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Taxation and transparency, climate change, gender, the MDGs and ODA were highlighted in a statement by Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen at UNCTADs Trade and Development Boards 45 th Executive Session on 13 November. Read more

and notes with appreciation the progress achieved globally at closing the gender gap Read more

Introductory remarks by ambassador of Norway, Bente Angell-Hansen, moderator for the side-event pertaining to“Equality before the law – key to women’s empowerment 24 October 2008 Read more

 The event was moderated by ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen. The audience numbered between 60-70, ranging from permanent missions, NGO`s and UN institutions.   Read more

It is because of these 26 million [internally displaced]  human beings that we are here today.  Not to commemorate – and not to celebrate past achievements – but to make use of the Guiding Principles as a tool for protection, as a tool to take stock, as a tool to look at new challenges. To update them, and keep the focus on them.   Read more

Norskledet initiativ til lederskifte i WIPO: Ministerråd Hilde Skorpen, leder av Coordination Committee i WIPO, assistert av ambassaderåd Gry K. Waage, ved FN-delegasjonen i Geneve, hadde ansvaret for  nominajsonsprosessen som førte til utnevnelsen av Australias Francis Gurry til ny generaldirektør til Verdensorganisasjonen for immaterielle rettigheter, WIPO. Read more

The 55 th Trade and Development Board is UNCTAD’s first global meeting after Accra in April. It opened on 15 September with a high-level segment on trade and productive capacities for achieving international development goals, including the MDGs. In her statement, Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen emphasised the need for a broad approach, a coherent UN at country level and a reformed and efficient... Read more

After more than a decade of deadlock in the CD, a cultural revolution may be in order, said Deputy Permanent Representative, Hilde Skorpen in the CD on 2 September 2008. Read more

Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen underlined in her opening statement at the seminar on Global Warming and Global Responsibility focusing on more sustainable Mobility, Geneva, 12. March 2008, that changes pertaining to transport and mobility are urgently called for, as industrialised nations have to cut emissions by 25-40 percent already in 2020.  We cannot reach these ambitious goals without... Read more

State Secretary Kjell Erik Øie delivered the key note speech at The economics of gender session, of The ECE 60th Anniversary Session, 25-27 April.  He underlined that the key in economics of gender is a redistribution of power, care and work. Read more

Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja visited Geneva 4 April, prior to the official State visit to Switzerland 5-6 April. Read more

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