Disarmament

“At last it is clear that the convention banning cluster munitions will enter into force, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

In its statement to the Meeting of States Parties to the BTWC on 7 December, Norway highlighted i.a. the need for developing new synergies and building stronger partnerships with organizations that survey and combat disease on a daily basis, such as the WHO, FAO and the OIE, as well as the need to strengthen Confidence Building Measures. Read more

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Johansen was one of the key actors in the celebration of the tenth anniversay of the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva March 2. Read more

• Statement in CD by Mr. Espen Barth Eide,Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defence.
• Achieving a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons
• Possible prohibition of the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes
• 1000 plenary meetings in the Conference on Disarmament
• Presidency of the Conference on Disarmament
• Statement to the CD 15 February 2005

Norwegian White Paper on Disarmament and Non-proliferation, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2008, Read more

After two weeks of negotiations in Dublin, 111 participating states decided to adopt an historic new Convention on Cluster Munitions that prohibits cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.  The signing ceremony will be in Oslo on 3 December 2008.  Read more