The Netherlands

Observers

Italian Republic

The Netherlands

People's Republic of China

Republic of India

Republic of Korea

Republic of Singapore

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM)

Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)

North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)

OSPAR Commission

Standing Committee of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR)

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)

University of the Arctic (UArctic)

World Wide Fund for Nature, Arctic Programme (WWF)

Iqaluit Ministerial meeting, 1998

Liz ter Kuile
Senior Advisor on Polar Affairs & Oceans / Senior Arctic Official
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Telephone: +31 70 348 4631
E-mail: liz-ter.kuile@minbuza.nl

Featured Projects

Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP)

Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group (CBird)

Actions for Arctic Biodiversity

Arctic Sustainable Energy Futures Toolkit

Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI)

Radioactivity in the Arctic

Interview with Arctic Council Observer: The Netherlands

The Netherlands have had Observer status in the Arctic Council since 1998. As an Observer, the Netherlands can contribute to the Arctic Council through meeting attendance...

10 Aug 2020