IV
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 431
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a
permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Govern-
ment of Japan until Japan’s whaling activities comply with the require-
ments of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the
commercialization of whale meat.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. PALLONE,
Ms. CARSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.
FARR of California, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER,
Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. WU, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Ms. BALDWIN) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President
should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations
Security Council for the Government of Japan until Ja-
pan’s whaling activities comply with the requirements
of the International Whaling Commission and Japan
ends the commercialization of whale meat.
Whereas the United States fully supported the adoption by
the International Whaling Commission of an indefinite
moratorium on commercial whaling which became effec-
tive in 1986;
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Whereas the United States fully supported the adoption by
the International Whaling Commission of resolutions de-
signed to establish criteria for reviewing proposals to take
whales under scientific research permits during the com-
mercial whaling moratorium;
Whereas the United States has supported all resolutions
adopted by the International Whaling Commission re-
questing nations engaged in ‘‘research’’ whaling that fails
to meet the criteria established by the Commission to re-
frain from carrying out such whaling activities;
Whereas the International Whaling Commission has adopted
numerous resolutions requesting Japan to cease its re-
search whaling activities because that activity does not
meet the criteria established by the Commission;
Whereas in spite of these resolutions and in defiance of the
International Whaling Commission’s guidelines for sci-
entific research, Japan has killed almost 5,000 whales in
the last 12 years and sold the whale meat for profit;
Whereas the Government of Japan this year expanded its
whaling program to include 540 minke whales, 50 endan-
gered Byrd’s whales, and 10 sperm whales; and
Whereas the International Whaling Commission adopted a
resolution strongly criticizing this expanded whaling pro-
gram as not scientifically justifiable: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) Japan’s continued defiance of the Inter-
national Whaling Commission’s requests to halt its
scientific whaling program undermines international
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efforts to conserve and protect the world’s whale
populations;
(2) such behavior calls into question the credi-
bility and reliability of commitments made by the
Government of Japan to international organizations;
and
(3) the President should not support Japan’s
appointment to a permanent seat on the United Na-
tions Security Council until Japan stops whaling and
complies with the requirements of the International
Whaling Commission.
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