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Thirteen Intergovernmental and Inter-Parliamentary Organizations have an approved observer status:
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Fairbanks Ministerial meeting, 2017
International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Barrow Ministerial meeting, 2000
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Rovaniemi Ministerial meeting, 2019
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Barrow Ministerial meeting, 2000
Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM)
Barrow Ministerial meeting, 2000
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
Reykjavik Ministerial meeting, 2004
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
Barrow Ministerial meeting, 2000
OSPAR Commission
Fairbanks Ministerial, 2017
Standing Committee of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR)
Iqaluit Ministerial meeting, 1998
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Inari Ministerial meeting 2002
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Iqaluit Ministerial meeting, 1998
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Fairbanks Ministerial meeting, 2017
West Nordic Council (WNC)
Fairbanks Ministerial meeting, 2017