Word: asmundsson
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...Berlin Initiative infuriates as many as it pleases. Pro-whaling nations, led by Japan, Iceland and Norway, decry the IWC's gradual transformation from a small forum of whaling nations founded in 1946 to a 51-member, broad-based organization. "The IWC was set up for whaling," says Stefan Asmundsson, head of the commission's Icelandic delegation. "It's very clear that conservation is part of it, but conservation is there to ensure the continuation of whaling. It's a means to an end." Like so many environmental battlegrounds, the fight over whales is an endless tangle of emotive issues...
Conservation is there to ensure the continuation of whaling. It's a means to an end - STEFAN ASMUNDSSON, Head of Iceland's IWC delegation
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