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"Let us devote solid funding, courageous advocacy and unbending political will to achieving gender equality around the world. There is no greater investment in our common future."-UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Canadian government to watch closely the first cruise ship sailing the Northwest Passage this summer
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The Canadian newspaper "Embassy" has recently reported that the Canadian Government will be watching closely the first cruise ship sailing the Northwest Passage this summer. Arctic scholars are still debating whether the voyage of the first cruise ship going to sail the Northwest Passage this summer is 'entirely safe". Concerns regard navigating an icy, dangerous route, safety, pollution, but also the impacts of tourism on small northern communities.
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EU Maritime Forum - Progress has been made in combining European and North American efforts to map previously uncharted areas of the Atlantic.
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Alaskan news reported today thatU.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pressed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, on the need for a deep water port in the Arctic region.
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Yesterday Nunatsiaq Online published an important piece of news for people living in Nunavut. As known,flights between this High Arctic community and Ottawa can cost more than $6,000:“phenomenal costs” of transportation and food are an “impediment” for the people of the High Arctic. A completely new plan is now being developed by the Government of Nunavut.
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Eight years after a first EU Communication on the Arctic, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission were supposed to issue its latest policy update by mid-March 2016.
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The U.S. Department of State announces the availability of the blog "Our Arctic Nation," an initiative of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council to share how each state is connected to the Arctic.
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Yesterday, the Russian News Agency, Sputnik News, reported that Japan's special ambassador for Arctic Affairs Kazuko Shiraishi announced that "the three main areas of cooperation between Russia and Japan in the Arctic include research, the Northern Sea Route and the Yamal liquefied natural gas (LNG) project".
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The first ever UArctic Congress will be held from Monday, September 12th through to Friday, September 16th in St. Petersburg, Russia, hosted bySaint Petersburg State University.Registration for the inaugural UArctic Congress 2016 is now open (early bird registration ends May 31, 2016, and late registration ends August 21, 2016).
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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is providing NOK 14.3 million ($1.6 million) for a project to reduce environmental risk in connection with oil and gas activities in northern sea areas.
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The Arctic Circle Greenland Forum will be held on May 17-19 in Nuuk, Greenland. The Forum is being organized in cooperation with the Government of Greenland -- Naalakkersuisut -- and will focus on the empowerment of indigenous peoples across the Arctic, economic progress, investment, and business development.
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Greenland Oil Spill Response (GOSR) and international cooperation partners has formed a consortium with the purpose of researching and improving oil spill response in the Arctic.