by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jun 2, 2008 | 2008, Press Releases
2 June 2008, Inuvik – Canadian Inuit say that the foreign ministers of five Arctic nations that met in Ilulissat, Greenland last week to discuss Arctic sovereignty forgot about the fiduciary obligations toward Inuit in the Ilulissat Declaration they signed. “Our...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 15, 2008 | 2008, Press Releases
In the wake of the May 14 listing of Polar Bear as a “threatened species” under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), Ms. Patricia Cochran, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, called upon the Government of the United States to join with Canada,...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 1, 2008 | 2008, Press Releases
Thursday May 1, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Inuit are reiterating their position on the listing of the Polar Bear in the USA as a threatened species and disagree with recent comments made by a US Environmental Group for Canada to alter its listing of...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 9, 2008 | 2008, Press Releases
Wednesday 9 April, 2008 – Inuvik, NT: Circumpolar Inuit have congratulated Canada’s House of Commons for its adoption yesterday of a resolution to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “This is a positive step forward for...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jan 14, 2008 | 2008, Press Releases
14 January 2008 Three USA-based environmental groups – including Greenpeace – have set in motion a litigation process against the USA Government because of delays in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decision on whether to list the Polar bear as...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jan 14, 2008 | 2008, Press Releases
Monday January 14, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Inuit are denouncing the latest litigation initiated by three US- based environmentalist groups against the US Government as another public pressure tactic to push a decision to list the Polar Bear as...