Jewish Autonomous Region, autonomous oblast (region), far eastern Russia, in the basin of the middle Amur River. Birobidzhan is the administrative centre. Area 13,900 square miles (36,000 square km). Pop. (2008 est.) 185,535.
«Circumpolar nations have to understand that Arctic affairs are not only regional issues but also international ones».
Guo Peiqing,
Professor, Director of the School of International Affairs and Public Administration, Ocean University of China
Today, on 16 January, a press conference with the participants of the latest expedition «Paths of Great Achievements» on the Yakutsk - Bodaibo route was held in Yakutsk.
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Today, on 15 January, in Yakutsk, a joint exhibition of the Pushkin National Library of Yakutia and secondary school No. 5 dedicated to Vitus Bering and the 300th anniversary of the First Kamchatka [ ... ]
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Deputy Governor Valery Semyonov was appointed as the new Northern Forum Regional Coordinator for the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
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On December 16, 2024, the collection of applications for participation in the special nomination of the International Organization of Northern Regions "Northern Forum" during the XXIII International [ ... ]
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Today, 28 December, the Northern Forum took part in the opening ceremony of the new building of the A.E. Mordinov Tattinsky Lyceum in the village of Ytyk-Kyuel in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
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Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - representative of the executive branch of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Deputy Chairman of the Federation [ ... ]
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6th Northern Sustainable Development Forum
II half of 2025
Yakutsk, Russia
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The Northern Youth Forum (NYF) is a youth wing of the Northern Forum, consisting of representatives of young people from the age of 16 to 40 years.
Mission of the NYF is to strengthen the spirit of trust and cooperation between young representatives of Northern regions and countries at the stage of personal and professional views’ formation.
Goal of the NYF is to promote the interests and views of young people in solving the problems facing the Northern Forum by using the potential of international youth cooperation.