Photo: UN Photo/Evan SchneiderCarl P. Salicath, the Norwegian Chairman of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
29/01/2010 //

The following text is the communique of the 5th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The meeting, which took place in New York on January 28, 2010, was chaired by Norway.

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Residents of Léogâne, Haiti, receive food bags.
Photo: UN PHOTO/Sophia Paris
27/01/2010 //

“Haiti's people still needs our help. The UN has so far received only half of what it has requested. That’s why we will double the Norwegian contribution to humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Norway’s contribution to Haiti now stands at NOK 200 million (USD 35 million).

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Minister for International Development, Erik Solheim, meets school children in Madagascar.
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Ragnhild Håland Simenstad
20/01/2010 //

Millions of children could miss the opportunity to go to school as a result of the financial crisis. The UN sounds the alarm in a new report on education. " We need to increase our global effort to ensure education for all," says Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim.

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SC: The Situation in the Middle East

01/02/2010

Norway's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Morten Wetland, presented Norway's statements on the situation in the Middle East to the Security Council on January 27, 2010. Ambassador Wetland stressed the need for a clear political horizon and a set timeframe in order to keep the two-state solution clearly in sight.

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The Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee visit the United Nations

The delegation from the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, will be lead by chairperson Ms. Ine M. Eriksen Søreide (H). The cross-party group will meet Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro and other top UN representatives.

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