MOF alm. del - svar på spm. 1423 om resolutionsforslag, om ”implementering af et bevarings- og forvaltningsprogram for hvalbestande, som på sigt har til formål at løfte moratoriet og udvikle hvalindustrien”, fra udenrigsministeren

IWC/68/8.1/01/EN
Plenary
Agenda
Item
8.1
Draft
Resolution
on
Marine
Plastic
Pollution
Submitted
by
the
Czech
Republic
on
behalf
of
EU
Member
States
parties
to
the
International
Convention
for
the
Regulation
of
Whaling
(ICRW)'
CONFIRMING
that
the
impact
of
marine
plastic
pollution
on
cetaceans
is
a
priority
concern
for
the
International
Whaling
Commission
(IWC);
RECOGNISING
that
plastic
pollution
spans
five
of
the
eight
priority
areas
of
environmental
concern
identified
by
the
IWC
Scientific
Committee
and
endorsed
by
the
Commission
in
1997;
RECALLING
the
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(SDGs)
of
the
2030
Agenda
for
Sustainable
Development
adopted
in
September
2015
by
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly,
and
especially
Goal
14
to
Conserve
and
sustainably
use
the
oceans,
seas
and
marine
resources,
which
includes
the
following
target
14.1:
By
2025,
prevent
and
significantly
reduce
marine
pollution
of
all
kinds,
in
particular
from
land-based
activities,
including
marine
debris
and
nutrient
pollution;
RECALLING
Resolution
2018-3
on
Ghost
Gear
Entanglement
Among
Cetaceans;
RECOGNISING
the
transboundary
nature
of
marine
plastic
pollution
and
the
importance
of
regional
and
international
cooperation
by
IWC
Contracting
Governments
and
other
international
Organisations,
including
inter
alia
the
UN
Environment
Assembly
(UNEA),
Convention
on
Biological
Diversity
(CBD),
Convention
on
Migratory
Species
(CMS),
Food
and
Agriculture
Organisation
(FAO),
Arctic
Council
and
International
Maritime
Organisation
(IMO);
EMPHASISING
the
alarming
scale
of
actual
and
projected
increases
in
plastic
and
the
adverse
impact
of
marine
plastic
pollution
on
cetaceans,
which
is
more
substantial
than
previously
thought;
RECOGNISING
the
IWC's
unique
global
role
and
mandate
in
understanding
and
addressing
the
impacts
of
plastic
pollution
on
cetaceans
that
have
serious
conservation
and
welfare
implications.
THEREFORE
THE
COMMISSION:
COMMENDS
the
adoption
by
the
UN
Environment
Assembly
of
Resolution
UNEP/EA.5/Res.14
agreeing
to
convene
an
intergovernmental
negotiating
committee
(INC)
to
develop
an
international
legally
binding
instrument
on
plastic
pollution,
including
in
the
marine
environment;
DIRECTS
the
Secretariat
to
explore
options
for
the
IWC
to
engage
as
a
stakeholder
within
the
INC
process;
ENDORSES
the
outcome
of
the
December
2019
marine
debris
workshop,
relevant
reports
of
the
Scientific
Committee
and
the
Conservation
Committee
workplan
on
marine
debris
{to
be
discussed
at
IWC68);
DIRECTS
the
IWC
Secretariat
to
explore
ways
to
increase
collaboration
and
cooperation
with
regional
and
international
organisations,
including
Arctic
Council,
Food
and
Agriculture
Organisation
(FAO),
Internationa
Maritime
Organisation
(IMO),
Convention
on
Biological
Diversity
(CBD)
and
Convention
on
Migratory
Species
(CMS)
to
share
information,
avoiding
overlap
and
develop
and
implement
best
practice
to
prevent
and
mitigate
marine
plastic
pollution
impacts
on
cetaceans;
REQUESTS
the
Scientific
Committee
to
consider
to
contribute
to
the
assessment
of
the
impact
of
marine
plastic
pollution
on
cetaceans,
including
by
the
collection
and
collation
of
appropriate
data
from
around
the
world;
!
Austria,
Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Czech
Republic,
Denmark,
Esto!
Hungary,
Ireland,
Italy,
Lithua
Spain
and
Sweden
,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
,
Luxembourg,
the
Netherlands,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Slovak
Republic,
Slovenia,
18/08/202
Offentligt
MOF
Alm.del
-
endeligt
svar
på
spørgsmål
1423
Miljø-
og
Fødevareudvalget
2021-22
IWC/68/8.1/01/EN
Plenary
Agenda
item
8.1
REQUESTS
the
Scientific
Committees
to
consider
a
global
risk
assessment
identifying
“hotspots”
potentially
through
the
modelling
of
increased
exposure
levels
of
plastic
ingestion
and
entanglement.
This
could
integrate
the
biological
characteristics
of
different
species
of
cetaceans
and
plastic
dispersion
models.
REQUESTS
the
Conservation
Committee,
Scientific
Committee
and
Whale
K
ng
Methods
and
Welfare
Issues
Working
Group
to
consider
to
facilitate
pilot
projects
on
gear
marking
in
hot
spot
areas
of
cetacean
entanglement;
RECOMMENDS
Contracting
Governments
to
report
relevant
information
on
marine
plastic
pollution
and
plastic
ingestion
in
stranded
animals
in
their
voluntary
conservation
and
national
Scientific
Progress
reports;
RECOMMENDS
the
IWC
Secretariat
to
add
marine
debris
mapping
to
its
engagement
with
the
Important
Marine
Mammal
Areas
(IMMAs)
process;
REQUESTS
the
Secretariat
to
develop
a
strategy
for
the
IWC
to
eliminate
single-use
plastics
in
all
meetings
and
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
Secretariat.
REQUESTS
the
Secretariat
to
report
back
to
IWC69
on
progress
made
in
the
implementation
of
this
Resolution.
DRAFT
RESOLUTION
ON
FOOD
SECURITY
Submitted
by
Gambia,
Rep
of
Guinea,
Cambodia,
and
Antigua
and
Barbuda
WHEREAS
the
Food
and
Agricultural
Organization
of
the
United
Nations
(FAO)
was
established
on
16
October
1945
to
defeat
global
hunger
and
has
194
Member
States,
2
Associate
Members
and
1
Member
Organization;
WHEREAS
the
International
Convention
for
the
Regulation
of
Whaling
(ICRW)
was
signed
on
December
2,
1946
and
that
the
International
Whaling
Commission
(IWC)
has
88
Member
States;
WHEREAS
the
United
Nations
estimate
that
the
global
population
is
expected
to
increase
from
7.2
billion
today
—
of
which
870
million
are
designated
as
hungry
—
to
9.6
billion
by
2050;
WHEREAS
the
FAO
has
as
its
vision,
“A
world
in
which
the
responsible
and
sustainable
use
of
fisheries
and
aquaculture
resources
makes
an
appreciable
contribution
to
human
well-being,
food
security
and
poverty
alleviation”;
WHEREAS
the
FAO
has
as
its
mission,
“To
strengthen
global
governance
and
the
managerial
and
technical
capacities
of
members
and
to
lead
consensus
building
towards
improved
conservation
and
utilization
of
aquaculture
resources”;
RECALLING
that
the
ICRW
recognizes
in
its
preamble,
“that
it
is
in
the
common
interest
to
achieve
the
optimal
level
of
whale
stocks
as
rapidly
as
possible
without
widespread
economic
and
nutritional
distress”;
RECALLING
the
right
of
every
person
to
an
adequate
standard
of
living
including
food
as
stated
in
the
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights;
RECALLING
paragraph
158
of
the
outcome
document
of
the
UN
Conference
on
Sustainable
Development
(Rio+20
“The
Future
We
Want”,
20-22
June
2012)
conveying
the
“importance
of
the
conservation
and
sustainable
use
of
the
oceans
and
seas
and
of
their
resources
for
sustainable
development,
including
through
their
contributions
to
poverty
eradication,
sustained
economic
growth,
food
security
and
creation
of
sustainable
livelihoods
and
decent
work,
while
at
the
same
time
protecting
biodiversity
and
the
marine
environment
and
addressing
the
impacts
of
climate
change”;
RECALLING
the
United
Nations
Millennium
Development
Goals
which
aim,
“to
halve
between
1990
and
2015
the
proportion
of
people
who
suffer
from
hunger”;
RECALLING
that
UN
Sustainable
Development
Goal
14
is
to,
“Conserve
and
sustainably
use
the
oceans,
seas
and
marine
resources
for
sustainable
development”;
RECALLING
the
UN
DESA
2014
to
“improve
human
well-being
and
social
equity,
while
significantly
reducing
environmental
risks
and
ecological
scarcities";
NOTING
that
the
responsible
and
sustainable
management
of
the
fisheries
sector
remains
a
critical
objective
to
strengthen
food
and
nutrition
strategies
within
developing
countries;
NOTING
that
whales
have
been
harvested
for
nutritional
needs
for
thousands
of
years;
IWC/68/8.2/01/EN
Plenary
Agenda
Item
8.2
IWC/68/8.2/01/EN
Plenary
Agenda
Item
8.2
NOTING
that
the
FAO
has
established
five
strategic
objectives
namely:
.
Help
eliminate
hunger,
food
insecurity
and
malnutrition;
.
Make
agriculture,
forestry
and
fisheries
more
productive
and
sustainable;
.
Reduce
rural
poverty;
.
Enable
inclusive
and
efficient
agriculture
food
systems;
.
Increase
the
resilience
of
livelihoods
to
disasters.
NOTING
further
that
IWC
members
are
Member
States
of
the
FAO;
RECOGNIZING
the
importance
of
food
and
nutritional
security
to
the
world’s
poorest
and
the
need
to
engage
in
responsible
and
sustainable
management
of
marine
resources;
RECOGNIZING
the
value
of
world
cultural
diversity,
the
existence
of
different
food
production
methods,
and
the
individuals
and
commun
t'es
that
practice
sustainable
hunting
under
the
Aboriginal
Subsistence
Whaling
(ASW)
of
the
IWC;
AFFIRMING
our
solidarity
with
communities
whose
food
supply
depends
primarily
on
whales,
considering
their
nutritional
needs,
cultura
identities
and
livelihoods;
AFFIRMING
the
inherent
link
between
food
security
and
nutrition,
preservation
of
cultural
identity
and
security
of
livelihoods
when
delivering
on
g
oba
sustainable
development
goals;
CONSIDERING
that
convergence
of
the
visions
of
the
FAO
and
the
IWC
and
cooperation
between
them
will
further
enhance
the
ability
of
both
organizations
to
fulfill
their
respective
missions;
NOW
THEREFORE
THE
COMMISSION:
REAFFIRMS
Article
25
of
the
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rghts
stating
the
right
of
all
persons
to
an
adequate
standard
of
living
including
food;
URGES
Parties
to
take
into
consideration
the
need
to
ensure,
among
others,
food
security
and
nutrition,
preservation
of
cultural
identity
and
security
of
livelihoods
in
any
decision
making;
URGES
the
parties
to
take
into
consideration
the
Blue
Economy
and
Blue
Growth
perspectives
in
relation
to
food
security
for
optimized
benefits
(economic
and
non-economic)
from
the
marine
ecosystem,
in
that
way
promoting
societal
foot
print.
RESOLVES
to
set
up
an
ad
hoc
committee
to
recommend
how
the
IWC
can
in
the
future
take
into
consideration
the
need
to
achieve
food
and
nutritional
security
for
many
of
the
world’s
populations
when
making
changes
to
the
Schedule;
INSTRUCTS
the
Secretariat
to
forward
this
Resolution
to
the
Food
and
Agricultural
Organization
of
the
United
Nations
with
a
request
for
increased
exchange
of
information
between
the
FAO
and
the
IWC.
18/08/2022
RECOGNIZING
that
the
International
Convention
for
the
Regulation
of
Whaling
(hereinafter
referred
to
as
“the
Convention”)
was
concluded
“to
provide
for
the
proper
conservation
of
whale
stocks
and
thus
make
possible
the
orderly
development
of
the
whaling
industry”;
ACKNOWLEDGING
that
most
whale
stocks
were
over
exploited
for
many
years
and
that
through
the
implementation
of
careful
conservation
and
management
measures
by
the
IWC
whale
stock
populations
have
significantly
increased.
FURTHER
ACKNOWLEDGING
that
the
1982
moratorium
on
whaling
was
established
as
a
temporary
measure
that
should
have
been
reviewed
within
10
years
of
its
implementation.
RECOGNIZING
that
significant
scientific
progress
has
been
made
by
the
commission,
leading
to
a
better
understanding
of
the
nature
and
the
abundance
of
whale
stocks,
and
that
most
whale
stocks
are
for
being
significantly
increased
since
the
moratorium.
NOTING
that
in
1994
the
commission
adopted
a
robust
and
risk
averse
procedure
for
calculating
quotas
for
abundant
stocks
of
baleen
whales
(known
as
Revised
Management
Procedure
(RMP))
and
the
findings
by
the
Scientific
Committee
that
stocks
of
some
whale
species
are
abundant;
RECALLING,
that
the
IWC
agreed
that
before
the
RMP
is
implemented
and
the
moratorium
is
lifted
an
inspection
and
observation
scheme
must
be
in
place
to
ensure
that
agreed
catch
limits
are
not
exceeded;
FURTHER
RECALLING
the
commission
began
negotiations
towards
the
development
of
an
inspection
and
observation
scheme
(Revised
Management
Scheme
(RMS)}.
REALIZING
that
the
Commission
made
significant
progress
towards
the
development
of
an
inspection
and
observation
scheme
(RMS),
but
reached
an
impasse
in
2007
due
to
the
failure
to
reach
agreement
on
a
combination
of
scientific
and
non-scientific
facts
that
comprises
the
Revised
Management
Scheme
(RMS).
BEARING
IN
MIND
that
any
conservation
and
management
measures
for
the
harvesting
of
whale
resources
including
catch
limits
for
sustainable
whaling,
must
be
supported
by
inspection
and
observation
strategies
that
are
based
on
the
best
scientific
evidence
available;
NOTING
that
sustainable
whaling
contributes
to
livelihoods,
food
security
and
poverty
reduction
in
coastal
communities;
and
also
cognizant
of
the
commitment
of
IWC
countries
to
the
United
Nations
sustainable
development
goals,
requiring
the
commitment
of
all
countries
to
ensure
that
no
communities
are
left
behind.
Draft
Resolution
for
the
Implementation
of
a
Conservation
and
Management
Program
for
Whale
Stocks
aimed
towards
the
lifting
of
the
moratorium
and
the
orderly
Development
of
the
Whaling
industry
Submitted
by
Antigua
and
Barbuda
IWC/68/8.3/01/EN
Plenary
Agenda
Item
8.3
18/08/2022
IWC/68/8.3/01/EN
Plenary
Agenda
Item
8.3
ACKNOWLEDGE
that
it
is
in
the
best
effort
and
common
interest
of
all
Contracting
Governments
that
the
Commission
move
towards
a
more
balanced
approach
in
consideration
of
its
mandate
of
ensuring
the
proper
and
effective
conservation
of
whale
stocks
and
also
the
orderly
development
of
whaling;
NOW
THEREFORE
THE
COMMISSION,
1.
WELCOMES
the
exchange
of
views
among
Contracting
Governments,
realizing
that
objective
discussions
can
lead
to
meaningful
solutions
aimed
at
providing
a
proper
conservation
and
management
strategy
for
whale
resources.
DECIDES
to
strengthen
a
process
of
collaboration
among
contracting
governments
to
ensure
that
the
commission
improves
its
work
in
realizing
the
objectives
of
its
Convention
(ICRW).
DECIDES
to
establish
a
Special
Working
Group,
to
be
chaired
by
the
Chairman
of
the
Commission,
members
of
this
working
group
will
comprise
representatives
of
the
contracting
governments.
DECIDES
to
entrust
the
Special
Working
Group
with:
-
Reviewing
the
work
of
the
Commission
in
an
effort
to
make
an
assessment
for
the
Commission
to
resume
work
on
the
implementation
of
the
RMP
and
the
development
of
a
negotiating
framework
for
reconvening
negotiations
for
a
monitoring
control
surveillance
program
that
would
give
support
to
the
RMP;
-
Make
recommendations
to
the
Commission
on
the
basis
of
the
results
of
above;
INSTRUCTS
the
Special
Working
Group
to
report
the
result
of
the
review
and
recommendations
in
paragraph
4
above
at
the
next
Commission
meeting
in
2024.
REQUESTS
the
Scientific
Committee
to
provide
the
Special
Working
Group
with
advice
on
the
best
scientific
evidence
available,
in
the
performance
of
functions
entrusted
in
this
Resolution,
on
any
scientific
issues
contributing
to
sustainable
whaling
irrespective
of
types
of
whaling.


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Resolutionsforslag til behandling på Den Internationale
Hvalkommissions møde 13.-21. oktober 2022
Udenrigsministerens foreløbige besvarelse af spørgsmål nr. 1423
(MOF alm. del) stillet den 3. oktober 2022 efter ønske af Rasmus
Nordqvist (SF).
Spørgsmål 1423
Ministeren bedes fremsende kopi af de resolutionsforslag, der
nævnes i MOF alm. del - bilag 755, herunder om ”implementering af
et bevarings- og forvaltningsprogram for hvalbestande, som på sigt
har til formål at løfte moratoriet og udvikle hvalindustrien”, med
angivelse af regeringens stillingtagen og frist for eventuelle
kommentarer fra folketingets medlemmer.
Svar
På det forestående møde i Den Internationale Hvalkommission vil
tre resolutionsforslag blive behandlet:
- Resolution vedr. plastikforening af havet
- Resolution om fødevaresikkerhed
- Resolution om etablering af et besvarelses- og
forvaltningsprogram for hvalbestande med sigte på at løfte
moratoriet og udvikle hvalindustrien
De tre resolutionsforslag vedlægges som bilag til dette foreløbige
svar.
Offentligt
MOF Alm.del - endeligt svar på spørgsmål 1423
Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget 2021-22
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Besvarelsen af den resterende del af spørgsmålet om den danske
stillingtagen udarbejdes i koordination med Grønland og Færøerne
og vil blive eftersendt snarest muligt.
Eventuelle kommentarer fra folketingets medlemmer bedes
fremsendt senest onsdag den 12. oktober.
Jeppe Kofoed


Folketingets Miljø- og Fødevareudvalg
Christiansborg
1240 København
[Bilag] [Journalnummer] [Kontor]
2 2022-8481 ANA 17. oktober 2022
Resolutionsforslag til behandling på Den Internationale
Hvalkommissions møde den 13.–21. oktober 2022
Udenrigsministerens besvarelse af spørgsmål nr. 1423 (MOF alm.
del) stillet den 3. oktober 2022 efter ønske af Rasmus Nordqvist (SF).
Spørgsmål 1423
Ministeren bedes fremsende kopi af de resolutionsforslag, der
nævnes i MOF alm. del - bilag 755, herunder om ”implementering af
et bevarings- og forvaltningsprogram for hvalbestande, som på sigt
har til formål at løfte moratoriet og udvikle hvalindustrien”, med
angivelse af regeringens stillingtagen og frist for eventuelle
kommentarer fra folketingets medlemmer.
Svar
Da der er udskrevet valg til Folketinget, finder jeg det rigtigst ikke at
besvare den resterende del af spørgsmålet, jf. foreløbigt svar af 4.
oktober 2022.
Jeppe Kofod
Offentligt
MOF Alm.del - endeligt svar på spørgsmål 1423
Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget 2021-22