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Ballenas: GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR
Estimados todos,
En este articulo periodistico (2003) puede comprenderse desde cuando
los funcionarios de Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador estan siendo
tentados por la Agencia de Pesca del Japon para vender el voto y la
soberania de su pais, y votar lo que Japon les ordena dentro de la
Comision Ballenera Internacional.
Es inadmisible que el futuro de los oceanos y el medioambiente sea
decidido de esta manera tan inescrupulosa, por un grupo de
funcionarios serviles a intereses foraneos.
Creo importante distribuir esta informacion dento de sus paises y la
region.
Saludos,
Milko.
_* Aclaraciones:*_
El funcionario que nombra a los paises, Epimenidez Diaz, es el
ex-Delegado por Panama en la CBI, el fue procesado por desfalco
bancario en su pais
(http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2002/03/13/hoy/negocios/4
82006.html). Debido al fuerte trabajo de las organizaciones
ambientalistas de Panama, desde 2004 se cambio la delegacion de este
pais y su posicion es en favor de la conservacion y la utilizacion no
letal de los recursos mediante el turismo de avistamiento, junto al
bloque conservacionista latinoamericano.
Masayuku Komatsu, llego a ser jefe de Delegacion por el Japon en la
CBI, el menciono que las ballenas minke son las "cucarachas del
oceano":
http://www.time.com/time/asia/arts/magazine/0,9754,169342,00.html
(tambien fue separado de su cargo, aunque continua trabajando para la
Agencia de pesca del Japon).
*International Whaling Commission:
**Caribbean** Presence Expanded***
*By Tony Best
Berlin, June 18, 2003 (CNS NEWS)*
The presence of the English-speaking Caricom nations in the
International Whaling Commission got a boost Wednesday morning when
Belize was re-admitted to the organization.
Belize joined the IWC back in the 1980s at the urging of
international
environmental groups that wanted Caribbean countries' support for a
moratorium on commercial whaling. It subsequently left the body, but
its representative at the 55th annual meeting in Germany made it
clear
that Caricom's lone member-state in Central America would have a far
different agenda: sustainable use of all marine resources, including
whales.
"Like the rest of the Caribbean, we believe in the sustainable use of
our resources, and we will be pushing for that policy to be fully
embraced by the Commission," said Ismael Garcia, a senior fisheries
official in the Belizean government. "We believe that developing
nations must pursue a policy of sustainable use, and that's what we
will be doing alongside our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean."
Belize's re-admission to the IWC was delayed for about 48 hours after
the meeting began in Berlin on Monday because of a hitch in its
application documents.
The presence of Belize is expected to add to the voting strength of
the pro-whaling group of nations, which includes Antigua, Dominica,
China, the Russian Federation, Grenada, Japan, South Korea, Norway,
Denmark, Solomon Islands, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, St. Kitts-Nevis,
Palau, Panama, Benin, Guinea, Iceland and Nicaragua.
The re-entry of Belize was greeted with a round of applause during
the
meeting, but the anti-whaling nations and NGOs are unlikely to feel
happy about it.
"It adds one more country to the list of members pushing for
sustainable use, and that's not a good thing for our side," said a
representative of an NGO. "We believe that some of these developing
countries are coming in to push a pro-whaling stance, pure and
simple."
*But Garcia put it differently. "In 1982 we joined the IWC for a
moratorium, but today we have rejoined the Commission, committed to
the same principles of conservation and sustainable use of marine
resources," he said. "We are a coastal community, and we believe we
have every right to belong to this organization. There have long been
discussions on migratory species and the impact on all marine animals
and cetacean species. As a nation that has a large fishing industry,
we feel we have a right to belong to the IWC, and we plan to support
our Caribbean neighbors."*
*Espimendez Diaz, Panama's alternate IWC Commissioner, said that the
entry of Belize into the IWC would boost both the Caribbean and
Central American presence and their role in the body. "We are all
from
the Caribbean and Central American region, and we share the same
features as developing countries which are seeking to spur our
economic and social development," he said. "We have a right to be in
the IWC just like the large and rich nations, and we are strong
advocates of the sustainable use of marine resources. We expect that
other Central American states like Honduras, Guatemala and El
Salvador
may soon become full fledged members."*
Claris Charles, Grenada's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, said
that Belize's membership would add to the role of Caricom in the
Commission's work. "We in the Eastern Caribbean have been fighting in
the IWC for a policy of sustainable use for many years, and we
naturally welcome the presence of Belize," she said.
*Masayuki Komatsu, Japan's alternate commissioner, hailed Belize's
accession to membership, saying that like its Caricom
neighbors?Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and St.
Kitts-Nevis, that country can be expected to add to the debate and
the
decision-making of the Commission. "We know that Belize will play an
important part in IWC deliberations, and that's good," he said.*
* *