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VOTE

Should whaling be permitted?

 

Yes-72.75%

No-27.25%

 

Tuesday, 21 May, 2002, 17:13 GMT 18:13 UK

Should whaling be permitted?

 

Anti-whaling campaigners scored an unexpected victory

in the first vote to be taken at the conference, but

support for the pro-whaling lobby is said to be

building.

 

The result of the vote meant that Iceland, which wants

to see a return to commercial whaling, will now be

excluded from joining the IWC.

 

The UK Fisheries Minister, Elliot Morley, said the

result was better than expected and a very good sign,

but he cautioned that anti-whaling countries could

face tougher resistance in their effort to maintain

the existing global ban on whaling.

 

 

 

 

 

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