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08/12/2015
Ireland Involved In Political Pressure On Japan Over Whaling
Ireland is one of a number of countries involved in a demarche to the Japanese government, expressing "serious concerns" about its whaling activities.
The demarche – a diplomatic process used to protest or object to actions by a foreign government – raises concerns at the decision of the Government of Japan to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean under what it has called its 'New Scientific Research Whale Programme in the Antarctic Ocean (NEWREP-A)'.
The demarche recalls for the Government of Japan the decision of the International Court of Justice in 2014 which held that Japan's previous Southern Ocean whaling programme was not "for purposes of scientific research" under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 1946 and was therefore unlawful.
The countries participating in the demarche said that the last Annual Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission held in June 2015 was unable to confirm that Japan had done enough to justify commencement of lethal sampling in the 2015/16 season.
Expressing concern to Japan, Ireland and the other participating countries are urging the Government of Japan as a member of the International Whaling Commission to respect the Commission's procedures, stress that there is no scientific basis to include lethal methods in NEWREP-A and strongly request the Government of Japan not to engage in this whaling programme. Other member states of the EU and New Zealand also participated in the joint demarche.
(MH/CD)
The demarche – a diplomatic process used to protest or object to actions by a foreign government – raises concerns at the decision of the Government of Japan to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean under what it has called its 'New Scientific Research Whale Programme in the Antarctic Ocean (NEWREP-A)'.
The demarche recalls for the Government of Japan the decision of the International Court of Justice in 2014 which held that Japan's previous Southern Ocean whaling programme was not "for purposes of scientific research" under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 1946 and was therefore unlawful.
The countries participating in the demarche said that the last Annual Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission held in June 2015 was unable to confirm that Japan had done enough to justify commencement of lethal sampling in the 2015/16 season.
Expressing concern to Japan, Ireland and the other participating countries are urging the Government of Japan as a member of the International Whaling Commission to respect the Commission's procedures, stress that there is no scientific basis to include lethal methods in NEWREP-A and strongly request the Government of Japan not to engage in this whaling programme. Other member states of the EU and New Zealand also participated in the joint demarche.
(MH/CD)
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