Resolution 2001-10

Resolution 2001-10
Resolution on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
WHEREAS persistent organic pollutants are seriously polluting the environment and its living resources including
whales, and may have significant negative health effects on consumers of marine mammal products;
RECALLING that the negative effects of Persistent Organic Pollutants upon cetaceans have been repeatedly
recognised by the IWC since 1981,
NOTING the International Whaling Commission with its specific responsibility in the management and conservation
of whale stocks may have a mutual interest in supporting the ratification of international treaties with overlapping
concerns,
NOW THEREFORE THE COMMISSION
CONGRATULATES the conclusion of the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and
ENCOURAGES Contracting Governments to sign, ratify and adhere to the new Convention
REQUESTS that the Secretariat transmits this text to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention.