The International Whaling Commission met this year from June 16-19 in St. Kitts. The HSUS and HSI recently traveled to the meeting, where Japan and pro-whaling nations tried to turn the tide on whale conservation.

The meeting ended with the moratorium on commercial whaling still in place. But Japan and other pro-whaling nations managed to eek out a slight advantage in votes, and may be just warming up to newfound power. Browse our daily dispatches and reports from St. Kitts to see how whales made out at the meeting.

Available for download:

• HSI's Opening Statement to the 58th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, June 2006 (PDF)
  
• HSI's Response to Japan's Plan for "Normalization of the IWC" (PDF)
  
• Issues to Watch at the 58th IWC Meeting (PDF)

HSI Press Releases:

• Statement by Patricia Forkan on IWC Meeting, June 15, 2006
  
• Statement from HSI: Conservation Countries Manage to Narrowly Hold the Line on Secret Ballots and Protections for Small Whales, June 16, 2006
  
• Japan and Pro-Whaling Allies Win Simple Majority and Attack Moratorium on Commercial Whaling, June 18, 2006
  
• Humane Society International Sums up the 58th IWC meeting, June 20, 2006
  
• The Humane Society of The United States Thanks Reps. DeFazio, Gilchrest and Rahall for Resolution Calling on Caribbean Nations to Support Ban on Commercial Whaling, July 11, 2006