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U.S. to Host Reception of the Arctic Council on February 6, 2002
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USUN PRESS RELEASE # 13 (02)
February 5, 2002

U.S. to Host Reception of Arctic Council

The Arctic Council, a unique regional forum for cooperation between national governments and indigenous people addressing environmental protection and sustainable development challenges in the Arctic, is holding a reception Wednesday, February 6th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM in UN Delegates’ Dining Room 6. The "Arctic Connections: Local/Global Linkages for Sustainable Development" reception will build new links between Arctic and non-Arctic communities and nations by means of conversation, traditional indigenous songs and crafts, and making available information about the work of the Council. Saami and Aleut crafts will be exhibited and Inuit throat singers will perform. The reception is being hosted by the Governments of the United States, Canada and the Alaskan NGO, Northern Forum.

The Council is made up of the eight countries that surround the Arctic Ocean - Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and the United States. It was founded ten years ago, and is presently chaired by Finland. Aleuts, Athabaskians, Gwich’in, Inuit, Saami and a Russian Association of some forty indigenous communities are involved in the work of the Council on a de facto equal footing with governments.

As part of the preparatory meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, this is an opportunity for the Council to share with others the lessons people have learned about regional and multi-stakeholder cooperation, and in turn, to benefit from the experience of others.

 

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