Conference to prepare an agreement on the conservation of polar bears, Oslo, 13 to 15 November 1973 : final act and summary record
1974
Representatives of the Governments of Canada, Denmark, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America took part in the Conference. A representative of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) was also present. The Conference had its origins in a proposal made by representatives of the USSR at a meeting of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group held in Morges, Switzerland, in February 1972.