Green Options » William Hogarth http://greenoptions.com/tag/william-hogarth Posts tagged 'William Hogarth' Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Japan Says We are Witnessing the Death of the International Whaling Commission http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/29/after-annual-meeting-japan-says-we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-the-international-whaling-commission/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/29/after-annual-meeting-japan-says-we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-the-international-whaling-commission/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:01:37 +0000 Levi Novey http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/29/after-annual-meeting-japan-says-we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-the-international-whaling-commission/ A Whale MuralOn Friday, the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting came to a close with a whimper. This year’s gathering was held in Chile, and the meeting’s chairperson, United States delegate William Hogarth, made a gutsy and stupid decision. Hogarth wanted to avoid confrontations at this year’s meeting, with the hope of creating good will among countries. He pontificated that this good will could be used to find solutions in the future (not now). Translation: he pleaded for member countries not to vote on or discuss important issues that concern whales. Based on what happened (or more accurately, did not happen), the meeting was very unsuccessful.

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