News archive - 2014: Overview

Congratulations to the new Inatsisartut and coming Naalakkersuisut

Press release, Nuuk, December 7, 2014 The election is settled and a new Inatsisartut can reconvene. On behalf of the Inuit Circumpolar Council – Greenland (ICC-Greenland) I want to express my congratulations to all newly elected and re-elected members to Inatsisartut. A new coalition with Siumut,…

Season’s Greeting from ICC Greenland 2014

Dear colleagues, Enclosed is ICC Greenland’s holiday greetings. The office will be closed between Christmas and the New Year. See you next year. Download <media 607 – – “TEXT, ICC Greenland Holiday Greeting 2014, ICC_Greenland_Holiday_Greeting_2014.pdf, 758 KB”>greetings</media> as PDF (758 KB)

Comments on the Climate change and increased dialogue

Press release, November 6, 2014 By Hjalmar Dahl, ICC Greenland President The course is set! We are moving towards four degrees of global warming. But the UN Climate Panel and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has retained some optimism if the states are united in…

ICC says goodbye to two employees

News, Nuuk – June 9, 2014 BJARNE LYBERTH: Executive Science Advisor to ICC, Bjarne (Ababsi) Lyberth, terminated his position on June 1, 2014. Bjarne Lyberth began working as an advisor to ICC in May 2012, and ICC is grateful for the last two years of collaboration. We…

ICC encourages Naalakkersuisut to make a plan for soot and methane

Press release May 27, 2014 Inuit sat at the table when the eight Arctic states met in Helsinki last week to discuss the steps that can be taken to reduce emissions of soot and methane. The vision is for the Arctic to show leadership. (Danish)…

REPORT FROM ARCTIC PEOPLES’ CONFERENCE +40

Inuit Circumpolar Council and Saami Council celebrated 40 years’ anniversary of the first Arctic Peoples’ Conference. The Arctic Peoples’ Conference was held in Christiansborg, Copenhagen on 21-22 November 2013. The Conference was sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Here, you can find the report…

THIS IS HOW NAALAKKERSUISUT SHOULD IMPROVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

NGO koalitionen har i dag overdraget sine anbefalinger om bedre borgerinddragelse til Naalakkersuisut. Ved overdragelsen deltog Naalakkersuisoq for Erhverv, Råstoffer og Arbejdsmarked Jens Erik Kirkegaard og Naalakkersuisoq for Uddannelse, kirke, kultur og ligestilling Nick Nielsen. Medlemmerne af Naalakkersuisut udtrykte glæde over at der nu foreligger…

NEW LEADERSHIP IN ICC GREENLAND

The ICC General Assembly in July 2014 in Inuvik outcome document Kitigaaryuit Declaration gave the new Executive Council mandate to work further with utmost important issues the next four years. The first council meeting will take place in Nuuk, January 2015 and at the meeting…

ICC CHEAPER FOR GREENLANDIC CITIZEN

ICC i Grønland modtager mindre statsstøtte end ICC i Canada, viser en opgørelse. Naalakkersuisuts argument om, at organisationen skulle være særlig dyr her i landet, holder altså ikke. En opgørelse over tilskud til de forskellige ICC-afdelinger i Canada, Grønland og Alaska viser, at ICC i…

Aqqaluk Lynge’s speech at Arctic Frontiers 2014

Read the speech by Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC): Inuit in the New Arctic: Challenges of change at Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø Humans in the Arctic – preparing the new Arctic future Policy section – Session III: Health, Society and…