The Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council have proposed the establishment of an Indigenous Peoples Community Action Initiative (IPCAP Initiative). RAIPON has been the driving force. The Initiative was welcomed by the Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings in Salekhard (October 2006) and in Tromsø (March 2009) where it is stated in the Tromsø Declaration that the Ministers: ".. Welcome with appreciation the creation of a new Project Steering Group to address contaminants in indigenous peoples' communities in remote areas of the Arctic..." At the ACAP (Arctic Contamination Action Programme) meeting in Ottawa in September 2009, the development of the Indigenous People Contaminants Action Program Initiative was discussed by representatives from government and from RAIPON. The IPCAP Initiative has been placed under the ACAP Working Group although there are linkages to two other working groups under Arctic Council: AMAP and SDWG. ACAP is an action program and so is the IPCAP initiative also thought to be for hazardous waste management and treatment in indigenous communities in remote area in the Arctic. The Initiative proposes actions to identify and remove local sources of contamination and thereby improve the environment and the human safety and health conditions in indigenous communities.