Outcome: 2. Australia’s Interests in Antarctica	Question No: 1
	are Advanced
Division/Agency:	Australian Antarctic Division
Topic:	Whaling
Hansard Page ECITA:	10

Senator McLucas asked:
I just want to finish the whaling issue. Mr Bamsey, how many antiwhaling nations have joined the IWC since Korea?  If you want to, you can take that on notice.
Could you list all nations that have joined since Korea? That might be useful.

Answer:
Of the four nations that have joined the International Whaling Commission (IWC) since the 57th Annual Meeting of the Commission: Ulsan, Korea, 20-24 June 2005 (ie Cambodia, Guatemala, Israel and the Marshall Islands), only Israel has taken a pro-conservation stance on whaling issues. Cambodia and the Marshall Islands adopted pro-whaling positions at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Commission: St Kitts and Nevis, 16-20 June 2006. The position of Guatemala is not known as it did not attend this year’s IWC meeting in St Kitts.