Within this framework, is that these days it a working group to approach this issue has been constituted, which will meet intercessional to analyze, discuss, and propose measures related to the foregoing which shall then be discussed among all its member countries. This group will be represented by 24 countries, which should outline proposals for the future of the IWC, which in the opinion of many, has become outdated with respect to common practices in other international conventions.
Beside this topic, which we believe will be leading throughout this meeting of the IWC, at the first day, issues such as the acceptance of the agenda were discussed and the Chair of the Scientific Committee began the presentation of the report and the recommendations of this Committee to the plenary.
Although during the meeting, Argentina have had significant interventions in favour of the conservation and as part of the Buenos Aires Group, on Tuesday, 24 th , its participation was even more relevant, thanks to the presentation during the afternoon plenary session, of the Mr. Governor of the Province of Chubut Mario Das Neves, who spoke about the whale-watching in Argentina, demonstrating once again the great effort and commitment of our country, with the sustainable and non-lethal use of cetaceans.
Linked to this, we would like to take this space to highlight that during the morning of the same day, in a parallel event to the meeting of the IWC, the president of Fundación Cethus, Miguel Iñíguez presented the report: “The State of the Whale Watching in Latin America”, of which he is co-author along with Erich Hoyt, and which summarizes the findings made in the development of this activity within the region, and which we believe will be a very useful tool in different countries of the region.
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