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UPSC 2014: Consider the following countries: 1. Denmark 2. Japan 3. Russian Federation 4. United Kingdom 5. United States of America Which of the above are the members of the ‘Arctic Council’?
(a)1, 2 and 3
(b)2, 3 and 4
(c)1, 4 and 5
(d)1, 3 and 5
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Permanent membership of the Arctic Council is restricted to the eight Arctic states: Canada, Denmark (via Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and the United States. Among the countries listed, only Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (3) and the United States of America (5) meet this criterion; Japan and the United Kingdom are merely observer states. ([arctic-council.org](https://arctic-council.org/about/states/?utm_source=openai))
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