The International Whaling Commission is a collection of nations that have banded together to manage whale populations — and the hunting of whales — around the world. Although the IWC started as an organization for whale hunters, it has become an organization for whale conservation in recent years, most notably through the worldwide commercial whaling moratorium. This is now at risk.

Learn more about the International Whaling Commission:

• IWC meetings and voting procedures
• IWC membership
• The history of the International Whaling Commission
• The future of the International Whaling Commission
• Bringing the IWC into the 21st century