How the countries voted at the IWC : / Como votaron los paises en el IWC :

Vote Number 1 - Japan Moves to Oppose Conservation of Small Cetaceans. They Failed. Japan opened with a resolution to prevent the IWC from discussing the conservation of small cetaceans. The vote was 32 for the whales and 30 for the whalers.

 Voto 1- Japan se mobilizo para oponer la conservacion de pequenos cetaceos. Ellos perdieron por dos votos.

Vote Number 2 - Japan Moves to Remove Openess at the IWC and Proposes Secret Ballots. They Failed. The 2nd vote was to introduce secret ballots. The vote was 33 for the whales and 30 for the whalers. This would have allowed nations to vote for Japan without repercussions from their own citizens.

Voto 2- Japon se mueve para quitar transparencia en los votos del IWC y propone votos secretos. Pierden ellos 33 a 30.

Vote Number 3 - Japan Moves to allow Japanese coastal whaling. They Failed. Japan proposed a motion to allow Japanese coastal communities to hunt whales. This would have effectively circumvented the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling. The vote was 30 for Japan and 31 for the whales.

Voto 3 - Japan quiere que se permita la caza de ballena en sus costas. Pierden 31 a 30.

Vote Number 4 - Japan Moves to eliminate the Southern Oceans Whale Sanctuary. They Failed. The 4th and most important vote was a Japanese proposal to eliminate the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. It needed a two thirds majority but Japan was hoping for a simple majority to lend legitimacy to their illegal slaughter of whales in Antarctic waters. The vote was 28 for Japan and 33.

Voto 4 - Japan propone la eliminacion del sanctuario de ballenas en la Antartica y pierden 28 a favor de Japon y 33 por los paises amigos de las ballenas.

 Vote Number 5 - The Infamous St. Kitts Declaration. Japan Moves to condemn the global moratorium on commercial whaling, to accuse the whales of eating all the world's fish and to condemn non-governmental whale conservations groups as "threats". They win the simple majority vote by one but failed to get the two-thirds majority required. Nonetheless Japan declares their first moral victory in 20 years. Passed by 33 votes to 32, the resolution stated the whaling ban was no longer necessary. It said whales were responsible for depleting fish stocks and non-governmental organizations were a "threat". This motion required a two-thirds majority to win.

Voto 5- La infame Declaracion de St. Kitts. Japan y sus aliados condenan el moratorio internacional de caza de ballenas, acusa a las ballenas de consumir pescado de todo el mundo y condena a grupos de conservacion como "amenazas". Ganan por un voto . Aun asi, esta es la primera victoria moral para los Japoneses.

Japan and the whalers have lost all five votes on resolutions brought before the IWC to undermine the conservation of whales.

The Voting Record by Nations / Record de Votos por cada nacion :

 Nation / Nacion ,Vote 1, Vote 2 ,Vote 3 ,Vote 4 ,Vote 5 (las 5 votaciones) =

1 Antigua & Barbuda :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

2 Argentina: No No No No No

3 Australia: No No No No No

4 Austria :No No No No No

5 Belgium / Belgica :No No No No No

6 Belize :No No No No No

7 Benin :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

8 Brazil: No No No No No

9 Cambodia :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

10 Chile :No No No No No

11 Cameroon :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

12 China : Yes Yes Abstain Yes Abstain

13 Costa Rica: No Vote No Vote Not Vote No Vote No Vote

14 Cote D’ Ivoire / Costa de Marfil: Yes Yes Yes Missed Yes

15 Czech Republic / Republica Checa: No No No No No

16 Denmark / Dinamarca :Abstain No Yes No Yes

17 Dominica :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

18 Finland / Finlandia :No No No No No

19 France / Francia :No No No No No

20 Gabon :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

21 Gambia :Missed Yes Yes Yes Yes

22 Germany / Alemania :No No No No No

23 Grenada :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

24 Guatemala :Missed Missed Missed Missed Missed

25 Guinea :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

26 Hungary / Hungria :No No No No No

27 Iceland / Islandia :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

28 India :No No No No No

29 Ireland / Irlanda :No No No No No

30 Israel :No No No No No

31 Italy / Italia: No No No No No

32 Japan / Japon :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

33 Kenya :Missed Missed Missed Missed Missed

34 Kiribati :Yes Yes Abstain Yes Yes

35 Korea :Yes Yes Abstain Abstain Yes

36 Luxembourg / Luxemburgo: No No No No No

37 Mali :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

38 Marshall Islands / Islas Marshall: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes          

39 Mauritania :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

40 Mexico: No No No No No

41 Monaco :No No No No No

42 Mongolia :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

43 Morocco / Marruecos :Yes Yes Yes Abstain Yes

44 Nauru :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

45 Netherlands / Holanda :No No No No No

46 New Zealand / Nueva Zelandia :No No No No No

47 Nicaragua :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

48 Norway / Noruega :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

49 Oman :No No Yes No No

50 Palau :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

51 Panama: No No No No No

52 Peru :Missed Missed Missed Missed Missed

53 Portugal :No No No No No

54 Russia :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

55 St. Kitts and Nevis :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

56 St. Lucia :Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

57 St. Vincent & the Grenadines :Yes Yes Yes Abstain Yes

58 San Marino: No No No No No

59 Senegal :Missed Missed Missed Yes Yes

60 Slovak Republic / Republica Slovaka :No No No No No

61 Solomon Islands / Islas Solomon :Yes Abstain Abstain Yes Yes

62 South Africa / Sudafrica :No No No No No

63 Spain / Espana :No No No No No

64 Suriname: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

65 Sweden / Suecia: No No No No No

66 Switzerland / Suiza: No No No No No

67 Togo: Missed Missed Yes Yes Yes

68 Tuvalu: Yes Yes Yes Abstain

69 United Kingdom / Gran Bretana: No No No No No

70 United States / Estados Unidos: No No No No No

* Missed denotes that the country did not show up for the vote or did not qualify for the vote because of non-payment of membership fees. The whale conservation vote would have won out in every case if the memberships fees for Kenya, Costa Rica and Peru had been paid. If the memberships for these three nations can be paid by pro-whale governments and/or NGO's then these three votes can be had for the whales next year.

(yes=si,  No=no,  abstein=abstinencia)* Missed , significa que el  representante del pais no estaba presente para el voto o que no califico por no poder pagar su cuota de membresia. Los votos de paises a favor de las ballenas hubieran ganado todos los votos, si Kenya, Costa Rica y Peru pudieran podido pagar. Si gobiernos  afaor de la conservacion de las ballenas o organizaciones no gubernamentales pueden juntarse a pagar las cuotas de estos paises, el proximo ano estos tres paises podran votar por el beneficio de las ballenas el proximo ano.