INUIT CIRCUMPOLAR CONFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

“UNITY WITHIN DIVERSITY”

 

10th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Barrow, Alaska
USA
July 9 - 14, 2006

 

AGENDA

 

Honorary Patron: Sen. Lisa Murkowski

SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006

 

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM       ARRIVAL and REGISTRATION

 

MONDAY, JULY 10, 2006

 

Assembly Chair: Sheila Watt-Cloutier

 

8:55 AM – 9:00 AM        MUSICAL PRESENTATION

 

                                          -     Barrow Choir

 

9:00 AM – 11:15 AM            OPENING OF ASSEMBLY

 

CALL TO ORDER

                              -     Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference

ELDERS’ CALL TO UNITY

-     Levi Cleveland, Vice President, International Inuit Elders Council

     

OPENING PRAYER

-     Noah Itta

                                               

QULLIQ LIGHTING CEREMONY

-     Mary Adams, Chair, International Inuit Elders’ Council

          Welcoming Remarks

-     Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, ICC

-     Nathaniel Olemaun, Mayor, City of Barrow

-     Edward Itta, Mayor, North Slope Borough

-     Frank H. Murkowski, Governor of Alaska

                              Introduction of Delegates, Elders and Youth

Opening Remarks

-     Ted Stevens, United States Senate, Alaska

-     Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate, Alaska

-     Roman Abramovich, Governor of Chukotka

-     Hans Enoksen, Premier of Greenland

-     Hon. Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Canada

-     One representative chosen by all Arctic Council Permanent Participants

 

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM    BREAK

 

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM     APPROVAL OF AGENDA

                                           Approval of 2002 General Assembly Proceedings

Appointments

-     Credentials Committee

-     Declaration Drafting Committee

 

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM     CHAIR’S REPORT

 

-     Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, ICC

 

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM       LUNCH

 

2:00 PM – 3:45 PM         Political DEVELOPMENTS

 

Alaska

-     Julie Kitka, President, Alaska Federation of Natives

Greenland

-     Josef Motzfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greenland

Canada

-     Jose Kusugak, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

                              Chukotka

-     Valentina Keulkut

 

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM         BREAK

 

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM         ELDERS PRESENTATION

 

-     Mary Adams, Chair, International Inuit Elders’ Council

 

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM         Youth Presentation

 

-     Miali-Elise Coley, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Youth Council

 

5:30 PM – 5:45 PM         MUSICAL PRESENTATION

 

                                          -     Barrow Choir and Other Alaska

 

5:45 PM – 6:30 PM         CAUCUS MEETINGS

 

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM       OPENING RECEPTION

     

                                          CULTURAL PROGRAMME


TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006

 

Assembly Chair: Chuck Greene

 

8:55 AM – 9:00 AM        MUSICAL PRESENTATION

 

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM            SESSION 1 - CLIMATE CHANGE

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM    SESSION 2 – ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM     Session 3 – Convention on Biological Diversity

 

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM       lunch

 

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM         SESSION 4 – UN DRAFT DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM         SESSION 5 – UN PERMANENT FORUM & OTHER                            INTERNATIONAL BODIES

 

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM         SESSION 6 – HUNTING & WHALING RIGHTS

 

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM         SESSION 7– POLAR SEA ROUTE

 

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM         Caucus Meetings

 

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM         Reception

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006

 

8:30 AM – 8:55 AM        CAUCUS MEETINGS

 

Assembly Chair: Aqqaluk Lynge

 

8:55 AM – 9:00 AM        musical presentation

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM      SESSION 8 – RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

 

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM    SESSION 9 – ARCTIC TRADE

 

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM    SESSION 10 – RUSSIAN COOPERATION

 

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM    Session 11 – Social Challenges

 

 

 

11:45 PM – 1:15 PM       LUNCH

 

1:15 PM – 2:45 PM         SESSION 12 - HEALTHY LIFESTYLES & HEALTH SYSTEMS

 

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM         SESSION 13 – EDUCATION & TRAINING

 

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM         SESSION 14 – LANGUAGE, CULTURE & COMMUNICATIONS

 

5:45 PM – 6:45 PM         Caucus Meetings

 

6:45 PM – 8:15 PM         Dinner

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006

 

 

8:30 am – 8:55 am        CAUCUS MEETINGS

 

Assembly Chair: Duane Smith

 

8:55 am – 9:00 am        MUSICAL PRESENTATION

 

9:00 am – 10:00 am      SESSION 15 – RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

 

10:00 AM – 12:00 AM    SESSION 16 – ICC RENEWAL AND RESTRUCTURING

 

12:00 PM – 12:05 PM     NOMINATION OF ICC CHAIR

 

12:05 PM – 12:30 PM     ADOPTION OF ICC LOGO

     

BY-LAW AMENDMENT REGARDING NAME:

                                          Inuit Circumpolar Council

 

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM       CLOSED MEETING

 

Presentation of ICC Office Financial Statements by François    

Villemaire, C.A.

Other Matters

 

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM         LUNCH

 

2:30 pm – 4:15 pm         UTQIAĠVIK DECLARATION

 

Presentation and Discussion

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM         ADOPTION OF UTQIAĠVIK DECLARATION

 

Ceremony and Signing

 

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM         ELECTION OF ICC CHAIR 2006-2010

 

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM         ELECTION OF ICC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

 

5:15 PM – 5:20 PM         SELECTION OF 2010 GENERAL ASSEMBLY VENUE

 

5:20 PM – 5:45 PM         AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Bill Edmunds Award

Others

 

5:45 PM – 6:00 PM         CLOSING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

                                  Closing Remarks, Closing Ceremony, Closing Prayer

 

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM         MEETING OF ICC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

 

7:30 PM                            COMMUNITY FEAST

     

FAREWELL CONCERT

 

 

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006

           

DEPARTURE