*Remote Access Available; see below* From: DCMC <dcmc@iucn.org> Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 12:50 PM Subject: DCMC: Invitation to January 28 Brown Bag Presentation at NOAA Library on the Antarctic Whaling Case at the International Court of Justice Dear Colleagues, Please join us on * Tuesday , January 28 from noon to 1:00 p.m*. in the Central Library<http://www.lib.noaa.gov/>, Silver Spring, MD (SSMC3, 2nd Floor) for a brown bag presentation by Roger Eckert. Mr. Eckert will discuss the current dispute between Australia and Japan at the International Court of Justice regarding Japan's ongoing Antarctic whaling activities. His focus will be on the history of Antarctic whaling, efforts to manage commercial whaling by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and interpretation of the scientific research provision of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. At the heart of this case is whether Japan's whaling in the IWC's Southern Ocean Sanctuary is a scientific research program. Mr. Eckert has worked in NOAA General Counsel for 24 years and is currently in its Fisheries and Protected Resources Section. He has been a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Whaling Commission since 2001, providing advice on matters related to whale conservation and the management of whaling. NOAA's Central Library is an easy four-minute walk from the Silver Spring metro station on the Red Line. For remote access via webinar, please fill out the registration form<http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=mymeetings&i=742656968&=brownbag&t=c> a few minutes before the meeting is scheduled to begin. The Meeting Number is 742656968; the Passcode is brownbag. For audio, dial 866-833-7307. The participant passcode is 8986360. Feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues who may be interested in this presentation. If you would like to be removed from the list of people who receive invitations to NOAA's Law of the Sea Convention Working Group brown bag series, please let us know. Thank you. Peter Oppenheimer and Shannon Dionmne Co-Chairs, NOAA International Affairs Council Law of the Sea Convention Working Group. -- Peter H. Oppenheimer Chief International Section General Counsel Office National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave., NW - HCHB 7837 Washington, D.C. 20230 (202) 482-0032 (office) (202) 371-0926 (fax) Peter.Oppenheimer@noaa.gov SIPRNet: poppenheimer@commerce.sgov.gov <poppenheimer@doc.sgov.gov> http://www.gc.noaa.gov/international-office.html ------------------------------ This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, you received it by error and you are asked to please delete it and promptly notify us. Any review, copying, use, disclosure or distribution of any part of this communication, unless duly authorized by or on behalf of IUCN, is strictly forbidden.