Only shortly after the long anticipated 62nd annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was opened in Agadir, Morocco, the meeting was swiftly closed to all but Government delegates.The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society are concerned that the now secret meeting may be discussing the highly controversial proposal to resume commercial whaling: in contravention of normal practice, countries decided to expel NGOs and the media from the key focus of the meeting and to negotiate behind closed doors.This comes after serious accusations were raised in the media about corruption at the highest levels of the Commission and vote-buying by
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