2003 | Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Climate Change in the Arctic: Human Rights of Inuit Interconnected with the World

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:57:58 +0000

December 10, 2003 Milan, ItalySheila Watt-Cloutier, the elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), spoke today to media, non-governmental organizations, and states attending the ninth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Milan, Italy. Representing the 155,000 Inuit who live in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka in theFar East of the Russian Federation and living in Iqaluit, the […]

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Renewed Spirit of Hope, Energy, and Resilience Among Inuit in Chukotka

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 17:58:35 +0000

Ottawa, July 3, 2003 Returning on June 24, 2003 from Provideniya and New Chaplino in Chukotka in the Russian Far East, Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, the Iqaluit-based Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, reported a renewed sense of hope and optimism among the region’s 1,500 Inuit, and an eagerness to work closely with Inuit organizations in […]

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Executive Council Meeting, Nome, Alaska, June 27, 2003

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:59:07 +0000

June 27, 2003 Nome, Alaska – The Executive Council of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), an organization representing 155,000 Inuit in Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Chukotka, Russia, continues to be diligent in addressing its concerns about the ability of future generations to maintain the Inuit culture in the face of the many globalized pressures that […]

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Renewal of the Northern Contaminants Program

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 18:59:45 +0000

Ottawa, March 4, 2003. Speaking to approximately 300 participants from a dozen countries at an Arctic contaminants symposium, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, today called upon the Government of Canada to maintain its commitment to the environmental security of the Arctic and health of Inuit by renewing the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) […]

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