Arctic Council

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The Arctic Council ( English Arctic Council ) is an intergovernmental forum with a permanent seat in Norwegian Tromsø , which was founded in 1996 to balance interests between the Arctic countries and the indigenous peoples living in the region .

Goals and Actions

The climate protection and security in the region should be encouraged. The council coordinates research projects and development projects, for example in the transport sector and in the extraction of natural resources.

For example, in 2004 the Council published the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment , a comprehensive study of the consequences of global warming in the Arctic .

On May 12, 2011, the permanent members of the Arctic Council in Nuuk , Greenland signed an Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic , the first internationally binding agreement negotiated under the auspices of the Arctic Council.

On 7 May 2019, the Council announced that, for the first time since its inception, no agreement on a joint final declaration had been reached at the meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland. The reason given was the US delegation's refusal to sign a declaration warning of the consequences of global climate change for the Arctic. The day before, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had emphasized the positive aspects of the decrease in Arctic ice in a speech at the meeting . A decrease in the ice would open up new trade routes and routes for passenger shipping.

composition

The Arctic Council
  • Members
  • observer

    • At the end of the 1980s, the new global political situation opened up prospects for cooperation. In 1991 the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) was launched. In 1996 the Foreign Ministers established the Arctic Council with an " Ottawa Declaration ".

    The council includes:

    Decisions in the Arctic Council at all levels can be made by the eight member states alone.

    Chair

    The chairmanship of the body rotates every two years between the state members.

    • From 1996 to 1998 Canada held the first chairmanship of the body.

    It followed:

    • from 1998 to 2000 the USA
    • from 2000 to 2002 Finland
    • from 2002 to 2004 Iceland
    • from 2004 to 2006 Russia
    • from 2006 to 2009 Norway
    • from 2009 to 2011 Denmark
    • from 2011 to 2013 Sweden
    • from 2013 to 2015 Canada
    An Inuk , Leona Aglukkaq , who was previously Minister for Health and Northern Development, chaired the meeting as the representative of Canada .
    • from 2015 to 2017 USA
    • from 2017 to 2019 Finland
    • from 2019 to 2021 Iceland

    Permanent participants

    Six umbrella organizations of the indigenous people of the Arctic have so-called Permanent Participants ( Permanent Participants a guaranteed right of participation). These are:

    1. the Inuit Circumpolar Council as the umbrella organization for Eskimo from the polar regions of Greenland , Canada, Alaska and Russia
    2. the Saami Council as the representative of the Sami of Norway, Sweden, Finland
    3. RAIPON as the umbrella organization of the indigenous peoples of the Russian north
    4. the Aleut International Association (AIA) to represent the Alëuts
    5. the Arctic Athabaskan Council as a representative of the Athabaskans
    6. the Gwich'in Council International as the representative of the Gwich'in

    The Indigenous Peoples Secretariate , based in Copenhagen , acts as the coordination point for the permanent participants .

    observer

    Observer status ( Observer ) can purchase:

    • non-arctic states
    • intergovernmental and interparliamentary organizations
    • Non-governmental organizations

    Observers can develop their engagement primarily in the working groups of the Arctic Council and also support certain projects of the Arctic states financially. Some non-Arctic states as well as various non-governmental organizations are permitted as observers. The observer states include:

    Observer organizations include:

    The following countries and organizations are currently applying for observer status:

    Scientific collaboration

    The Council also initiated the University of the Arctic in 2001 . The University of the Arctic is a university network for environmental research in the polar region.

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    Web links

    Commons : Arctic Council  - collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Christoph Seidler: Tromsø: Arctic Council gets its own home in Norway. In: spiegel.de. January 22, 2013, accessed January 9, 2019 .
    2. ↑ US climate objections sink Arctic Council accord in Finland. BBC News, May 7, 2019, accessed May 7, 2019 .
    3. ↑ Jörg Michel: Arctic: Only with seal fur. (No longer available online.) In: fr-online.de. May 6, 2013, archived from the original on March 29, 2016 ; accessed on January 9, 2019 .
    4. ^ Permanent Participants. In: arctic-council.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    5. ^ Home - Aleut International Association. In: aleut-international.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    6. ^ Arctic Athabaskan Council. In: arcticathabaskancouncil.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    7. ↑ Home | Gwich'in Council International. In: gwichincouncil.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    8. ↑ Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat. In: arcticpeoples.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    9. ^ Observers - Arctic Council. In: arctic-council.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    10. ↑ Pacific Environment | Protecting the Living Environment of the Pacific Rim. In: pacificenvironment.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
    11. ↑ IWGIA. In: iwgia.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .