Future of the IWC Documents

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Further discussions	On the Future of the IWC at IWC61
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IWC61 - Further discussions on the Future of the IWC, June 2009

Further discussions on the future of IWC will be held in open sessions on 17th (afternoon) and 18th June (morning), in the private meeting of Commissioners on 21st June and during the Commission plenary itself (under Agenda item 18).

Draft List of Documents

Please note:
A number of recent documents have earlier documents attached as Annexes or Appendices. This was done to help make documents as ‘standalone’ as possible. Where this has been done, it is indicated in the list below (light blue type).

Principal Documents for IWC61:
here	61/Future1 Draft agenda
here	61/Future2 Draft List of documents
here	61/6 Report of the Small Working Group (SWG) on the Future of the International Whaling Commission, 18 May 2009 Annex A: List of countries who have attended one or more meetings of the SWG Annex B: List of documents relevant to meetings of the SWG Annex C: Document IWC/M09/6 – Further elaboration of the work of the Scientific Committee with respect to category (b) items Annex D: Report of the working group to examine issues related to the provision of scientific advice with respect to possible packages Annex E: Work plan for consideration and action on the [category (a)] issues that would be before the Commission during the interim period Annex F: Guidance on furthering category (b) issues Annex G: Request for advice from the Scientific Committee in relation to Japanese small-type coastal whaling
here	61/7rev [Revised] Chair’s Report of the Intersessional Meeting of the Commission on the Future of IWC, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 9-11 March 2009 Annex A: list of delegates and observers Annex B: List of documents Annex C: Agenda Annex D: Extract from Document IWC/M09/4, Appendix 1: Chairs’ suggestions on the Future of the International Whaling Commission from the Report on the Small Working Group (SWG) on the Future of the International Whaling Commission Annex E: Document IWC/M09/6, Further elaboration on the work of the Scientific Committee with respect to category (b) items Annex F: Extract from Document IWC/M09/5, Report of the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Scientific Committee Issues (for annexes on Terms of Reference and country responses see full document)
here	61/8 Australian comment on the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Issues Relating to the Scientific Committee (submitted by Australia)
	61/Rep1 [Extract] Report of the Scientific Committee, 2009 (Pending)
here	M09/5 Report of the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Scientific Committee Issues (prepared for the Intersessional Meeting of the Commission, Rome, March, 2009)
Other Documents:
SWG Meeting, Rome, March 2009
here	M09/4* Report on the Small Working Group (SWG) on the Future of the International Whaling Commission, Presented by Alvaro de Soto, SWG Chairman, 2 February 2009 Appendix 1: Chairs’ suggestions on the future of IWC (included in IWC/61/6) Appendix 2: Progress Report on the September 2008 meeting of the Small Working Group (SWG) on the Future of the International Whaling Commission, presented by Alvaro de Soto, SWG Chairman, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [Document IWC/S08/Rep 1] • Annex 1: Terms of Reference for the Small Working Group on the Future of IWC (from Annex B of IWC/60/24) • Annex 2: Agenda • Annex 3: List of meeting documents • Annex 4: List of participants • Annex 5: Note on SWG method of work • Annex 6: Outline of issues for Category (a) elements/issues • Annex 7: Outline of issues and mechanisms for progressing work on Category (b) elements/issues Appendix 3: List of participants
here	M09/6 Further elaboration on the work of the Scientific Committee with respect to Category (b) item (included as Annex E in IWC/61/7rev)
here	M09/7rev Directions for further work of the SWG (included in section 6 of IWC/61/7rev)
SWG Meeting, Florida, September 2008
here	S08/SWG/3 An overview of the elements/issues identified as being of importance to one or more Contracting Governments in relation to the future of the IWC (prepared by the Secretariat)
here	S08/Rep1 Progress Report on the September 2008 meeting of the Small Working Group (SWG) on the Future of the International Whaling Commission, presented by Alvaro de Soto, SWG Chairman, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (Included as Appendix 2 of IWC/M09/4)
* Note that this report took account of the SWG’s discussions at its meetings in Florida, USA, September 2008 and Cambridge, UK, December 2008. A specific report of the December 2008 meeting was not issued but a press release was posted on this website.
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