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INUIT CIRCUMPOLAR COUNCIL

11th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Nuuk, Greenland, June 28th – July 2nd, 2010

SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2010

ARRIVALS BEGIN

15:00 EXIBITION: “Inuit Nunaat – In the Trails of Knud Rasmussen”, Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu

SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM REGISTRATION, Katuaq

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ICEBREAKER, Katuaq

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

8:30 AM – 8:45AM WELCOMING CEREMONY

ASSEMBLY CHAIR: Jim Stotts

8:45 AM – 10:00AM OPENING OF ASSEMBLY

CALL TO ORDER

Jim Stotts, ICC Chair

OPENING PRAYER

Sofie Petersen, Bishop of Kalaallit Nunaat

HOST WELCOME

Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC Vice-Chair, Greenland

QULLIQ LIGHTING CEREMONY

WELCOMING REMARKS

Jim Stotts, ICC Chair

Asii C. Narup, Mayor, Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq

WELCOMING SPEECH

Kuupik Kleist, Premier, Kalaallit Nunaat

GREENLAND NATIONAL HYMN

The National Choir of Greenland

INTRODUCTION OF DELEGATES

Heads of National Delegations

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM BREAK

10:15 AM – 12:30 PM OPENING REMARKS

Lars Møller, Ambassador, Government of Denmark

Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs, United States

Harald Finkler,Director, Circumpolar Liaison Directorate, Canada

Alexey Rogov, Minister-Councellor, Government of Russia

Eva Aariak, Premier, Nunavut

Floyd Roland, Premier, Northwest Territories

Valentina Keulkut, Chukotka Government

Carl Weisner, Vice President Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly

 

Olav Mathis Eira, Vice-Chair, Saami Council

Joe Linklater, Chief, Gwich'in Council International

Lars-Anders Baer, member of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCH

RECEPTION BY PREMIER OF Kalaallit Nunaat (Invitation Only)

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF 2006 PROCEEDINGS

APPOINTMENTS

Credentials Committee

Declaration Drafting Committee

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CHAIR’S REPORT

Jim Stotts, ICC Chair

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Alaska: Edward S. Itta, ICC Vice-Chair, Alaska

Canada: Mary Simon, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Chukotka: Tatiana Achirgina, ICC Vice Chair, Chukotka

Greenland: Josef Motzfeldt, Greenland Parliament

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM BREAK

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM CLOSED MEETING

Presentation of ICC Financial Statements

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CAUCUS MEETINGS

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM GALA DINNER, Katuaq (Invitation Only)

CULTURAL PROGRAM

TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CAUCUS MEETINGS

ASSEMBLY CHAIR: Aqqaluk Lynge

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM INTRODUCTION OF SESSION #1

Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC Vice-Chair, Greenland

9:05 AM – 12:30 PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

This session features presentations on economic development. Global warming resulting in a thinning ocean icepack is accelerating the rate of renewable and non-renewable resource exploration and development activity. Although there are opportunities for Inuit communities with the new economic interest, there are also challenges and concerns particularly considering the potential for vast offshore development. Questions will be raised about the terms and conditions that Inuit would like in place prior to exploration and development.

PRESENTATIONS

Marie Greene, President NANA Regional Corporation, Alaska: Keynote Speaker

Chris Krentz, Oceana, North Pacific Project Manager, Communications: Arctic Commercial Fishing

William Barbour, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Nunatsiavut Government: Mining Development

Dr. Henry P. Huntington, Arctic Science Director, Pew Environmental Group: Arctic Marine Shipping

Jens B. Frederiksen, Minister for Infrastructure, Greenland Government: Sustainable Economic Development

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCH

Side Event - Inuit Children and Youth

2:00 PM – 2:05 PM INTRODUCTION OF SESSION #2

Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC Vice-Chair, Greenland

2:05 PM – 5:00 PM ENVIRONMENT

This session features presentations on the environment. The Arctic environment is under stress from many directions under the backdrop of global climate change. There will be discussions on biodiversity, contaminants, traditional knowledge and how to approach resource development.

PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Minik Rosing, Professor, Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen: Keynote Speaker

Violet Ford, ICC Canada Vice President: Biodiversity

Per Bakken, United Nations Environment Program, Chief of Chemicals Branch: Contaminants

Nicholas Hanley, Head of Unit of International Relations and Enlargement Department, European Commission: European Union Legislation on Arctic Marine Mammals

Lene Kielsen Holm, ICC Greenland, Director of Environmental and Sustainable Development: Inuit Witnessing Climate Change

Duane Smith, ICC Vice-Chair, Canada: Traditional Knowledge in Policy Development

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CAUCUS MEETINGS

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM RECEPTION BY ICC ALASKA

(Invitation only)

CULTURAL PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CAUCUS MEETINGS

ASSEMBLY CHAIR: Edward S. Itta

9:00 AM – 9:-05 AM INTRODUCTION OF SESSION #3

Edward S. Itta, ICC Vice-Chair, Alaska

9:05 AM – 12:30 PM HEALTH and WELL-BEING

This session features presentations on Inuit health and well-being with a focus on the community level. Well-being is defined as those conditions necessary for healthy living. There will be an emphasis on children and youth issues, and how strong language and culture skills impact on health and well-being.

PRESENTATIONS

Maliina Abelsen, Minister for Social Affairs, Greenland: Keynote Speech

Minnie Grey, ICC Health Committee, Canada: Presentation of Draft Circumpolar Inuit Health Action Plan

Elvira Tyunikova, Chukotka: Social Challenges

Carl Christian Olsen, ICC Greenland Vice-President, Director of Greenland Language Secretariat: Presentation of Arctic Indigenous Language Symposium Results

Dr. Edna MacLean, President Emeritus, Ilisagvik College, Alaska: Education and Training

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCH

Side Event – Circumpolar Inuit Health

2:00 PM – 2:05 PM INTRODUCTION OF SESSION #4

Edward S. Itta, ICC Vice-Chair, Alaska

2:05 PM – 5:00 PM HUNTING AND FOOD SECURITY

This session features presentations on issues of access to food resources necessary for the nutritional and cultural survival of Inuit. Questions will be raised about habitat conditions necessary for the food resources Inuit depend on. There will be a discussion about the effects animal rights groups are having on Inuit hunting and harvesting activities. Finally there will be presentations on management practices of Inuit organizations dealing with wildlife resources.

PRESENTATIONS

Ane Hansen, Minister of Hunting, Fishing and Agriculture, Greenland: Keynote Speaker

Vera Metcalf, Alaska Eskimo Walrus Commission, Director: Walrus Management

Vasilii Dobriev, Chukotka: Traditional Land Use in Chukotka – Features and Problems

Dr. Henning Sloth Petersen, MD, PhD: Our Food and Our Health

Finn Lynge, Former Member of European Parliament, Earth Charter: Responsive and Responsible Development – A Greenlandic Opinion

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CAUCUS MEETINGS

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Reception by Government of Nunavut & ICC Canada

(Invitation only)

CULTURAL PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CAUCUS MEETINGS

ASSEMBLY CHAIR: Duane Smith

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM INTRODUCTION OF SESSION #5

Duane Smith, ICC Vice-Chair, Canada

9:05 AM – 12:00 PM GOVERNANCE

This session features presentations on issues related to governance. There is increasing interest from within and outside the Arctic on how the Arctic region should be governed. Questions of Arctic Sovereignty will be raised to articulate the Inuit perspective on how to best govern the Arctic and the role of Inuit in governing.

PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Dalee S. Dorough, Professor, University of Alaska,

ICC Human Rights Advisory Committee: Keynote Speaker

Pita Aatami, President, Makivik Corporation: Self Government in Nunavik

Jakob Janussen, MSc. Political Science.: Self Determination Within the Danish Realm

John B. Henriksen, Member of Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Peoples and Governance

Lars Møller, Ambassador, Chair, Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials: Arctic Council

Ove Karl Berthelsen, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM REVISED INUIT ARCTIC POLICY

Jim Stotts, ICC Chair

BY-LAW AMENDMENTS

Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC Vice-Chair, Greenland

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCH

Side Event - International Indigenous Rights and Governance

2:00 PM – 2:05 PM NOMINATION OF ICC CHAIR

2:05 PM – 3:15 PM NUUK DECLARATION 2010

Presentation and Discussion

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ADOPTION OF NUUK DECLARATION 2010

Ceremony and Signing

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ELECTION OF ICC CHAIR AND PRESENTATION OF NEW ICC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

CHAIR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM SELECTION OF 2014 GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOST

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM AWARDS AND GIFT PRESENTATIONS

Bill Edmunds Award

Alaska Head of Delegation (10 min)

Canada Head of Delegation (10 min)

Chukotka Head of Delegation (10 min)

Greenland Head of Delegation (10 min)

5:15 PM – 5:45 PM CLOSING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CLOSING REMARKS

CLOSING CEREMONY

CLOSING PRAYER

5:45 PM – 6:15 PM MEETING OF ICC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM FAREWELL DINNER, Katuaq (Invitation Only)

CULTURAL PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010

DEPARTURES BEGIN

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CULTURAL PROGRAM

9:00 PM – 1:00 AM CLOSING CONCERT, Nuummi Illorsuaq Timersortarfik

SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010

DEPARTURE DAY FOR REMAINING PARTICIPANTS