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"en.20150520.44.3-930-000"2
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"Madam President, in 1986 the International Whaling Commission adopted a ban on commercial whaling for very good reasons: whales are endangered. However, since then over 30 000 whales have been killed and Japan has contributed to this massacre, because it is one of only three countries continuing to hunt whales.
It justifies this under scientific research, but the rest of the world has always seen this as an excuse to continue whale hunting for food. The ICJ ruled this March that there was a lack of scientific merit in Japan’s whale hunting programs, yet, since the court’s ruling, Japan has announced another 12-year whaling program. It is truly horrifying that Japan continues such practices with no sign of scientific reports; there are just no excuses for the killing of whales.
If it must study, Japan should carry out non-lethal research and stop killing highly endangered species. It is possible and rewarding and much more productive. Japan has plenty of other meat to eat, and as the Japanese have become better informed the demand for whale meat has plummeted, but still Japan continues to subsidise this killing. We and the international community must discourage these barbaric acts. I thank the Council for its actions to get Japan to stop these barbaric practices. The EU trades with Japan and has ties with Japan. What next, then, does the Council plan to say to Japan? Stop now or suffer the consequences?"@en1
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