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This year's meeting of the International Whaling Commission promises to be
unlike any other, as for the first time since the ban on commercial whaling came
into force 20 years ago, pro-whaling countries look set to have the majority of
votes.
Read updates below from our team at the meeting in St Kitts.
Images from
the meeting
 June 20th - Day five, part two
Post-afternoon tea, there will be much applause and significant
consideration.
 June 20th - Day five, part one
And on to the final day.
June 19th -
Day four, part two
The report of the working group
that met last week on whale killing methods is now considered.
 June 19th - Day four, part one
June 18th -
Day three, part four
The final Part in which many
countries agree something rather silly.
 June 18th - Day three, part three
On to killing whales in the name of science and a messy
debate.
 June 18th - Day three, part two
The battle
for the southern ocean sanctuary.
 June 18th - Day three, part one
The night before and a naked welcome.
June 17th -
Day two, part three
Japan heads towards a meeting on
‘normalisation’/ modernisation or perhaps harmonisation.
June 17th -
Day two, part two
The Sticky RMS Issue.
 June 17th - Day Two
Small
animals walking.
 June 16th - Day one, part three
On to the end of Day One
 June 16th - Day one, part two
The First Key Votes – Concerning Small Cetaceans and Secret
Ballots – and beyond.
 June 16th - Day one, part one
The first day of IWC 58 starts
 Waiting for the battle to commence
Day zero at IWC 58. June 15th 2006
 Welcome to the diary of IWC 58
Here starts the regular – daily report from WDCS on what is
happening here at what seems likely to be an historic meeting. With the addition
of several new members to the commission, it is now almost inevitable that the
pro-whaling faction has the majority. The question is what will they do with it?
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