International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Commission baleinière internationale (CBI)
Comisión Ballenera Internacional
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URL: https://iwc.int/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IwcInt
Founded
1946-12-02 Washington DC USA
History
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Provide for proper conservation of whales and the management of whaling.
Events
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Relationship agreement with: B-XB0971 - FAO. Agreement of cooperation with: B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO). Observer to: C-XC1732 - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Links with:
- Secretariat of T-XT9645 - Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS);
- Secretariat of T-XT9106 - Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS);
- E-XE1160 - Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR);
- T-XT8087 - Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR);
- D-XD1107 - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC);
- E-XE1118 - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
- E-XC3899 - International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT);
- E-XE1846 - North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO);
- D-XD1596 - North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES);
- E-XF0407 - Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS);
- E-XE8554 - Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Secretariat);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Accredited NGOs include the following international and internationally-orientated national bodies:
- E-XE0530 - Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS);
- G-XG3360 - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC);
- F-XF9411 - Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC);
- G-XN8050 - AAALAC International;
- G-XN9309 - Born Free Foundation;
- G-XJ5036 - Campaign Whale;
- D-XD4292 - Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA);
- G-XG8755 - Cetacean Society International (CSI);
- G-XN2384 - Cousteau Society;
- G-XG8712 - Earth Island Institute (EII);
- G-XN0385 - Earthtrust;
- G-XG8624 - EarthVoice;
- F-XF6278 - Eastern Caribbean Coalition for Environmental Awareness (ECCEA);
- G-XG9373 - Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA);
- E-XE3276 - Eurogroup for Animals;
- F-XF4299 - Friends of the Earth International (FoEI);
- U-XG8760 - Global Animals Protection Trust;
- F-XF4392 - Greenpeace International;
- E-XE3646 - Humane Society International (HSI);
- F-XF0408 - Indigenous World Association;
- C-XC1205 - International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF);
- F-XF1099 - International Dolphin Watch (IDW);
- U-XG8352 - International Environmental Advisers;
- F-XF6032 - International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW);
- E-XE4305 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);
- C-XC0374 - International Primate Protection League (IPPL);
- B-XB2644 - International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF);
- F-XD3603 - Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC);
- G-XN9704 - Living Earth Foundation;
- F-XF0172 - Minority Rights Group International (MRG);
- G-XG0833 - The Nature Conservancy (TNC);
- G-XG9495 - Oceana;
- U-XG8764 - Sino Cetacean International Institute;
- F-XF0007 - Survival International;
- G-XG2994 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC);
- G-XJ5035 - Whales Alive;
- C-XC3439 - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF);
- B-XB2515 - World Animal Protection;
- E-XE2826 - World Conservation Trust (IWMC);
- D-XD8305 - World Council of Whalers (WCW);
- F-XF3608 - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Links with: F-XM3142 - International Ocean Noise Coalition (IONC); G-XM3776 - OceanCare; G-XG2984 - Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo International (SAVE International); G-XG4069 - Tethys Research Institute; E-XE3209 - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XC2811
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