Complexity and sustainable development in the circumpolar north : positioning Canada in the Arctic Council ...
In 1996, Canada assumed the initial two-year rotating chair of the Arctic Council; an unusual international regime of all eight Arctic states and three aboriginal organizations established to promote a broad cross-functional mandate of environmental protection and sustainable development. Coincident...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0089309 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0089309 |
| Summary: | In 1996, Canada assumed the initial two-year rotating chair of the Arctic Council; an unusual international regime of all eight Arctic states and three aboriginal organizations established to promote a broad cross-functional mandate of environmental protection and sustainable development. Coincidentally, 1995 amendments to Canada's Auditor Generals Act had required all major federal departments to prepare detailed sustainable development strategies. The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development had sponsored interdepartmental coordination in the development of a domestic Arctic strategy. Simultaneously, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade had directed attention to a northern foreign policy. Canada was wellpositioned, then, to bring leadership to the Arctic Council promoting international cooperation that was consistent with Canadian aspirations. The first biennial Ministerial meeting held in Iqaluit, however, fell short of expectations. No sustainable development program ... |
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