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Arctic Environmental Ministers8 – 11 June 2010Ilulissat, Greenland

Programme

Tuesday 8 June 2010

13:00

14:00 – 15:30

16:00 – 18:00

19:00

Arrival at Ilulissat

Lunch at Restaurant Ulo, Hotel Arctic

Excursion

(1 per delegation)

Introductions to the Ilulissat Ice Fjord - a part of the

UNESCO World Heritage List history

Dinner (buffet) at Hotel Arctic

Wednesday 9 June 2010

9:30 –9:40

Welcome to Greenland

Mr. Anthon Frederiksen,

Greenland Minister of Domestic Affairs, Nature and

Environment

Opening and welcome

H.E. Mrs. Karen Ellemann

Danish Minister for the Environment

9:40 – 10:00

10:00 – 11:15

Session 1: International possibilities and obligations to

protect and preserve the marine environment

Speaker: Mr. Michael Shewchuk, UN, Ocean Affairs and

the Law of the Sea

Speaker: Senior Deputy Director, Mr. Dachang Du,

Marine Environment Division, International Maritime

Organisation

Speaker: Mr. Per Sønderstrup, Head of Department,

Danish Maritime Authority, Shipping safety in the Arctic

Discussion

Moderator: Sweden, Åsa-Britt Karlsson

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 13:15

Session 2: Visions for the Arctic marine environment

Speaker: Ms Elizabeth Mclanahan, Protection of the

Arctic Marine Environment Working Group (PAME)

Speaker: Mr. Mike Gill, Conservation of Arctic Flora and

Fauna (CAFF)

Speaker: Mr. Lars-Otto Reiersen, Arctic Monitoring and

Assessment Programme Working Group (AMAP)

Discussion

Moderator: USA, Mary Glackin

13:15 – 14:45

Lunch

15:30 – 18:00

Excursion

19:00 – 21:30

Dinner at Hotel Arctic, Restaurant Ulo

hosted by H.E. Mr. Anthon Frederiksen,

Greenland Minister of Domestic Affairs, Nature and

Environment

Thursday 10 June 2010

10:00 – 10:20

Showing of SWIPA (Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in

the Arctic) movie

10:20 – 11:20

Session 3: Lessons learned from other conventions and

agreements in protecting the marine environment

Speaker: Mrs Anne Christine Brusendorff, HELCOM

Speaker: Dr. David Johnson, OSPAR

Discussion

Moderator: Canada, The Honourable Jim Prentice

11:20 – 11:50

Coffee break

11:50 – 12:30

13:00 – 15:00

Wrap up and way forward

Lunch (closed)

Lunch at Restaurant Ulo, Hotel Arctic for other meeting

delegates

15:30 – 17:30

Excursion

The activities are followed by Arctic barbeque hosted by

H.E. Mrs. Karen Ellemann, Danish Minister for the

Environment

Friday 11 June 2010

7:00 – 9:00

Departure from Ilulissat

Meeting sessions

The meeting will be conducted in English.