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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9677

7 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment council
EU unanimous in wanting moratorium of whaling maintained

Luxemburg, 06/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Luxemburg on 5 June, the Environment Council reached a common position for the European Community at the next meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWO), which is responsible for protecting and maintaining world whale stocks (Santiago, Chile, 23-27 June 2008). The decision, which was adopted without debate, will allow the EU to speak with a single voice, for the first time, to call for the 1986 whaling moratorium to be kept in...

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