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A SECOND COOPERATIVE ARCTIC EFFORT WAS INITIATED BY FINLAND 

 IN 1989, AND RESULTED IN THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 

 STRATEGY. IT WAS SIGNED AT A MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING IN 

 ROVANIEMI, FINLAND ON JUNE 14, 1991. 



THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY IS A PLAN FOR 

 COOPERATION AND COORDINATION OF ARCTIC COUNTRIES' EFFORTS TO 

 PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. 



THE STRATEGY IS BASED ON STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORTS 

 PREPARED BY INDIVIDUAL LEAD COUNTRIES AND REVIEWED BY ALL 

 PARTICIPANTS. THESE FOCUS ON SIX SPECIFIC AREAS: OIL, ACIDS, 

 PERSISTENT CHLORINATED ORQANICS, NOISE, AND HEAVY METALS, AND 

 RADIOACTIVITY. THE STRATEGY SUMMARIZES THESE REPORTS AND CALLS 

 FOR SPECIFIC ACTIONS. 



OBVIOUSLY, THE FOCUS ON RADIOACTIVITY MAY PROVE USEFUL AS A 

 TOOL IN THE SITUATION WITH WHICH WE ARE CONCERNED TODAY. IN 

 PARTICULAR, THE STRATEGY'S ARCTIC MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 

 PROGRAM MAY PROVE USEFUL. ITS GOALS ARE TO COORDINATE EXISTING 

 AND FUTURZ MONITORING EFFORTS AND TO DEVELOP AN ARCTIC DATA 

 DIRECTORY. COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE THAT THIS FIRST STEP OF 

 COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE COORDINATION OF OUR 

 RESPONSE TO POLLUTION THREATS. NORWAY HAS VOLUNTEERED TO HOST 



