Regional Significance of the Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement : Znaczenie regionalne umowy o poszukiwaniu i ratownictwie w Arktyce

• Main Author: Łuszczuk, Michał
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Rocznik Bezpieczeństwa Międzynarodowego 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Council
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34862/rbm.2014.1.4; https://rocznikbezpieczenstwa.pl/ojs/index.php/rbm/article/view/137

This paper examines the Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement – the first legally binding instrument adopted under the auspices of the Arctic Council – and analyses its direct and indirect implication for both the development of the Arctic shipping and the perspectives of regionalization processes. It is argued that the adoption of the Agreement should be perceived as an ambiguous achievement since, while its direct relevance for the Arctic shipping is not very substantial at the moment, it however reaffirms the indispensable and leading position of the Arctic Council in the regional governance system and offers important prospects for deepening the cooperation among the Arctic states. The Arctic SAR Agreement is also recognised as a manifestation of exercising the Arctic sovereignty by the eight states (also against non-Arctic actors) and consequently a sign of growing regionalization of the Arctic. : Rocznik Bezpieczeństwa Międzynarodowego, Tom 8 Nr 1 (2014)