ARCTIC COUNCIL:

                        ARCTIC COUNCIL                         

CONTAXT:-

At 11'th Arctic council ministerial meeting held at Rovaniemi in Finland , India was re-elected as an observer to intergovernmental Forum Arctic council.

ABOUT ARCTIC COUNCIL:- 

# 1996-Ottawa declaration.

# It is an intergovernmental Forum which address issues faced by the Arctic government and people living in the Arctic region.

# It Is not a Treaty-based international Organizations but rather an International Forum that operates on the basis of consensus.

# The decision , recommendation or guidelines of the Arctic council are non- enforceable and strictly the prerogative of the individual state.

# It mandate explicitly excludes military security.

# The chairmanship of the Arctic council rotates every two Years among the Arctic states.

# The council has members , Ad-hoc observer countries and "permanent participants".

MEMBER:-

Ottawa Declaration declares Canada , The Kingdom of Denmark , Finland, Iceland, Norway, The Russian Federation, Sweden and The United States of America as a member of the Arctic council.

THE PERMANENT PARTICIPANTS:-

The six additional Organisations to represent Arctic Indigenous people have status as Permanent participant.

FOCUS AREAS:-

# The Environmental and climate change.

# Bio-diversity.

# Ocean.

# The indigenous Arctic peoples.