Japan and 20 other pro-whaling nations staged a walk-out at the International Whaling Commission(IWC), blocking a proposal to vote on a whaling sanctuary in the southern Atlantic and forcing the issue to be put off until next year.
A Japanese Fisheries Agency official said on yesterday that the walkout en masse on the final day of this year’s IWC annual meeting was likely the first of its kind, a . With less than the required majority of member nations present, the vote was not held.
After a nine-hour adjournment, the IWC decided to put off the issue for discussion at the start of next year’s meeting to be held in Panama.
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