News archive - 2012: Overview

October 31, 2012: Public meetings

ICC Greenland is holding public meetings with the title ‘Human Rights and industrial development’, in following cities in 2012: Nuuk 25/10-12 (finished) Aasiaat 29/10-12 Upernavik 31/10-12 Maniitsoq 4/11-12 The meetings are held by Bjarne Lyberth and Hjalmar Dahl.

New Academic Employee

Inuit Circumpolar Council welcomes a new employee, Steen R. Jeppson as Project-manager. He is Master of Cultural & Social History, and will lead a project with the title “Promoting public consultation and participation in the industrial development in Greenland”. Steen will also work with things…

Industry committee has met ICC’s complaints regarding Large scale Act

Nuuk, December 6, 2012 – Press release (In Danish) ICC Grønland har med interesse læst Erhvervsudvalgets betænkninger til lovforslagene om hhv. ændringer af Råstofloven samt om Storskalaprojekter. Den 16. november havde ICC, SIK og Transparency Greenland foretræde for Erhvervsudvalget om storskalaprojekter. Vi kan konstatere at…

MIO & ICC’s call to children: Use your rights

November 23, 2012 An exciting new textbook about the rights of the children is on its way to the primary schools Right now, all primary schools in Greenland is receiving free class sets with a textbook on the UN Convention on the Rights of the…

ICC begins information campaign about mineral resources and human rights

Pressemeddelelse, Nuuk oktober 16, 2012 (Only in Danish) ICC Grønlands delegation afholdt møde torsdag den 11. oktober i Nuuk og vedtog i den forbindelse de af ICC fremlagte planer om oplysningskampagne vedrørende råstoffer og menneskerettigheder. De offentlige møder starter den 25. oktober i Nuuk og…

Common letter from civil society to Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources

November 12, 2012 ICC Greenland has together with SIK (Greenland Workers Union), TG (Transparency Greenland), GA (Employer’s Association of Greenland), KNAPK (The Organization of Fishermen and Hunters in Greenland), KANUKOKA (Municipalities Association of Greenland), Avataq (Nature and Environment Association of Greenland) and the association Friends…

WWF and ICC: The London Mining iron ore project in Greenland causes concerns

October 19, 2012 (In Danish) WWF Verdensnaturfonden og ICC Grønland har afgivet deres første fælles høringssvar i forbindelse med London Minings jernmineprojektet i Godthåbsfjorden. Projektet vækker bekymring i de to organisationer, fordi det ikke tager nok hensyn til naturen og dyrelivet. London Mining projektet ved…

Representatives of the Sámi and Inuit agree to issue an Arctic Declaration after two days of meetings in Nuuk, October 23 and 24

Press release Nuuk, October 25, 2012 Yesterday, October 24, on United Nations Day, the representatives of Saami and Inuit have agreed on an Arctic Declaration regarding the UN Conference on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2014, during their preparatory meeting in Nuuk, organized by…

AQQALUK LYNGE TURNS 65

The International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), Aqqaluk Lynge was born in Aasiaat 65 years ago, and celebrates his birthday in Nuuk on October 12. From his early youth Aqqaluk Lynge has not only been visible, but significant in the debate on Greenland’s…

Inuit Circumpolar Council, ICC og WWF Verdensnaturfonden afholdt et offentligt møde om Råstoffer, politisk ansvar og borgerne

In Danish and Greenlandic only Sted: Pinngortitaleriffik – Grønlands Naturinstitut Dato: Onsdag den 26. september kl. 19-22:30 Forberedt af: ICC og WWF Deltagere: Der var 39 deltagere inklusive repræsentanterne fra ICC og WWF. Baggrund/Formål: ICC Greenland og WWF Verdensnaturfonden har modtaget en bevilling fra Villum/Veluxfonden til et fælles toårigt samarbejdsprojekt…

Aqqaluk Lynge, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

June 7, 2012: ICC Press Release Aqqaluk Lynge, the Greenlandic leader of the international organization, Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has officially been awarded the honorary degree (Doctor of Humane Letters) by the renowned American University, Dartmouth College, in the state of New Hampshire. The prestigious…

New Science employee at ICC Greenland

May 18, 2012 Inuit Circumpolar Council welcomes a new employee, Bjarne (Ababsi) Lyberth, as an Executive Science Advisor. He is a biologist, and will be leading and coordinating the daily work with the Arctic Council, sustainable development, environmental and climate issues, hearing answers regarding resource…

Greenlandic Doctor of Humane Letters

April 27, 2012 The Chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Aqqaluk Lynge has been announced as Doctor in Humane Letters at the renowned American University, Dartmouth College, in the state of New Hampshire. (Danish) Hermed følger Aqqaluk Lynge i kølvandet af de to tidligere grønlandske…

Aqqaluk Lynge’s keynote speech at IPY 2012

Tuesday April 24, 2012 9:00-10:00 Aqqaluk Lynge, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Plenary Keynote Speech International Polar Year Conference, Montreal Arctic Riches From Knowledge to Action … The Inuit Perspective Iterluarit – tikilluarit … good morning and welcome … bonjour et bienvenue Thank…

Lynge talks future of Inuit people

Article from The Dartmouth: “By Stephanie Mc Feeters, The Dartmouth Staff Published on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Greenlandic Inuit welcome the possibility of economic opportunity that comes with the growing international interest in regional oil and mineral resources but worry about the effect it may have…

ICC Grønland og KNAPK spørgeskema til AMAP

(In Danish) Februar 20, 2012 Pressemeddelelse Arktisk Råd arbejder med emner, som er relevante for både ICC Grønland og KNAPK. Især arbejdsgruppen AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme) er vigtig, da de blandt andet undersøger forskellige forureningsstoffer i mennesker og dyr i Arktis. AMAP’s ekspertgruppe…

New Executive Director in ICC Head office

February 1, 2012 Alfred E. R. Jakobsen is from February 1, 2012 employed as Executive Director in the ICC Head office in Nuuk. He is substituting Sara Olsvig, who is on a leave from her job since the election to the Danish parliament. Alfred Jakobsen…

ICC Grønland Nytårsudtalelse

(in Danish) Pressemeddelelse, Nuuk den 6. januar 2012 ICC Grønland ønsker alle vore samarbejdspartnere, organisationer og alle medborgere et godt nytår med tak for godt samarbejde i det forrige år. ICC Grønland samarbejder tæt sammen med de andre ICC organisationer i Chukotka, i Alaska og…

ICC formand Aqqaluk Lynges Nytårsudtalelse

(in Danish) Pressemeddelelse den 3. januar 2012 Dansk EU formandsskab bør hjælpe fangerne: Ophæv EU’s forbud mod salg af sælprodukter I en Nytårsudtalelse fra ICC’s internationale formand Aqqaluk Lynge hedder det, at ICC håber at det danske formandskab i det første halve år af det…