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日本開放商業捕鯨之運作失利

2006年06月21日
ENS聖啟斯,軍艦灣報導;莫聞編譯;陳瑞賓審校

綠色和平與日本捕鯨船對峙「國際捕鯨委員會」18日於聖啟斯召開年會,會中親保育國家陣營取得票數優勢,在各輪迴表決中均佔多數;日本及其同盟國家企圖放寬捕鯨限制的運作,則告失利。不過,委員會70個成員國家中,雙方勢均力敵,票數相差極少,因此沒有任何一方可宣稱獲得勝利。

Japan Loses Bid to Resume Commercial Whaling whale
FRIGATE BAY, St. Kitts, June 18, 2006 (ENS)
The pro-conservation coalition has won all the major votes at the International Whaling Commission annual meeting here, defeating pro-whaling efforts by Japan and its allies to increase whaling. But the votes were so close in the 70 member commission that neither side can claim permanent victory.