I think we would argue that the Arctic Council is an international organization. In terms of treaty-making capacity, that responsibility lies with the sovereign states, not with the organization itself.
I think, really, the value-added of the council has been that it works on a consensus basis. The real value-added they have brought is, as my colleagues mentioned, advancing work in the scientific area, and, more recently, moving on into policy issues. Their good example was the agreement on search and rescue. But of course the responsibility for the application of these decisions rests with the states that are participants in the council.
When the council was established, it was decided that military issues would be specifically excluded. I think the sense is that there are other forums in which we can deal with those issues as required, whether that's bilaterally or through other arrangements.