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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling
Alternative Treaty Names: 
ICRW
Possible Sources (additional): 
ECOLEX-1840; RS-VII:3498; SMTFE-1; Fletcher, CIESIN, Burhenne, Rummel-Bulska, Sand, UNEP96, Lyster, Hohmann; tre-0040.txt; reg-004.txt; TIAS 1849, 4228 ; 62 Stat. 1716 ; 10 UST 952.
Treaty Text: 
International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Signature Date (yyyy-mm-dd): 
1946-12-02
Signature Year: 
1946
Signature Place: 
Washington
Entry into force (EIF) Date: 
1948-11-10
Treaty Type
Multilateral / Bilateral / Other - New: 
Multilateral (3 or more governments)
Agreement Type Level 3: 
Convention
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Title
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling
Specific words used to code agreement as E (environmental): 
whal
Lineage
Lineage: 
International Whaling
Sequence: 
300.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
International Whaling Commission
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
AmendProtToB: 
2621
AmendProtToC: 
2621
AmendProtToType: 
Agreement
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Species/Fauna/Mammals/Marine/Fish
Category: 
ENV/FISH
UNEP2005pg: 
9
Coded Text: 
x
Lang1: 
EN.txt
Deletable
Treaty Text (legacy)
Short Name: 
ICRW
Core Filename: 
1946-Whaling
Source (URL) for text of treaty: 
http://www.iwcoffice.org/Convention.htm
Notes (incl. non-URL source for text): 
To encourage or organize studies relating to whales; to collect and analyze information; to adopt regulations with respect to the conservation and utilization of whale resources.
Date text posted to IEA: 
200403
Member Code: 
ATG,ARG,AUS,BRA,CHL,CHN,CRI,DNK,DMA,ECU,FIN,FRA,DEU,IND,IRL,JPN,KEN,KOR,MEX,MCO,NLD,NZL,NOR,OMN,PER,RUS,
Members: 
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea (South), Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Russia,
OrigMEAgrees: 
0
Related Accord Relationship: 
R
Related Accord Date: 
1937-06-08
Related Accord Name: 
International Agreement For The Regulation Of Whaling