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LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PACIFIC ARCTIC GROUP (PAG) AND THE INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC SCIENCE COMMITTEE (IASC)Letter of Agreement • March 28th, 2020
IASC was founded in 1990 in the context of post-perestroika renewal of international Arctic cooperation. Initial members included the eight Arctic states - Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia (at that time Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), Sweden and the United States of America - USSR and several European and North American nations. Over time membership evolved and grew to accommodate the changing status of original member nations and the growing interests in Arctic science in many other nations, including several from Asia, who joined IASC. To provide a focal point for discussion of science of particular interest to the new Asian members, and also to enhance discussion of Arctic science issues from a Pacific perspective, IASC agreed in 1999 to create the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) as a subset of the IASC, with its own leadership and secretariat. In 2008, IASC acknowledged that the PAG had developed sufficient strength that it could stand on its own as a separate org
