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Sir Geoffrey Palmer


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September 2011: "The UN investigation, chaired by Geoffrey Palmer, a former New Zealand prime minister, focused on the events on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish-flagged vessel which was the largest ship in a flotilla aimed at breaking the Gaza blockade, on 31 May last year. It was boarded by Israeli commandos who were met with resistance by spro-Palestinian activists on board, nine of whom died."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/03/turkey-challenge-israel-gaza-blockade

June 2010: 'But Sue Lieberman, director of international policy for the Pew Environmental Group, said in a statement: "We are deeply disappointed that the governments present here, after more than three years of intense work, could not reach a solution that will benefit whale conservation." Speaking to the hundreds of delegates after the negotiations ended, former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer, who tried to forge a compromise, said: "I think ultimately if we don't make some changes to this organization in the next few years, it may be very serious, possibly fatal for the organization -- and the whales will be worse'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062300810.html

April 2010: '“The I.W.C. is a mess. It’s a dysfunctional international organization,” said Sir Geoffrey Palmer, a former prime minister of New Zealand and chairman of the I.W.C. group trying to negotiate a deal. “I think this is probably the last chance the I.W.C. has to cure itself.”'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/science/earth/15whale.html

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Organization Executive (past or present) International Whaling Commission (IWC) Organization Apr 15, 2010

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Sep 03, 2011 Turkey to challenge Gaza blockade at International Court of Justice: Turkish announcement appears to rebuff attempts by UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon to end its row with Israel

QUOTE: Turkey is to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice....Ban said today that the two countries should accept the recommendations of a UN report that... Israel had used "excessive and unreasonable" force to stop the flotilla approaching Gaza, but that it was justified in maintaining a naval blockade on the Palestinian enclave.

 Guardian Unlimited
Jun 24, 2010 Talks on reducing whale hunting break down

QUOTE: Three years of talks aimed at reducing whaling activity by Japan, Norway and Iceland broke down Wednesday, leaving management of the population of the world's largest animals essentially in the hands of whale hunters.

 Washington Post
Apr 14, 2010 U.S. Leads New Bid to Phase Out Whale Hunting

QUOTE: The compromise deal, which has generated intense controversy within the 88-nation International Whaling Commission and among antiwhaling activists, would allow the three whaling countries to continue hunting whales for the next 10 years, although in reduced numbers.

 New York Times