The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum for cooperation among the Arctic states and the Indigenous peoples of the region. It was established by the Ottawa Declaration, signed by Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States, and it also gives permanent participant status to organizations representing Arctic Indigenous peoples. It deals with environmental protection and sustainable development, and its working groups produce scientific assessments on climate change, pollution and biodiversity. Its founding declaration excludes military security, decisions are made by consensus, and the chairmanship rotates among the member states every two years. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the other seven members paused their participation in Council activities, and cooperation was later partly resumed.
Before and after
- 7 August 1996NASA announces possible Martian microfossils in a meteorite
- 9 August 1996Publication of A Game of Thrones
- 14 August 1996Construction of Johan Cruyff Arena
- 13 September 1996Death of Tupac Shakur
- 19 September 1996Founding of Arctic Council
- from 27 September 1996 to 17 December 2001Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- October 1996Sinosauropteryx, the first feathered dinosaur, is announced
- 14 October 1996Release of KDE
- from 24 October 1996 to 16 May 1997First Congo War
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- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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