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HCONRES 431 106th Congress House International Affairs Animals East Asia International agencies Japan Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine mammal protection United Nations United Nations structure Whaling

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with the requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the commercialization of whale meat.

Introduced: October 19, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Japan's continued defiance of International Whaling Commission (IWC) requests to halt its scientific whaling program undermines international efforts to conserve and protect the world's whale populations; (2) such behavior calls into question the credibility of commitments made by the Japanese Government to international organizations; and (3) the President should not support Japan's appointment to a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council until Japan stops whaling and complies with IWC requirements.
What's happening now October 19, 2000

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 19, 2000
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 19, 2000
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Oct 19, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 431: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with the requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the commercialization of whale meat.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-431/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 431: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with the requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the commercialization of whale meat.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-431/.
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H. Con. Res. 431, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-431/.
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[H. Con. Res. 431: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with the requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the commercialization of whale meat.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-431/)
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