Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Canada and the USA met in the so-called “Arctic Ocean Conference” – taking place in Ilulissat/Greenland between 27-29 May – in order to discuss how to “improve co-operation on the administration of the Arctic seas, where the environment is fragile”. The conference must be seen as a first step to reduce tensions over the extension of the relevant countries sovereignty to the arctic waters that are believed to hold wast natural resources. The conference agreed upon the Ilussiat Declaration which basically (only) confirms that the States “remain committed to the [extensive international legal framework applicable to…