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ICC GREENLAND NEWSLETTER 1912

ICCKN-p siulittaasua suliniummut nuannersumut tunissuteqarpoq. ICC Greenland president donate money to a good project.

ICC-P TASIILAMI “TASIILAQ NUAN” KAJUMISSAASERPAA

Allattoq: Søren P. Lyberth

FN-ip Nunat inuiisa oqaasiinut atatillugu ukiorititaanut atatillugu ICC Kalaallit Nunaanni siulittaasoq Hjalmar Dahl aamma allaffeqarfimmi sulisoq Tukumminnguaq Nykjær Olsen Tasiilamiipput.

Tasiilami innuttaasunik ataatsimeeqateqarnertik iluatsillugu Tasiilarmiut peqatigiiffiannut “Tasiilaq nuan”-imut 5000 kr-inik kajumissaasiipput.

“Tasiilaq nuan” Tasiilarmiut pilersitaraat, siulittaasuatalu Gert Ignatiussenip oqaatigaa Tasiilap avataani tusaamaneqarneranut allannguiniarnissaq pilersitsinermi anguniagaasoq, “Tasiilamimi ajornartorsiortoqaannanngilaq aammali nuannersunik pisoqartuartoq”, Gert Ignatiussen oqarpoq. Ignatiussen aamma oqarpoq suliassat maanna aallarnisarneqartut ulluinnarnilu aqutsisunik kiisalu assigiinngitsunik suliaqartartussanik toqqaasoqassasoq.

Taamatuttaaq aningaasaateqarfissamik pilersitsinissaq pilersaarutigineqarpoq. Siunertaasut ilaattut pissutsit piviusut aallaavigalugit Tasiilaq nunaqarfiilu pillugit filmiliornissaq eqqarsaatigineqarpoq.

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD TO “TASIILAQ NUAN”

By Søren P. Lyberth

In connection with the work on the UN 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, ICC Greenland, represented by President Hjalmar Dahl and Special Assistant Tukumminnguaq Nykjær Olsen, visited the small East Greenland town Tasiilaq.

At a meeting on October 31, 2019 ICC donated DKK 5,000 as an Encouragement Award to the newly established association “Tasiilaq Nuan” (Wonderful Tasiilaq). “Tasiilaq Nuan” was established by the citizens of the town, and its chairman Gert Ignatiussen said that the new association was established with the purpose of changing the surrounding world’s view of the town: “Tasiilaq is not only a troubled town as the media describes it.

In Tasiilaq also many good things are happening.” Ignatiussen also mentioned that since the association just has been established, a board representing various sectors of the society would be appointed. Further the plan is to establish a foundation. Another goal is to make a film about Tasiilaq with focus on the realities going on in the society.

ICC-P ILINNIARTITAANERMUT SIUNNERSUISOQATIGIIVI

Ilinniartitaanermi siunnersuisooqatigiit ICC-p Nuummi allaffiata saavani. Education committee in front of the new ICC Greenland office in the center of Nuuk.

Allattoq: Søren P. Lyberth

Inuit Nunaanni ilinniartitaaneq pillugu ICC Nuummi 2018-imi ataatsimeersuarmat ilinniartitaaneq pillugu ataatsimiititalianik pilersitsisariaqartut aalajangiunneqarpoq. Nunani ilaasortani sisamaasut ilisimasanik paarlaasseqatigiinnerisigut ilinniartitaanerup pitsanngorsarnissaanut suliaqarnissaq siunertaavoq. Naggueqatigiit Inuit ilinniartitaanerannut internationalimi ataatsimiititaliami Kattie Egede Motzfeldt aamma Birthe Møller-Therkildsen IMAK-imiit ilaasortaanngortinneqarnikuupput.

ICC oktobarip ingerlanerani kommuninit kiisalu ataatsimiitsitaliami ilaasortat ataatsimiipput, Kalaallit nunaanni immikkut ataatsimiitsitaliortoqarmallu Therkildsen siulittaasunngorpoq, komuunit tamarmik tallimaasut ilaasortaatitaqalerlutik. Ataatsimiinnermi ilinniartitaanerup iluani periuserpassuit oqallisigineqarput. Meeqqat atuarfiini Inuit kulturiat avatangiisillu pillugit atuartitsissuteqassasoq ilaatigut siunnersuutigineqarpoq, angajullerniinnaanngitsoq aammali minnerni. Aammattaaq atuarfinni utoqqartatta ilisimasaasa atorneqarnissaat meeqqanut ingerlateqqinneqarnissaat eqqartorneqarpoq.

Siunertaavoq ICC-qarfiit tamarmik marlunnik naggueqatigiit Inuit internationalimik ilinniartitaanermut ataatsimiitsitaliaani ilaasortaatitaqarnissaat. Ilinniartitaaneq pillugu siunnersuisoqatigiinni suliat ICC Kalaallit Nunaanni 2022-mi ileqquusumik ataatsimeersualerpat saqqummiunneqassapput, ataatsimeersuarnissallu tungaanut eqqartugassat suli arlaqarmata ataatsimiititaliaq suli suligallassaaq.

ICC GREENLAND EDUCATION COMMITTEE

By Søren P. Lyberth

At the Inuit Education Summit in Nuuk, February 2018, it was agreed that ICC should establish an education committee. The idea is to work out plans for improving the Inuit education system by exchanging best methods between the four regions. Kattie Egede Motzfeldt and Birthe Møller Therkildsen from the teachers’ organiza tion IMAK is the members of the Inuit international education committee.

Together with the municipalities and the teachers’ organization IMAK ICC Greenland has established a Greenland education committee where Therkildsen was elected as a chairman and all 5 municipalities will also have a membership.

At the meeting a variety of education methods were discussed. Inuit cultures, the environment and living conditions should be teach ing subjects in the schools, not only in the upper grades. Inuit elders should be used in the schools to pass knowledge to the school children.

Each ICC regions will have 2 international members on the Inuit international education comittee. The work of the ICC Education Committee will be presented at the annual ICC meeting in 2022, until then, the committee will continue its work. Kalaallit Nunaanni ICC-p aallartitai ataatsimiittut ICC Greenland delegates having their delegation meeting.

AALLARTITAT OKTOBERIMI ATAATSIMIINNERANNIT

ICC Kalaallit Nunaanni aallartitat oktobarip 26-iani ICC-p allaffittaavani ataatsimiipput. Aallartitat ataatsimiinneranni oqaluuserisat pingaarnersiukkat erseqqissalaarpagut.

Allattoq: Søren P. Lyberth

ICC UKIUNI 40-NI 2020-mi ICC ukiuni 40-ini nalliussineqarniarpoq, tassa 1980 kattuffinngornermi kingorna siunnersuutigineqarmat suleqatigiissitaliortoqarpoq, suleqatigiissitarlu qanoq nalliuttorsiornissamut siunnersuusiussaaq. Atuartunit isumassarsiatsialannik peqartoqaruni tusarusussinnaaqaavut.

OQAATSIT UKIUAT 2019-mi Naalagaaffiit Peqatigiit oqaatsinut ukioritaannut atatillugu ICC Kalaallit Nunaanni Oqaasileriffik suleqatigalugu Nuummi Tasiilamilu innuttaasunik ataatsimiisitsisoqarpoq. Oqaatsit pillugit podcastiliortoqarportaaq, taakkualu Qapuppaluup Facebookiatigut nassaarineqarsinnaapput.

HANS-PAVIA ROSINGIP AQQANI NERSORNAAT Ukiorpassuarni ICC-mi suleqataasimasoq, Hans-Pavia Rosing, ataqqiniarlugu inuusuttunik sullilluarsimasunut nersornaammik ICC pilersitsivoq. Nunat ICC-qarfiusut ukiut tamaasa inuusuttut akornanni piukkussaminnik siunnersuuteqartarsinnaapput.

AVATANGIISIT PILLUGIT SULEQATAANEQ Avatangiisit pillugit ICC-p ”Plastic Not So Fantastic” suleqataaffigilerpaa. Nuummi Katuami ataatsimiisitsineq januarimi ingerlanneqassamaarpoq, tassanilu plastikkip ajornartorsiutaanera pillugu iliuuserineqarsinnaasut eqqartorneqassallutik. ICC-p Kalaallit Nunaanni inatsisartut 2020 upernaakkut ataatsimiilerpata siunnersuutinik saqqummiussaqassalluni siunertarivaa.

ICC-p siulersuisui tulliani 2020-mi upernaakkut ataatsimiissapput.

ICC-p siulersuisuunerittaaq novembarip 23-ianiit 25-iat ilanngullugu Ilulissani ataatsimiipput. Ataatsimiinneq 2022-imi ataatsimeersuarnissamut piareersaataavoq.

ICC GREENLAND DELEGATES MEETING IN OCTOBER

ICC Greenland called the delegates for a meeting on October 26, 2019 at the new ICC-office in Nuuk. Read the highlights here.

By Søren P. Lyberth

ICC IN 40 YEARS In 2020 ICC will celebrates its 40 years anniversary after becoming a organization in 1980 and a celebration committee will be established to suggestions for the festivities. If readers have a good idea for the celebration we would love to receive a recommendation.

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES In occasion of the UN 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, ICC Greenland in cooperation with the language secretariat Oqaasileriffik has arranged two public meetings one in Nuuk and one in Tasiilaq, a third one will be arranged in Sisimiut. The podcasts on the Greenlandic language produced for this purpose can be heard at the Qaqpuppaluk’s Facebook site.

AWARD TO HONOUR HANS-PAVIA ROSING To honour long time ICC president Hans-Pavia Rosing, ICC has founded a leadership award. The four ICC regions can each suggest candi dates for the award that will be given annually to a young Inuk from each region.

PLASTIC NOT SO FANTASTIC ICC Greenland has taken a new environmental initiative “Plastic Not So Fantastic”. Public meeting is being arranged to be held in January at the cultural center Katuaq in Nuuk. The problems with plastic is the sole agenda item. ICC Greenland has planned to formulate some suggestions for the Inatsisartut (Parliament) spring session in 2020.

The Executive Council also met November 23 to 25, 2019 in Ilulissat to prepare the ICC General Assembly in 2022. The next ICC Delegation Meeting will be held in the spring of 2020.

INUUSUTTUT IMMINUT TOQUTTARNERAT QANOQ ILIUUSEQARFIGINIARLUGU FILMEEQQAT ATORLUGIT OQALUTTUARNEQ – SULINIUT CREATeS

Allattoq: Tukumminnguaq N. Olsen

CREATeSip siunertaraa issittumi inuusuttut akornanni inuiaqatigiinnilu imminortarnerit ikilisarneqarnerannik tarnikkullu peqqinnerup siuarsarneqarneranik kingunilimmik iliuuseqarnermi inuiaqatigiinnik inuusuttunillu peqataatitsinerup tapersersorneqarnissaa. ICC Issittumilu siunnersuisooqatigiit inuusuttut issittormiut ilagalugit Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiinni Piujuartitsinermik tunngaveqarluni ineriartortitsinermut Suleqatigiissitap suliniut pilersitaraa. Issittumi nunani tamalaani suliaq ingerlassimavaat Nuummilu upernaaq aamma tamanna ingerlanneqarpoq.

Issittumi nunat inoqqaavisa inuusuttaasa qarasaasiatigut oqaluttuaat filmeeranngorlugit suliat nittartakkakkut saqqummiunneqarput, oqaluttuallu taakku imminortarneq pillugu inuusuttut isertuaratik sakkortuumik namminnerlu inuttut paasisimasaqarnerannik ersersitsisuupput.

Inuit Canadami, Kalaallit Nunaanni Alaskamiillu pisut oqaluttuaat 20-iupput, tallimat Canadami eqqillit Gwich’init aammalu Athabaskanit inuusuttaannit suliaapput, allallu arfineq-pingasut Saaminit Canadamiillu nunat inoqqaavisa inuusuttaannit suliarineqarsimapput.

Nittartagaq nutaaq saqqummersinneqarpoq filmeeraliat inuusuttunit peqataasunit suliaasut nunarsuaq tamakkerlugu isiginnaarneqarsinnaanngornissaat siunertaralugu. Uani nassaariuk: https://www.projectcreates.com/

DIGITAL STORYTELLING, A KEY TO ADDRESS YOUTH SUICIDE

By Tukumminnguaq N. Olsen

The SDWG Project CREATeS aims to support community and youth involvement towards effective action that reduces suicide and promotes mental wellness among Arctic Indigenous youth and communities. Together with the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) ICC has initiated the project and organized workshops with young people throughout the Arctic, including Nuuk in the spring of 2019.

Digital stories have been produced by representatives of the Indigenous youth across the circumpolar Arctic and are now available to view online. The stories are revealing candid, powerful, and personal insights into the issue of suicide.

So far there are 20 digital stories from the Inuit youth in Canada, Greenland, and Alaska, 5 from the Gwich’in and Athabaskan youth in Canada, and another 8 stories that originates from Sápmi and Canada. Out of the 20 Inuit stories, 9 are from different parts of Greenland. The short films, which have been created by the Arctic Indigenous youth, are available for the global community to view at

https://www.projectcreates.com/

ISSITTUP SIUNNERSUISOQATIGIIFFIANI, ARKTISK RÅDIMI, ISLAND 2019-2021-IMI SIULITTAASUUFFEQASSAAQ

ICC Kalaallit Nunaata siulittaasua Ministerit ataatsimiinnerini 2019 ICC Greenland President at ministerial meeting 2019

Maajimi 2019-imi Finlandimi Rovaniemimi Arktisk Rådimi Ministerit aqqanilissaannik naapinnerini Nunanut allanut ministerit arfineq pingasuusut ataatsimiinneranni Indigenous Permanent Participant organizationsip arfiniliusut aallartitaannik (PP) kiisalu Suleqatigiissitamik ataatsimeeqateqarneranni Finlandip piffissaq siulittaasuuffigisaa naavaa Islandimullu ingerlateqqillugu.

Allattoq: Mads Fægteborg

MINISTERIT ATAATSIMIITTARNERI

Ministerit ataatsimiinnerit, manna aqqanilissaat pisut, tamaasa Nalunaarusiortarput. Rovaniemi ataatsimiinnermi tamanna pinngitsoorpoq, tassa USA Isumaqatigiissummut (Declaration) silaannaap allanngoriartorneranut tunngatinneqartumut atsioqataarusunngimmat. Isumaqatigiissut alla “Joint Statement” naaperiutaavoq, tassanilu Issittumi “eqqissisimatitsiinnarnissamut, aalaakkaasuunissamut tigussaasumillu suleqatigiinnissamut” isumaqatigiissutaasimasoq uteqqiinnarneqarpoq. Isumaqatigiissutit Nunanut ilaasortanut inatsisitigut pituttuisuunngimmata, ICC PP-llu allat USA-p inissisimaneranut isornartorsiuipput.

“Oqaatsit “silap pissusaata allanngoriartornera” atoqqusaannginnerat misigitsaattumik pissusilersorneruvoq”, Dalee Sambo Dorough, ICC-p nunani tamalaani siulittaasua oqarpoq nangillunilu: “Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiit siulittaasuuffiup ukiut allortarlugit nikittartup naanerani, siullermeerutaasumik nalunaaruteqartoqanngilaq, tamannalu isumaqatigiinneq tunngavigalugu suliniaqatigiiffimmi ingerlasumi, siunissamut annertuumik aarlerisitsivoq”, Sambo Dorough oqarpoq, nangeqqillunilu, “naggueqatigiiusugut Inuit pinngortitap pissusaata allanngoriartornera ullut tamaasa misigisarparput”. “Amerikap naalakkersuisui oqaatsinik pinnguarniannguartut, uagut Inuit pinngortitap pissusaata allanngoriartornerata kingunipilui misillerfigaagut. Uagummi inuunerpullu?” (ICC TN 7. Maj 2019).

Finlandimiut siulittaasuannit immikkut nalunaaruteqartoqarpoq, tassanilu nalunaaruutissaagaluup allanngortinneqarsimanera erserpoq. Allassivoq; “Amerlanerussuteqartuusugut silaannaap allanngoriartorneranut tunngasut Issittumi tunngaviusumik unammillernartuusoraagut, taamatullu ikiorsiissutissanut tulluussarnissamul

ICC Kalaallit Nunaata siulittaasua Ministerit ataatsimiinnerini 2019 ICC Greenland President at ministerial meeting 2019

lu taamatullu pakkersimaarinnissatigut annertusaanissamut pisariaqartitsivittoqartoq isigalutigu.“ (http://polarconnection.org/arcticcouncil-ministerial-rovaniemi/)

ISSITTOQ PIUJUAANNARTOQ ATAATSIMOORLUTA SULISSUTIGALUTIGU Islandip piffissami 2019-2021 siuttuuffissamini oqariaasia “Together towards a sustainable Arctic”, “Issittoq piujuaannartoq ataatsimoorluta sulissutigalutigu”, nunat piujuaannartitsisumik ineriartortitsinissamut pisussaaffeqarnerannik takutitsisuuvoq, taamatullu nunat ilaasortat akornanni nunallu immikkoortuini suleqatigiinnissamik oqariartuuteqarlutik. Piujuaannartitsinissaq qulequtaralugu tulleriiaarilluni pingaarnersiuineq ima isikkoqarpoq:

• Issittumi imartat

• Sila aaqqiissutissallu mingutsitsisuunngitsut

• Issittumi inuit inoqarfiillu

• Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiit nukittunerusut

Inuit Nunaat imaani miluumasunik pingaarnertut nerisaqarfiummata, Issittumi imaani plastikkinik mingutsitsinermut tunngasut Islandimit pingaartinneqarnerat ICC-mi iluarisimaarparput.

PP-it, ICC ilanngullugu, Siunnersuisoqatigiit katitigaanerat pillugu eqqartuiuartuupput, tassami PP-it nunatulli ilaasortatut taasisinnaatitaanngillat. PP-it isumaqarput naligiimmik ilaasortanngorsinnaanermut taamatullu tamakkiisumik taasisinnaatitaanermut piffissanngorsimasoq.

ICELAND’S ARCTIC COUNCIL CHAIRMANSHIP 2019-2021

ICC-mi siulittaasut Kalaallit Nunanut Allanut Naalakkersuisoq assileqatigigaat ICC presidents together with Greenlandic Foreign Affairs minister

By Mads Fægteborg

When the eight Foreign Ministers met at the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland in May 2019 with the leaders from the six Indigenous Permanent Participant organizations (PP) and Chairs of the six Working Groups, Finland turned over the Chairmanship to Iceland.

MINISTERIAL MEETINGS

Every Ministerial Meeting up until the 11th has produced a Joint Declaration signed by the Ministers. The meeting in Rovaniemi turned out to be an exception since the United States refused to sign the Declaration, which contained wording on climate change. The compromise became a “Joint Statement” where the members reaffirmed their collective “commitment to maintain peace, stability and constructive co-operation in the Arctic”. Since the Declarations not are legally binding for the Member

States, especially ICC and the other PP’s criticised the US position. “Refusing to allow the words ‘climate change’ into the declaration is a moral failure,” said Dalee Sambo Dorough, International Chair of the ICC, and continued: “This is the first time the Arctic Council has failed to issue a declaration at the end of a twoyear chairmanship, and it’s a serious blow to the future of what is supposed to be a consensus based body,” “Inuit are feeling the effects of climate change everyday.” “While the US Government concerns itself with semantics, playing games with words, our people are witnessing the adverse impacts of climate change. What about us and our reality?” (ICC Press Release, May 7 2019).

The Finnish chair released a separate statement that appeared to be an amended version of what would have been the declaration. It noted, “A majority of us regarded climate change as a fundamental challenge facing the Arctic and acknowledged the urgent need to take mitigation and adaptation actions and to strengthen resilience.” (http://polarconnection. org/arctic-council-ministerial-rovaniemi/)

TOGETHER TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ARCTIC The theme “Together towards a sustainable Arctic” of the Icelandic Chairmanship for 2019- 2021 reflects the country’s commitment to the principle of sustainable development and refers to the necessity of close cooperation between the Member States and peoples of the region. With sustainable development as a headline theme, Iceland will highlight four priorities:

• The Arctic Marine Environment

• Climate and Green Energy Solutions

• People and Communities of the Arctic, and

• A Stronger Arctic Council.

Since Inuit Nunaat is the homeland of Peoples mainly living of marine mammals, ICC welcomes the Icelandic decision on highlighting the plastic pollution in the Arctic Marine Environment. The PP’s including the ICC has often talked about the structure of the Council where the PP’s have no voting rights as the Member States. The PP’s find the time mature to be granted full and equal membership with full voting rights.

Issittumi Nunat Inoqqaavisa Kattuffiisa Rovaniemimi ataatsimeersuarnerannit inaarutaasumik nalunaarut makkunannga atsiornerpoq: / Arctic Leaders Summit Declaration was signed by: Vice President of the Saami Council Aslat Holmberg, Chief Bill Erasmus from the Arctic Athabaskan Council, President of RAIPON Grigory Petrovich Ledkov, President of the Aleut International Association, Sally Swetzof and ICC Greenland President, Hjalmar Dahl.

ISSITTUMI SIUTTUT ATAATSIMIINNERANNIT

Ulluni 12.-15. november Finlandimi Rovaniemi Issittumi Siuttut Ataatsimiinnerat - Arctic Leaders’ Summit (ALS) ingerlanneqarpoq.

ICC-p 16. nov. 2019 nalunaarutaanit

Nunani tamalaani nunaqavissut kattuffii arfinillit Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiinni peqataatitaqartut (PP) ataatsimeeqatigiikkamik inunnik 70-inik peqataatitaqarput, ataatsimiittullu peqataalluarlutik apeqqutini ataatsimoorluni soqutigisat pillugit oqallinnermi saqqummiussaqartarlutik.

INUUSUTTUT PEQATAALLUARTUT Ataatsimiinnermi tassani inuusuttut siuttui siullerpaamik ataatsimiisinneqarput, inuusuttullu

27-it Alaskameersut, Canadameersut, Kalaallit Nunaanneersut, Finlandimeersut, Norge-meersut, Sverige-meersut Ruslandimeersullu suleqatigiillutik ataatsimoorlutillu nalunaaruteqarput, ataatsimiinnermi peqataasunut tamanut saqqummiunneqartumik. – Inuusuttut Siuttuisa ataatsimiinneranniit nalunaarummi, Issittumi suleqatigiinnermi peqataajumaneq piumassuseqarnerlu erseqqissumik neriorsuutigineqarluni pingaarnertut nalunaarutigineqartoq, ICC-p Kalaallit Nunaanni siulittaasuata Hjalmar Dahl oqaatigaa.

ALAATSINAATTUT PEQATAATINNEQARTUT Ukioq manna ataatsimiinnermi nutaarsiassat ilagaat nunani ataasiakkaani Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiinni alaatsinaattutut inissisimasut sinniisaat (Polen, Holland, Frankrig, UArctic aamma International Arctic Science Committee – IASC) isummersueqatigiinnermi peqataatinneqarnerat.

Isummersoqatigiinneq siunissalinnik imaqarluartunillu angusaqarfiuvoq, tassami alaatsinaattut apeqqutini aalajangersimasuni suliniutit assigiinngitsut nunat inoqqaavinut kattuffiinullu pingaaruteqartut tapersersorsinnaagaat erserpoq.

ILAATIGUT OQAATSIT SILALLU ALLANNGORIARTORNERA PILLUGIT NALUNAARUSIORNEQ

Issittumi Siuttut Ataatsimiinnerat nalunaarummik atsioqatigiilluni naggaserneqarpoq.

Nunat inoqqaavisa oqaasii silap allanngorsiartornerata kingunerisaanik aamma allanngoriartulersimasut nalunaarummi aamma oqaatigineqarpoq.

Nalunaarutip ersarinnerusumik erseqqissarpaa silap allanngoriartornerata Issittumut navianarluinnartunik nassataqarnera, taamaammat pingaaruteqarpoq allanik peqateqarluni Parisimi Isumaqatigiissut naapertorlugu anguniakkanik siuarsaanissami piumasaqaateqartarnissaa.

Nalunaarutittaaq Nunat Inoqqaavisa Piginnaatitaaffiinik aalajangersagaq (UNDRIP) 2007-meersoq naalagaaffinnit akuerineqarluni atuutsinneqalernissaa pimoorunnerullugu suliarisariaqalernissaa kaammattuutigaa. • Sammineqartut piumasaqaatigineqartullu pingajoraat meeqqat inuusuttullu pitsaanerusunik periarfissaqartinnissaat pillugit oqaaseqaatit. Pingaaruteqarpormi inuiaqatigiinni peqqissuni ineriartornissaat, taamatullu inuusuttut akornanni imminut toquttarnerup qimanneqarsinnaaneranik suliniuteqartuarnis- saq.

Nalunaarut inatsisitigut sunniuteqartussaanngikkaluarluni, nunat inoqqaavisa kattuffiinit arfiniliusunit suleqatigiinnermi tunngaviusumik aallaavissatut piukkunnartuummat atorneqarsinnaanissaa iluatinnartinneqaqaaq, Hjalmar Dahl naggasiivoq.

KALAALLIT NUNAANNIIT PEQATAAPPUT:

ICC-ip Kalaallit Nunaanni Præsidentia Hjalmar Dahl, Kattie Egede Motzfeldt, ICC-ip Ilinniartitaanermi ataatsimiititaani ilaasortaq aammalu Nuussuup Atuarfiani Pisortaq, KNAPK-p Pisortaa Tønnes Berthelsen, kiisalu Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen, ilinniartoq Nunat Inoqqaavisa Nunarsuarmi Inuusuttut FN-mi Suleqatigiiffianni ilaasortaq.

PAASISSUTISSAT

• Arctic Leaders’ Summit (ALS) ICC-mit 1991- mi Tidens Højskolemi junimi siullerpaamik ingerlanneqarpoq.

• Issittumi Avatangiisit pillugit Suleqatigiit (AEPS) Rovamiemi juni 1991-mi pilersinneqarnerata kingorna ALS siulleq ingerlanneqarpoq

• Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat IPS (IPS) 1993-mi pilersinneqarpoq.

• Arktisk Råd – Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiit 1996-mi pilersinneqarput. • 1999-ip tungaanut ICC, Samerådet aammalu Raipon Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiinni ataavartumik peqataasartutut ilaapput.

• Tamatuma kingorna Aleut International Association, Arctic Athabaskan Council aamma Gwich’in Council akuerineqarlutik ilanngupput.

ARCTIC LEADERS’ SUMMIT

In the days of November 12-15, 2019 the city of Rovaniemi in Finland hosted the the 6th Arctic Leaders Summit - the Arctic Leaders’ Summit (ALS VI).

From press release nov. 16. 2019

The six international indigenous peoples’ organizations, who are Permanent Participants (PP) in the Arctic Council, brought together about 70 participants, who eagerly debated a number of issues of mutual interest.

THE YOUTH ON THE FIELD At this summit, for the first time, a youth summit was organized, in which 27 young people from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia participated and cooperated on a joint declaration presented to the participants at the actual summit.

– The main message from the Youth Summit aroused joy because the joint statement expressed the youth’s commitment and willingness to get involved in the Arctic cooperation, Hjalmar Dahl, President of ICC Greenland said.

DIALOGUE WITH THE OBSERVERS Another innovation at this year’s ALS was the invitation to a dialogue with individual representatives from observer countries and organizations at the Arctic Council (Poland, the Netherlands,

France, the UArctic and the International Arctic Science Committee - IASC).

The dialogue was very constructive with specific focus on those areas where the observers directly can support projects, which may involve the indigenous peoples and their organizations.

JOINT DECLARATION ON LANGUAGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ALS VI was concluded with the signing of a joint declaration focusing on the indigenous peoples’ languages, which are changing as the climate changes. • More specifically, the Declaration states that climate change constitutes an emergency for Arctic lands, waters, animals and Peoples, which is why it is important to enter into partnerships to achieve the progress that is the objectives of the Paris Agreement. • Furthermore, the Declaration states that the Nation States must do more for implementing the Declaration on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights (UNDRIP) from 2007. • A third issue was of course, to make further and greater efforts for children and young people, so that they grow up in healthy communities, also focussing on suicide. • The Declaration, which is official but not legally binding, will in future make a good basis for the future cooperation between the six indigenous peoples’ organizations, Hjalmar Dahl expressed.

PARTICIPANTS FROM GREENLAND: ICC Greenland President Hjalmar Dahl, Kattie Egede Motzfeldt, member of ICC Greenland Education Committee and Headmaster of Nuussuup Atuarfia, Tønnes Berthelsen, CEO in KNAPK (Hunters and Fishermen’s Association) and Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen, Student and member of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus.

FACTS: • The First Arctic Leaders’ Summit (ALS I) was arranged by ICC and took place at Tidens Højskole in Hørsholm, Denmark in June 1991. • ALS I was held immediately after the establishment of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) in Rovaniemi, Finland in 1991.

• The Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat was established in 1993 at the Ministerial Meeting in Nuuk, Greenland.

• The Arctic Council (AC) was established in 1996 at the Ministerial Meeting in Ottawa, Canada.

• Until 1999 only the Saami Council, RAIPON and ICC were PP’s at the Arctic Council.

• Hereafter also the Aleut International Association, the Arctic Athabaskan Council and the Gwich’in Council International were recognized as PP’s.

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