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by Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013
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The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum which addresses
issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic.
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council as a high
level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation,
coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of
the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic
issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental
protection in the Arctic. Member States of the Arctic Council are Canada,
Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway,
Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States of America.
In addition to the Member States, the Arctic Council has the category of
Permanent Participants. This category is open equally to Arctic organizations of
indigenous peoples with a majority of Arctic Indigenous constituency
representing a single Indigenous people resident in more than one Arctic State;
or more than one Arctic Indigenous people resident in a single Arctic State.
Home page:
http://www.arctic-council.org/
Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010
Its flag is white with its emblem, which is a arctic fox and the globe from
North Pole representing the area where this organization operates.
Image of
flag:
http://arctic-council.org/imagearchive/caseimage_slideshowpicture_hjul12.jpg.
Indigenous Peoples at the Arctic Council also have flags, some of them can be
seen at:
http://arctic-council.org/imagearchive/caseimage_slideshowpicture_sao2.jpg.
Home page of Indigenous Peoples where their emblems are available:
http://www.arcticpeoples.org/.
Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010
I found updated info about flag of Arctic Council.
English name of the Council in blue letters is placed under two globes.
Images of flag:
Image 1 and
Image 2
Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013
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by Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010
"As of 2014, six Arctic indigenous communities have Permanent Participant
status. These groups are represented by the Aleut International Association
(AIA), Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich'in Council International, Inuit
Circumpolar Council (ICC), Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the
North (RAIPON), and the Saami Council. These indigenous organisations vary
widely in their organisational capacities and the size of the population they
represent. To illustrate, RAIPON represents some 250,000 indigenous people of
various (mostly Siberian) tribes; the ICC some 150,000 Inuit. On the other hand,
the Gwich'in Council and the Aleut Association each represent only a few
thousand people."
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Council
These indigenous communities' flags are seen
here.
Source:
http://globalwarmingisreal.com/2015/07/16/politics-of-a-warming-arctic/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015
The Aleut International Association (AIA) represents Aleut on the Russian and
American Aleutian, Pribilof and Commander Islands It was established in
1998.
It is
11th flag from left to right. The flag is the
logo on a horizontal flag.
Source:
http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/aia
Official website:
http://www.aleut-international.org/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015
It was established to defend the rights and
further the interests internationally of American and Canadian
Athabaskan member First Nation governments. It was (most likely) established in
2000.
Source:
http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/aac
It is
10th flag from left to right. The flag is the
logo on a horizontal flag.
Official website:
http://www.arcticathabaskancouncil.com/aac/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015
It was founded as an NGO by the Gwich'in
Tribal Council in Inuvik, it was etablished in 1999.
Source:
http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/gci
It is
12th flag from left to right. The flag is the
logo after the name of the organization in dark brown letters, on a dark
yellow horizontal flag.
Official website: http://www.gwichin.org/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015
It was formerly Inuit Circumpolar Conference (Greenlandic: Inuit Issittormiut
Siunnersuisoqatigiifiat).
They represent Inuit (also refered
to as Eskimo) in Alaska/United States, Canada, Greenland/Denmark and
Chukotka/Russia. It was established in 1977.
Source:
http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/icc
13th flag from left to right. The
flag is the new
logo on a white horizontal background.
Official website: http://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015
See: Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015
(Suomi: Saamelaisneuvosto, Norsk: Samerådet
(nordsamisk: Sámiráðði), Союз Саамов: Sojuz Saamov, Svenska:
Samerådet)
It is a voluntary Saami organization
(a non–governmental organization), with Saami member organizations in
Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. It was established in 1956.
Source:
http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/sc
It is
15th flag from left to right. The flag
is the
logo
(in yellow and red colors) over a white horizontal flag.
Official website: http://www.saamicouncil.net/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015