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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter: Implementation
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Arctic Marine Microplastics and Litter
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International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH)
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
West Nordic Council (WNC)
Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS)
Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
Association of World Reindeer Herders (AWRH)
Circumpolar Conservation Union (CCU)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH)
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Northern Forum (NF)
Oceana
University of the Arctic (UArctic)
World Wide Fund for Nature, Arctic Programme (WWF)
Iqaluit Ministerial meeting, 1998
Also present at the signing ceremony in Ottawa 19 September, 1996.
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