by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Nov 9, 2011 | 2011, Press Releases
Wednesday November 9, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – The Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) met in Nairobi last week (October 31st to Nov 4th) to discuss the development of a legally-binding agreement on...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 24, 2011 | 2011, Press Releases
Thursday February 24, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – Inuit leaders from Greenland, Alaska, Russia, and Canada concluded a two-day Summit on Resource Development today in Ottawa. The summit was held in compliance with article 20 of the Nuuk Declaration, mandated by the...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Dec 3, 2010 | 2010, Press Releases
3 December, 2010 – Cancun, Mexico – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), representing Inuit from Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Chukotka, Russia, released a document today urging global leaders assembled for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Nov 29, 2010 | 2010, Press Releases
November 29, 2010 – The Inuit Circumpolar Council supports the Arctic Council Statement to the UNFCCC CoP 16 that states,“Combating climate change is an urgent common challenge for the international community and requiresimmediate global action”. The Inuit Circumpolar...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 30, 2010 | 2010, Press Releases
30 September 2010 – Nuuk, Greenland – Following the signing of the Nuuk Declaration in July of this year, the executive of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) completed their first formal meeting here this week. “We were given a clear message from the delegates at the...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Aug 20, 2010 | 2010, Press Releases
Inuvik – 20 August 2010 – The president of the Canadian branch of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), Duane Smith, welcomed today’s policy statement released today by Foreign Affairs MinisterLawrence Cannon. “It is full of promises and there is a lot of work to...