France, and Australia. The Seychelles' proposal, calling 

 for a cessation of all commercial whaling by the 1985/86 

 pelagic and 1986 coastal whaling seasons, was considered 

 first. It was amended by Costa Rica so as to become 

 effective for the 1984/85 pelagic and 1985 coastal seasons, 

 one year earlier than that proposed by the Seychelles, and 

 passed in Technical Committee by 19 to 6 with 9 abstentions. 

 The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia 

 withdrew their proposals in light of the passage of the 

 Seychelles' proposal. Consideration of the proposal in 

 the plenary session of the Commission meeting was postponed 

 until after the Technical Committee had completed action 

 on catch limits for each stock and other matters. The 

 Technical Committee's recommendation was then amended back 

 to the original proposal by the Seychelles so as to become 

 effective for the 1985/86 pelagic and 1986 coastal seasons 

 and was passed in plenary toward the end of the session by 

 25 to 7 with 5 abstentions. The text of the cessation and 

 votes are as follows. 



Paragraph 10(e): 



Notwithstanding the other provisions of paragraph 10, 

 catch limits for the killing for commercial purposes 

 of whales from all stocks for the 1986 coastal and the 

 1985/86 pelagic seasons and thereafter shall be zero. 

 This provision will be kept under review, based upon 

 the best scientific advice, and by 1990 at the latest 

 the Commission will undertake a comprehensive 

 assessment of the effects of this decision on whale 

 stocks and consider modification of this provision 

 and the establishment of other catch limits. 



Votes (25-7-5) 



Yes: Antigua-Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, 



Belize, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, France, 

 Federal Republic of Germany, India, Kenya, 

 Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, 

 Oman, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Senegal, 

 Seychelles, Spain, Sweden, United Klingdom, 

 United States, Uruguay; 



No: Brazil, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Norway, 

 Peru, U.S.S.R.; 



Abstain: Chile, Peoples Republic of China, 



Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland. 



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