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"In my view, the blockade is counterproductive because it directly affects the civilian population and undermines the forces on the Palestinian side that are interested in peace," said Foreign Minister Gahr Støre. Read more

Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen spoke at the event "Making Peace" organised by the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in Geneva on June 6th. Read more

”A military attack against civilian activists is totally unacceptable," says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Read more

The States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are gathering today in Kampala, Uganda, to take stock of the progress of the Court. Read more

Armed violence is a global threat to stable and peaceful development. At a conference in Geneva today, more than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence. Read more

"Today agreement has been reached between the Norwegian and the Russian negotiating delegations on the bilateral maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean, said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Read more

Ambassador Angell-Hansen underlined the importance of transparency in the petroleum sector in her intervention. Read more

Den norske FN-delegasjonen i Genève tilbyr praktikantplass på fire måneder for norsk student fra september 2010. Søknadsfrist 6. april 2010. Read more

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in Oslo today that he will initiate a climate group consisting of the most important forest countries. Read more

For the first time ever, leading international scientists have drawn up a report on the status of the parts of the world covered by snow and ice. The conclusion is that they are disappearing faster than anticipated. Read more

“We want to show our strong commitment to UN humanitarian efforts at a difficult time,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

“Demanding, stimulating and challenging” were Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s description of the three-hour review of the human rights situation in Norway in Geneva Wednesday 2 December. This was the first time Norway was examined under the UN’s new system of Universal Periodic Reviews of member states’ national efforts to respect and ensure human rights. Read more

The Norwegian Government agreed today to cancel USD 9,4 million of Cote d’Ivoire’s debt to Norway. Read more

The Norwegian Government proposes that NOK 27.4 billion should be allocated to development assistance in 2010. This is an increase of NOK 1.2 billion from 2009. Read more

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Remarks/address by Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more

State Secretary for International Development underlined Norway's committment to maintain 1% of its GNI for development assistance and to continue the high level political advocacy and mobilization for all  the health MDGs with a special focus on women and children at the Ministerial Review of International Health Partnerhip (IHP+) in Geneva 5th February Read more

"I believe that the strength of our National Action Plan is that it is a genuine partnership between civil society, individuals and the public sector", said Ambassador Ms Bente Angell-Hansen at a Conference February 6 on the Day for Achieving Zero Tolerance for FGM. Read more

A fresh report from ECOSOC places Norway as the fith largest contributing country to the UN. Read more

In his key-note address at the side event on Economics of Gender Equality that Norway arranged in collaboration with the UN ECE and other regional commissions, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon underlined that the global economy would come to a halt without the unpaid and under-appreciated work of women in the informal sector. Read more