Australia, with New Zealand intervening as a non-party, requested the ICJ to assess Japan and declare that it is not complying with its obligations under the International Convention to Regulate Whaling and other international agreements concerning the authorization and implementation of „special authorizations“ for whaling in the Southern Ocean. Structure and tasks of the Implementation Committee and procedures for verifying compliance with the Annex to Decision III/2 of the Meeting of the Parties Reports of the Implementation Committee, as well as provisional agendas for scheduled meetings. The purpose of the Implementation Committee shall be to verify compliance by the Parties with the obligations under the Convention in order to assist them in fully fulfilling their obligations. The Committee was established at the Meeting of the Parties in February 2001 (decision II/4 of the second session of the Parties, revised as decision III/2, which defines the structure and functions of the Implementing Committee and the procedures for verifying compliance). The Committee is composed of eight members appointed by parties, themselves elected by the Assembly of Contracting Parties. Correspondence on specific compliance issues arising from the review of implementation or from the information provided to the Committee shall be invited to issue opinions where they have doubts as to whether their own party or another party has any doubts as to whether their own or another party has complied with the obligations under the Convention. What UNECE does for you. UNECE ensures that States intervene within the framework of the Protocol on Sanitary Whaling in Antarctica (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand) (31 March 2014) International Court of Justice Do you have any doubts about the application of the Convention? The provisional agenda for the next meeting of the committee is or will be available here. Committee for the Implementation of the Convention on Large-scale Transboundary Air Pollution at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, September 2010 (left), in front of: Vesna Kolar-Planinsic (Slovenia), Nina Stoyanova (Bulgaria), Sandra Ruza (secretariat), Tatiana Javanshir (Azerbaijan), Rakia Kalygulova (Kyrgyzstan); behind: Tatiana Plesco (Republic of Moldova), Jerzy Jendroska (Poland), Matthias Sauer (Germany – Chair), Nenad Mikulic (Croatia), Nick Bonvoisin (Secretary)) Opinion of the Mmittee Implementation Committee, 2001-2010 If so, use this form to provide the Implementation Committee, through the Secretariat, with information on the Secretariat (not used by the Parties to the Convention) information on the issues considered by the Implementation Committee, either as a proposal or as an initiative of the Committee, operating rules annexed to decision IV/2 of the Assembly of The Parties. .
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