Arctic Council | | established | | 18 September 1996 | | aim | | to address the common concerns and challenges faced by Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic; to protect the Arctic environment | | members | | (8) Canada, Denmark (Greenland, Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, US | | permanent participants | | (6) Aleut International Association, Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gurch'in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Russian Association of Indigenous People of the North, Saami Council | observers (7) China, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, UKArctic Council | | |
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