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Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on security prospects in the High North29 Jan. 2009 region that has always been of great importance for the Alliance. And although the long-term implications of climate change and the retreating ice cap in the Arctic are still unclear, what is very clear is that the High North is going to require even more | Opinion |
Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai28 Jan. 2009 . Environmental issues, energy issues - I have seen estimates that 22 percent of the undiscovered oil and gas reserves in the world are under the polar ice cap. Military issues, as a number of polar countries, Arctic Rim countries, are stepping up their military | Opinion |
NATO discusses security prospects in the High North28 Jan. 2009 The Seminar on Security Prospects in the High North, hosted by the Icelandic Government, took place in Reykjavik on 28 -29 January to address emerging challenges as global warming affects the Arctic region | News |
Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai14 Jan. 2009 North used to be frozen, climatically and politically. Neither is increasingly the case. The ice is melting (TAPE DISRUPTION), and as he noted more on the Russia-Canada side, that’s still on this side as well. The EU and U.S. have updated their Arctic | Opinion |
Press briefing by Andrew Walton, Commander of NATO’s Disaster Relief team in Pakistan22 Feb. 2006 forces which were essential to remove the huge quantities of debris and rubble that blocked the movement of aid, that blocked the movement of commerce, of people and indeed, blocked our way as well. And lastly, we had an Arctic engineer squadron from | Opinion |
Interview with Brigadier-General Brännström: Partner in Peacekeeping01 Jan. 2004 has a population of about 700,000, including Albanians, Gorans and Serbs. Brigadier-General Brännström has spent much of his career in Sweden’s Arctic Infantry, where he has had a variety of appointments from platoon leader to brigade commander | Opinion |
Speech by Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada at the Opening of the new Embassy of Canada to Iceland15 May. 2002 assumes the Presidency of the Arctic Council this fall and we arc looking forward to working closely with you during the next two years. I have been an enthusiastic supporter of the Arctic Council cooperation and I have through the years greatly | Opinion |
Opening speech by Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council14 May. 2002 Secretary-General, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you here on the occasion of the Reykjavík-meeting of Alliance Foreign Ministers. Iceland, a country bordering on the Arctic Circle, might seem an odd venue | Opinion |
Remarks by the Honorable Ronald A. Irwin P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs & Northern Development, Canada27 May. 1997 to develop new fora for working together. Most recently, we have inaugurated the Arctic Council where eight countries meet but, also -- more important -- where the people of the north meet to work on the problems they all face. The future will see increased | Opinion |
Address by the Président d'honneur the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Opening of the ...10 Dec. 1996 that the Alliance no longer looks like a string of command posts lined up from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, all facing Russia. We cannot guarantee that Russia will accept enlargement. But we have to satisfy ourselves that we have taken every reasonable step | Opinion |
