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鯨肉および製品の貿易に関する決議（1994年、第７決議）
ーーーAppendix 7. IWC Resolution 1994-7
RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN WHALE MEAT AND PRODUCTS
WHEREAS it is the purpose of the 1946 lnternational
Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) to
provide for the effective conservation and management of
whale stocks through a coherent system of international
regulation;
WHEREAS the International whaling Commission is
the universally recognised competent international
organisation responsible for the management of whales
and whaling;
WHEREAS the Commission's Resolution at its 31st
Annual Meeting (Rep. int. Whal. Commn 30: 38) and prior
Resolutions, declared that member States should not
import whale products from non-member countries;
WHEREAS at a Special Meeting in Tokyo in 1978, the
Commission recognised that, to reinforce adherence to
IWC regulations, it is desirable to use each international
opportunity to ban trade in those species and stocks of
whales that receive total protection from commercial
whaling;
WHEREAS at the Special Meeting, the Commission
requested the Second Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on lnternational Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to
take all possible measures to support the IWC ban on
commercial whaling for certain species and stocks of
whales, as provided in the Schedule to the ICRWI
WHEREAS at the Special Meeting, the Commission
resolved that each Contracting Government take all
appropriate measures to prevent the import of any whale
or whale product taken or processed under the jurisdiction
of any non-lWC member countrics:
WHEREAS in 1979, CITES recognised that the meat
and other products of protected stocks of whales are
subject to international trade that cannot be controlled
effectively by the IWC alone;
WHEREAS in 1979, the Second Meeting of the
Conference of the Parties recommended that CITES
Parties agree not to issue for primarily commercial
purposes any import or export permit, or certiflcate for
introduction from the sea, for any specimen of a species or
stock protected from commercial whaling by the ICRW;
WHEREAS at its Annual Meeting in 1982, the
Commission set catch limits for the killing for commercial
purposes of whales from all stocks for the 1985 coastal and
the 1985-86 pelagic seasons at zero, which catch limits
remain in effect under paragraph 10(e) of the ICRW
Schedule:
WHEREAS under CITES there is a prohibition on
commercial trade, including introduction from the sea, in
all stocks of whales for which the IWC has set zero catch
limits;
WHEREAS at its Annual Meeting in 1986, the
Commission resolved that the products of research whaling
should be used 'primarily for local consumption';

WHEREAS the Commission is concerned by reports of
the discovery of whale products appearing for sale in, or en
route to, importing countries, from no plausible legitimate
source:
WHEREAS the Commission in 1993 sought information
on possible illegal whaling activities by non-member
governments, and is concerned to prevent such activities
and the trade in whale products derived from such
activities: