Annual Meetings
Members of the International Whaling Commission have met every year since 1949, in addition to having occasional intersessional 'special meetings' (these are not 'annual meetings').
In recent years, the meetings have attracted international media attention due to the growth of the anti-whaling movement.
| Year | Host City, Country |
|---|---|
| 1969 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1970 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1971 | Washington, D.C., USA |
| 1972 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1973 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1974 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1975 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1976 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1977 | Canberra, Australia |
| 1978 | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1979 | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1980 | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1982 | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1984 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
| 1985 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| 1988 | San Diego, USA |
| 1989 | San Diego, USA |
| 1990 | Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands |
| 1991 | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 1992 | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 1993 | Kyoto, Japan |
| 1994 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
| 1995 | Dublin, Ireland |
| 1996 | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| 1997 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| 1998 | Muscat, Oman |
| 1999 | St. George's, Grenada |
| Year | Dates | Host | City | Further reading | IWC information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3–6 July | Australia | Adelaide | IWC | |
| 2001 | 23–27 July | United Kingdom | London | IWC | |
| 2002 | 20–24 May | Japan | Shimonoseki | IWC | |
| 2003 | 16–20 June | Germany | Berlin | IWC | |
| 2004 | 19–22 July | Italy | Sorrento | IWC | |
| 2005 | 20–24 June | South Korea | Ulsan | IWC meeting in 2005 | IWC |
| 2006 | 16–20 June | St Kitts and Nevis | Frigate Bay | IWC meeting in 2006 | IWC |
| 2007 | 28–31 May | United States | Anchorage | IWC meeting in 2007 | IWC |
| 2008 | 23–27 June | Chile | Santiago | IWC meeting in 2008 | IWC |
| 2009 | 22–26 June | Portugal | Madeira | IWC meeting in 2009 | IWC |
| 2010 | 21–25 June | Morocco | Agadir | IWC meeting in 2010 | IWC |
| 2011 | 11–14 June | Jersey | St Helier | IWC meeting in 2011 | IWC |
| 2012 | 2–6 July | Panama | Panama City | IWC meeting in 2012 | IWC |
The IWC also holds occasional "special meetings" (there were five between 1949 and 2007).
For a full list of the venues of the IWC's annual and special meetings (currently listing until 2009), see here
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Famous quotes containing the words annual and/or meetings:
“No annual training or muster of soldiery, no celebration with its scarfs and banners, could import into the town a hundredth part of the annual splendor of our October. We have only to set the trees, or let them stand, and Nature will find the colored drapery,—flags of all her nations, some of whose private signals hardly the botanist can read,—while we walk under the triumphal arches of the elms.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I love meetings with suits. I live for meetings with suits. I love them because I know they had a really boring week and I walk in there with my orange velvet leggings and drop popcorn in my cleavage and then fish it out and eat it. I like that. I know I’m entertaining them and I know that they know. Obviously, the best meetings are with suits that are intelligent, because then things are operating on a whole other level.”
—Madonna [Madonna Louise Ciccione] (b. 1959)