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Forhåndsstem i utlandet fra 1. juli 2013. I Norge er valgdagen for stortingsvalget og sametingsvalget 2013 mandag 9. september 2013. Mange kommuner holder også valg søndag 8. september. Velgere som ikke er i Norge på valgdagen den 9. september, kan forhåndsstemme i utlandet fra 1. juli til og med 30. august. Dette gjelder både for velgere som er bosatt i utlandet, og velgere som oppholder seg... Read more

Norges faste delegasjon i Genève representerer norske myndigheter i de ulike FN-organisasjoner, Verdens Handelsorganisasjon WTO, EFTA og andre internasjonale organisasjoner som har hovedsete i Genève. Delegasjonen har i dag en fast stab på 30 personer, inkludert en ambassadør til FN og andre internasjonale organisasjoner og en ambassadør til WTO og EFTA. Read more

“Storms, floods and drought are becoming more and more frequent in Africa, causing huge problems for the continent. Africa is also more vulnerable to climate change than any other continent,” said Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås.   The Minister today launched a new programme designed to provide user-friendly information to the most vulnerable groups in Africa. &nb Read more

Elisabeth Rasmusson has been appointed Assistant Executive Director in the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Read more

The World Meteorological Congress Extraordinary Session 2012 opened the 29th of October.The Agenda of the congress contain decisions on the implementation plan and governance model for the Global Framework for Climate Services(GFC). The ambassador of Norway, Steffen Kongstad held an opening statement. Read more

– Norway welcomes the announcement from Bogota that direct talks are to be held between the Colombian Government and FARC-EP, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

With a changing climate and the consequences it will have for millions of people across the globe, the Nansen conference will be a venue for stakeholders to get together and discuss the interlinkages between climate change and displacement. Read more

Briefing om UN-REDD programmet for partnere i Genève Read more

Statement by Ambassador Bente Angell Hansen, Norway Read more

A collapse in Libya could create a dangerous power vacuum in North Africa. Read more

Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be visiting Geneva from 31 January to 1 February as UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador. She will also have working meetings with representatives of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the International Red Cross and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Read more

Raising USD 100 billion per year is challenging but feasible Read more

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway has co-chaired the High-Level Adivsory Group on Climate Change Finance together with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. Read more

"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