration details, formally accepting committee reports that have been presented throughout the week, and ironing out the wording of the of the Summary of Main Outcomes. Like all documents pertaining to this meeting, it can be found on the IWC website (6360), https://archive.iwc.int/pages/search.php?search=%21collection24471&k= The final pending resolution, the Resolution on the Creation of a Fund to Strengthen the Capacity of Governments of Limited Means to Participate in the Work of the IWC, passed with 30 yay votes, 31 abstentions and one non-participation. The reason for the many abstentions is that the European Union was unable to reach a position on the resolution. A whale tie contest offered a welcome break from a week of hard work. Japan’s Hideki Moronuki narrowly defeated Ryan Wulff of the United States.
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American Cetacean SocietyThe mission of the American Cetacean Society is to protect whales, dolphins, porpoises, and their habitats through public education, research grants, and conservation actions.
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