1945-1969 since 1990






Iceland 1969-1990



Iceland, desiring to resume commercial whaling, left the International Whaling Commission in 1992. It rejoined in 2002; whaling (on which the IWC had placed a moratorium in 1986), under the pretext of being conducted for scientific purpose, was resumed in 2003. The Icelandic economy has always heavily depended on fishery.
In 2006 the US airbase at Keflavik was closed.






EXTERNAL
FILES
Fighting cod war taught Icelanders the lesson of conservation, 2000 article from the Guardian
Timeline, from BBC News
DOCUMENTS List of Presidents, Prime Ministers etc. from World Statesmen by Ben Cahoon
Island : Historical demographic data of the whole country, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer, 1703-1997
Icelandic banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money and from Currency Museum
REFERENCE Article : Iceland, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1991-1992 pp.620-627, 1992-1993 pp.693-700, 1993-1994 pp.698-703, 1994-1995 pp.690-695, 1995-1996 pp.687-692, 1996-1997 pp.629-634, 1997-1998 pp.633-639, 1998-1999 pp.684-689, 2000 pp.789-795, 2001 pp.766-773, 2002 pp.797-804, 2003 pp.799-806, 2004 pp.802-809, 2005 pp.803-810, 2006 pp.800-807 [G]
Entry : Background Notes - Iceland pp.185-190, Travel Warning - Iceland, pp.504-505, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G]
Entry : Republic of Iceland, Cabinet p.47, Background Notes : Guyana, pp.679-684, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Entry : Iceland, pp.552-557 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]
Article : Iceland, in : Americana Annual 1992 p.273, 1993 p.273, 1994 p.272, 1998 p.270 [G]
Article : Iceland, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1991 pp.454-455, 619, 1992 pp.431-432, 618, 1993 pp.442, 626, 1994 pp.440, 627, 1995 pp.417, 419, 627, 1996 pp.415-416, 627, 1997 pp.430, 625, 2002 pp.436-437, 629 [G]


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First posted in 2000, last revised on March 31st 2007

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