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those same states decide how they will implement recommendations, and account for the
implementation of the recommendations.
Such an initiative could be led by the incoming chair. The U.S. has already signaled that a focal
area of its chairmanship will be strengthening the Council as an institution. What could
strengthen it more than giving real national expression to the recommendations arrived at by the
Council, and accepted by ministers? Arctic Council assessments and the related policy
recommendations are financed by public money, and governments should start using them to
implement their own work [