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Inuit Circumpolar Council Welcomes UN General Assembly proclamation of a Decade of Indigenous Peoples’ Language

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:12:00 +0000

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a significant resolution that ”Proclaims the period 2022–2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize and promote indigenous languages and to take urgent steps at the national and international levels.

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Inuit at COP25 – Our Ice is Melting, Our Oceans are at Risk, Our Planet is on Fire

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:05:00 +0000

Inuit leaders emerge from the UNFCCC COP25 Climate Change conference underlining that greater actions and measures are needed by governments, corporations, and civil society to meaningfully address climate change.

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Inuit Heading to COP25 Climate Change Conference as Latest UNEP Report Highlights Global Threat

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:00:08 +0000

The Chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council Dalee Sambo Dorough, ICC Canada Vice-President (International) Lisa Koperqualuk, and President of the National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) Crystal Martin-Lapenskie will attend the conference at various times during its two-week duration.

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Productive ICC Executive Council Meeting Held in Ilulissat Planning Underway for 14th General Assembly in 2022

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The Executive Council of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) held a productive meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland November 23-25.

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ICC Canada – Minority Liberal Government Positive for International Arctic Issues

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:00:37 +0000

IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere Highlights Critical Inuit Concerns Over Climate Change in the Arctic

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:00:48 +0000

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate was released today in Monaco.

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New Federal Arctic Policy Framework “A Step Forward” on International Front – ICC Canada

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:00:41 +0000

Inuit in Solidarity with Indigenous Amazonians as Thousands of Forest Fires Blaze Worsening International Climate Crisis

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:00:08 +0000

August 27, 2019 – As thousands of hectares of tropical forest burn from wildfires in South America, Inuit across circumpolar nations in Alaska, Canada, Chukotka, and Greenland are expressing their solidarity with the Indigenous peoples living in the Amazon and their concern for the implications of these fires on the global climate system. The 7.4-million […]

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ICC Canada Commends Government of Canada for UNCLOS Submission Defining Arctic Canada’s Extended Continental Shelf

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Fri, 24 May 2019 21:40:26 +0000

ICC Canada commends the government of Canada for defending our sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic by filing a 2,100-page submission to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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Inuit and Canada Share Northwest Passage Sovereignty – ICC Canada President

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Wed, 08 May 2019 13:00:42 +0000

Inuit have reaffirmed Canada’s sovereignty over the Northwest Passage after comments this week by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Canada’s claim over the passage was “illegitimate.”

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