Whaling

GENEVA, February 17, 2010 - Monday, 22 February 2010, 9 am - 4 pm Centre International de Confrences de Genve CICG Geneva Despite the worldwide moratorium on whale hunting put into place by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), effective since 1986, over 2'000 great whales are being killed every year as well as tens of thousands small whales and dolphins.