IWC69 Lima, Peru 2024
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Venue
Hotel
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Travel
Please check with your local advisory service for relevant vaccinations and travel restrictions and ensure you have the appropriate travel and medical insurances and ID documentation in place before you travel. World Health Organisation (WHO) Country and travel information can be found here.
NOTE: Peru, the power plugs and sockets (outlets) primarily use types A and C (220V) - please bring the appropriate adapters for your devices. The Secretariat does not provide these
Transfers from Lima Airport
Visas
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Credentials
All delegations and observer organisations are required to supply credentials in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rule of Procedure D.
D. Credentials
1.(a) The names of all representatives of member and non-member governments and observer organisations to any meeting of the Commission or committees, as specified in the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, Technical and Scientific Committees, shall be notified to the Secretary in writing before their participation and/or attendance at each meeting. For member governments, the notification shall indicate the Commissioner, his/her alternate(s) and advisers, and the head of the national delegation to the Scientific Committee and any alternate(s) as appropriate.
The written notification shall be made by governments or the heads of organisations as the case may be. In this context, ‘governments’ means the Head of State, the Head of Government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (including: on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs), the Minister responsible for whaling or whale conservation (including: on behalf of this Minister), the Head of the Diplomatic Mission accredited to the seat of the Commission or to the host country of the meeting in question, or the Commissioner appointed under Rule A.1.
(b) Credentials for a Commissioner appointed for the duration of a meeting must be issued as in D.1(a). Thereafter, until the end of the meeting in question, that Commissioner assumes all the powers of a Commissioner appointed under A.1., including that of issuing credentials for his/her delegation.
(c) In the case of members of delegations who will attend the Biennial Commission Meeting and its associated meetings, the notification may be made en bloc by submitting a list of the members who will attend any of these meetings.
(d) The Secretary, or his/her representative, shall report on the received notifications at the beginning of a meeting.
(e) In case of any doubt as to the authenticity of notification or in case of apparent delay in their delivery, the Chair of the meeting shall convene an ad hoc group of no more than one representative from any Contracting Government present to decide upon the question of participation in the meeting.
Commissioners (or their alternates) and Heads of Observer delegations must present original copies of credentials at the meeting. Advance notification by email is helpful but will not replace the need to provide original documents. Letters of Credentials must indicate:
- The identity of the Commissioner;
- The identify of any Alternate Commissioners;
- The specific meeting to which the credentials apply (i.e. the 69th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission taking place in 2024);
- And they must be signed by the Head of State, Head of Government, Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs, Whaling, or Whale Conservation (including on behalf of the Minister), the Head of the Diplomatic Mission accredited to the UK or Peru, or the permanent IWC Commissioner.
Delegation Offices
Side Events
Documents
All meeting documents will be made publicly available here in due course. Document archives for previous IWC meetings are also accessible, as are published reports including the report of the last Commission meeting IWC68 in 2022. These can be found online via our archive.
Paper copies of documents will not be provided at the meeting
Video Stream
We will be running a live online video stream during plenary. Due to external factors, such as internet connection, we cannot guarantee its reliability. The live stream and any recordings can be viewed via youtube.com/@IwcInt
Additional information on agenda, meeting procedures, timetable, documents etc. will be published here in due course as the information becomes available.
