Arctic Council

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intergovernmental forum international organization regional organization

The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that promotes cooperation and coordination among Arctic states, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders on issues such as sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental forum ⓘ
international organization ⓘ
regional organization ⓘ
doesNotAddress military security ⓘ
focusesOn biodiversity conservation in the Arctic ⓘ
climate change in the Arctic ⓘ
emergency prevention and response ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
marine environment in the Arctic ⓘ
sustainable development ⓘ
foundedBy Ottawa Declaration ⓘ
foundingLocation Ottawa ⓘ
governedBy Arctic Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting

Senior Arctic Officials ⓘ
hasChairmanship rotating among member states ⓘ
hasMember Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Sweden ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
hasObserver China ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Non‑governmental organizations ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
hasPermanentParticipant Aleut International Association ⓘ
Arctic Athabaskan Council ⓘ
Gwich’in Tribal Council (for Canadian Gwich’in) ⓘ
surface form: Gwich’in Council International

Inuit Circumpolar Council ⓘ
Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North ⓘ
Saami Council ⓘ
hasWorkingGroup Arctic Contaminants Action Program ⓘ
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme ⓘ
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna ⓘ
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response ⓘ
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment ⓘ
Sustainable Development Working Group ⓘ
headquartersLocation Norway ⓘ
Tromsø NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1996 ⓘ
meets every two years at ministerial level ⓘ
purpose environmental protection in the Arctic ⓘ
involve Indigenous communities in Arctic governance ⓘ
promote cooperation among Arctic states ⓘ
promote coordination among Arctic states ⓘ
sustainable development in the Arctic ⓘ
regionServed Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

Arctic region ⓘ
website https://arctic-council.org ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helsinki Commission → cooperatesWith → Arctic Council ⓘ
OSPAR Commission → cooperatesWith → Arctic Council ⓘ
Arctic Council → governedBy → Arctic Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting
Saami Council → memberOf → Arctic Council ⓘ