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Greenpeace urges Norway to condemn Japanese vote buying

Last edited 24 July 2001 at 8:00am
Greenpeace action against whaling in NorwayAs the International Whaling Commission meets in London this week, Greenpeace urged the Norwegian Prime Minister to publicly distance Norway from its traditional pro-whaling ally, Japan.


This follows last week's startling admission from a senior Japanese official that Japan has been using development aid to buy votes at the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

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Japanese vote buying sinks South Pacific Whale Sanctuary

Last edited 24 July 2001 at 8:00am
International Whaling Commission 53: Greenpeace keep an eye on proceedings

International Whaling Commission 53: Greenpeace keep an eye on proceedings

IWC conference update: day 2

Bad news today at the IWC when measures to further protect the world's whales were undermined when South Pacific nations were denied their right to a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary (SPWS). Opposition from Japan, Norway and the block of countries that vote with Japan in return for Overseas Development Aid, prevented the sanctuary proposal from achieving the three quarters majority it needed to be adopted.

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Norway's decision to export whale products

Last edited 9 July 2001 at 8:00am
Can of Whale meat

Can of Whale meat

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Norwegian Government to grant export licenses?

Last edited 12 January 2001 at 9:00am
A dead whale is sliced in to whalemeat

Later this month the Norwegian Government will consider whether to grant export licenses to a number of Norwegian companies which are pressing to be allowed to sell whale meat and blubber to Japan.

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Greenpeace calls on Japan and Norway to withdraw proposals to overturn trade ban on whales

Last edited 10 April 2000 at 8:00am
10 April, 2000

April 2000: As the Japanese whaling fleet today offloaded its cargo of 440 minke whales hunted illegally in the protected Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Greenpeace called on Japan and Norway to withdraw their proposals to resume international trade in whales.

Japan and Norway are aggressively lobbying other countries to support their proposals to overturn the international ban on trade in whale products at next week's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), in Nairobi, Kenya (1).

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