Improving safety and security through international cooperation
The Arctic Council has been recognized for its “continuous commitment the development and environmental protection of the Arctic” by the Sea Surveillance Co-operation Baltic Sea (SUCBAS), the cooperation of the Baltic Sea navies including Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The Sea Surveillance Co-operation Baltic Sea is “dedicated to improving maritime awareness, safety and security through international cooperation.” This year’s award ceremony took place in Tallinn, Estonia on 6 March 2014, and a representative of the Canadian Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania represented the Arctic Council and received the SUCBAS recognition on behalf of the Canadian Chairmanship.
In addition, the first international binding agreement negotiated under the auspices of the Arctic Council was the Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic, signed at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Nuuk, Greenland in 2011. That agreement was followed in 2013 by the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic, signed at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden in 2013.
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