1 THE PRESIDENT: Mr Slater, are you ready to commence the cross-examination?

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3 MR SLATER: Yes, thank you, Mr President.

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5 THE PRESIDENT: Professor Beddington, you are still on your declaration.

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7 PROFESSOR BEDDINGTON: Yes, sir.

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9 Cross-examined by MR SLATER

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11 Q President Mensah, honourable Judges, may it please the court. Professor

12 Beddington, turning back to the Commission for the Conservation of Southern

13 Bluefin Tuna, I know that you are aware that the Commission engaged a

14 panel of independent scientists to conduct a peer review of the Scientific

15 Committee in 1998, is that correct?

16 A Yes, I am aware of that.