6. Recognizing that specialized agencies related to the United Nations will be
concerned with the conservation and development of whale fisheries and the
products arising there from and desiring to avoid duplication of functions, the
Contracting Governments will consult among themselves within 2 years after
the coming into force of this Convention to decide whether the Commission
shall be brought within the framework of a specialized agency related to the
United Nations.
7. In the meantime the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland shall arrange, in consultation with the other Contracting
Governments, to convene the first meeting of the Commission, and shall
initiate the consultation referred to in paragraph 6 above.
8. Subsequent meetings of the Commission shall be convened as the Commission may determine.
Article IV
1. The Commission may either in collaboration with or through independent
agencies of the Contracting Governments or other public or private agencies,
establishments, or organizations, or independently:
(a) encourage, recommend, or if necessary, organize studies and
investigations relating to whales and whaling;
(b) collect and analyze statistical information concerning the current condition and trend of the whale stocks and the effects of whaling activities
thereon;
(c) study, appraise, and disseminate information concerning methods of
maintaining and increasing the populations of whale stocks.
2. The Commission shall arrange for the publication of reports of its activities,
and it may publish independently or in collaboration with the International
Bureau for Whaling Statistics at Sandefjord in Norway and other organizations
and agencies such reports as it deems appropriate, as well as statistical,
scientific, and other pertinent information relating to whales and whaling.
Article V
1. The Commission may amend from time to time the provisions of the Schedule
by adopting regulations with respect to the conservation and utilization of
whale resources, fixing:
(a) protected and unprotected species;
(b) open and closed seasons;
(c) open and closed waters, including the designation of sanctuary areas;
(d) size limits for each species;
(e) time, methods, and intensity of whaling (including the maximum catch of
whales to be taken in any one season);
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concerned with the conservation and development of whale fisheries and the
products arising there from and desiring to avoid duplication of functions, the
Contracting Governments will consult among themselves within 2 years after
the coming into force of this Convention to decide whether the Commission
shall be brought within the framework of a specialized agency related to the
United Nations.
7. In the meantime the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland shall arrange, in consultation with the other Contracting
Governments, to convene the first meeting of the Commission, and shall
initiate the consultation referred to in paragraph 6 above.
8. Subsequent meetings of the Commission shall be convened as the Commission may determine.
Article IV
1. The Commission may either in collaboration with or through independent
agencies of the Contracting Governments or other public or private agencies,
establishments, or organizations, or independently:
(a) encourage, recommend, or if necessary, organize studies and
investigations relating to whales and whaling;
(b) collect and analyze statistical information concerning the current condition and trend of the whale stocks and the effects of whaling activities
thereon;
(c) study, appraise, and disseminate information concerning methods of
maintaining and increasing the populations of whale stocks.
2. The Commission shall arrange for the publication of reports of its activities,
and it may publish independently or in collaboration with the International
Bureau for Whaling Statistics at Sandefjord in Norway and other organizations
and agencies such reports as it deems appropriate, as well as statistical,
scientific, and other pertinent information relating to whales and whaling.
Article V
1. The Commission may amend from time to time the provisions of the Schedule
by adopting regulations with respect to the conservation and utilization of
whale resources, fixing:
(a) protected and unprotected species;
(b) open and closed seasons;
(c) open and closed waters, including the designation of sanctuary areas;
(d) size limits for each species;
(e) time, methods, and intensity of whaling (including the maximum catch of
whales to be taken in any one season);
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