Thank you.
Thank you for emphasizing that declaration. Yes, of course this is a key document that the Inuit Circumpolar Council continues to refer to on occasion. It's referred to not only by ourselves, but also by the Arctic Council. It has also been highlighted at the United Nations.
As you suggest, it's a way for people to try to seek resolution in a peaceful manner, to come to some sort of understanding and arrangement, agreement on how to move forward to meet the best interests of everybody.
In regard to trying to point out some specific areas within the document itself, there are five points right after the section you read that reflect on Inuit as partners. Instead of reading each and every one of those out, I would just point out that we as Inuit see ourselves working not only with Canada but with other organizations, other states, and other countries as well in regard to dealing with sovereignty issues.
We're not saying that...or we're not a part of any state of anything. We're trying to come up with a process where we, as a specific group of indigenous people, want to work with all parties that have an interest. I'm trying to come up with wording to move forward in regard to how these other outside states have an interest within our backyards.
I look at the Arctic Council's structure as an example where we, as the Inuit Circumpolar Council, can sit right at the table and take part in an advisory role in the discussions and the deliberations that take place among the eight primary Arctic states. That's a consensus body. The Inuit Circumpolar Council, as a permanent participant, doesn't have a vote at that, but as I said, we sit at the table and we provide our perspectives and views in an advisory capacity.
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