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 Japan's whaling activities comply with the requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the commercialization of whale meat.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Japan's continued defiance of International Whaling Commission (IWC) requests to halt its scientific whaling program undermines international efforts to conserve and protect the world's whale populations; (2) such behavior calls into question the credibility of commitments made by the Japanese Government to international organizations; and (3) the President should not support Japan's appointment to a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council until Japan stops whaling and complies with IWC requirements.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 431 Introduced in House (IH)]







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 
 Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with the 
requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the 
                    commercialization of whale meat.


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                    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 concurrent 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                         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 Japan'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 effective in 1986;
Whereas the United States fully supported the adoption by the International 
        Whaling Commission of resolutions designed to establish criteria for 
        reviewing proposals to take whales under scientific research permits 
        during the commercial whaling moratorium;
Whereas the United States has supported all resolutions adopted by the 
        International Whaling Commission requesting nations engaged in 
        ``research'' whaling that fails to meet the criteria established by the 
        Commission to refrain from carrying out such whaling activities;
Whereas the International Whaling Commission has adopted numerous resolutions 
        requesting Japan to cease its research 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 scientific 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 endangered Byrd's whales, and 10 sperm 
        whales; and
Whereas the International Whaling Commission adopted a resolution strongly 
        criticizing this expanded whaling program 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 International Whaling 
        Commission's requests to halt its scientific whaling program 
        undermines international efforts to conserve and protect the 
        world's whale populations;
            (2) such behavior calls into question the credibility 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 Nations Security Council until 
        Japan stops whaling and complies with the requirements of the 
        International Whaling Commission.
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