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February 29th, 2008
Posted: 03:15 PM ET
TOKYO (CNN) — Japan will lobby a dozen members of the International Whaling Commission at a meeting Monday to support its much-criticized Antarctic whaling program — just three days before all members of the commission meet in London to discuss reaching an agreement on whale conservation rules. Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the nation’s Fisheries Agency will make their case to officials from Angola, Eritrea, Congo, Guinea, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Palau, Micronesia, Cambodia, Laos and Vanuatu, ministry spokeswoman Eri Okabe told CNN. Several of the countries are new to the 78-member whaling commission. Two months ago, Japan “temporarily halted” its plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica as what it said was a gesture to enhance the dialogue at the International Whaling Commission, which remains torn over whaling. |
 
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