What Role Did Environmental Groups Play in Getting a Ban

question 5

Multiple Choice

What role did environmental groups play in getting a ban on commercial whaling enacted?

• A)They had only a small role,because states were going to support the ban for other reasons.
• B)They pushed the United Nations to hold an environmental conference on the issue.
• C)They created an international code of conduct for whalers that convinced them to stop hunting whales.
• D)They encouraged nonwhaling states to join the International Whaling Commission (IWC)and to vote for the ban.
• E)They informed the public in developed countries about the abuses committed by whalers,and this led to a boycott by the United States of goods from whaling countries.

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