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![[Northern Forum Flag]](../images/i/int-nfor.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013
The Northern Forum is a non-profit, international organization composed of
sub-national or regional governments from eight northern countries.
Northern regions share characteristics that set them apart from other areas of
the world. These include: economies based upon the extraction of natural
resources; lack of internal capital resources; limited infrastructural
development; harsh climates and vulnerable ecosystems; diverse and relatively
strong indigenous cultures; and sparse populations.
Such complex factors create unique challenges for regional Governors and other
executives. From throughout the North, the Northern Forum brings these leaders
together to address common political, environmental and economic issues.
In today's world, where climate change and globalization create new challenges
for the Northern regions of the world, the ability of the Northern Forum to
bring together these regions and find new partners at the international level,
such as the UNDP and the UNEP and networks of regions around the globe, opens
new horizons for its members.
The idea of creating an organization of northern regional governments was raised
in 1974 by the government of Hokkaido, Japan, during the first of a series of
international conferences on northern issues. The Northern Forum developed from
a Northern Regions Conference held in 1990 in Anchorage, Alaska, attended by
more than 600 delegates from 10 countries. The Forum was formally established in
November 1991.
Its members are displayed in
this map.
Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013
Its flag is blue with disc-shped emblem in the middle. Disc depicts northern
part of the globe, with Ursa Maior constellation on purple background. Name of
the organization is written around the disc on its white egde.
Image of flag:
http://yatoday.ru/files/news/849/large.jpg .
Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013
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