Arctic Council (AC) – an international intergovernmental regional structure aimed at promoting cooperation in the sphere of environmental protection and sustainable development support in the circumpolar regions. It was established on September 19, 1996, in Ottawa (Canada) where the representatives of eight Arctic states (Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, Russia, the USA, Finland, and Sweden) signed the Declaration of the Establishment of the Arctic Council as an intergovernmental forum for promoting cooperation, coordination, and interaction among the Arctic states. It convenes once in two years on ministerial level. Along with the above mentioned Arctic states the permanent panelist of the forum are the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, the Aleut International Association, Saami Council, The Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North and the Far East, Arctic Athapascan Council, and Gwich’in Council International.
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(2017). Arctic Council (AC). In: The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25582-8_10039
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