State Secretary Gry Larsen signing the treaty . Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Norway among the first to sign UN arms trade treaty

6/3/2013 //

State Secretary Gry Larsen signed the UN Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of Norway. The treaty is the first binding agreement to regulate trade in weapons and will enter into force after 50 states have ratified it.

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide gives UN Secretary-General a tie made of the original tapestry.
Photo: NorwayMFA.

4/17/2013 //

"The Security Council Chamber was a gift from Norway to the UN in 1952. I am delighted that Norway has taken responsibility for the renovation of what is perhaps the world's most important room," said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

3/8/2013 //

“The appointment of a Youth Envoy by the UN Secretary-General is great news and a milestone for the UN. The voices of young people will finally be heard at the highest level. Norway has worked determinedly for this to happen,” says Arvinn Gadgil, State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Abbas reccieved appluase from a standing UN General Assembly hall. Photo: Hansine Korslien/NorwayUN.

11/29/2012 //

“I am delighted to see the overwhelming support the Palestinians have received for their application to become an observer state in the UN General Assembly,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

Superstorm Sandy blew the plastic sheet over the roof of the General Assembly building off and damaged the delegates’ entrance.
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Photo: Norway UN Mission/Hansine Korslien.

11/1/2012 //

The UN reopened Thursday 1 November after being closed for three days. The effects of the storm Sandy caused water damages in the basement, a small fire, non-operational cooling system and technical challenges.

4/16/2013 //

After three years of renovation, the Security Council Chamber is brought back to its former glory and ready for a grand reopening by UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon and Norway`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Espen Barth Eide. Read more about the event, the Chamber and the renovation.

Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland presented the prize to the leaders of the three main EU institutions. Photo: MFA/Eivind Skogen.

12/10/2012 //

On Monday Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will host a working lunch for EU leaders who will be in Oslo to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony.

UN's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (right), in Ramallah in the West Bank earlier in November.
Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider.

11/28/2012 //

Norway will support the Palestinians’ bid to upgrade their status to become a non-member observer state when the matter is discussed in the UN General Assembly in New York on 29 November.

Youth delegates Åshild and Andreas outside the United Nations, right before presenting Norway's speech in the Third Committee. Photo: Hansine Korslien/NorwayUN.

10/8/2012 //

Andreas Skjæret and Åshild Marie Vige are ready to raise young people's voice in the United Nations the two upcoming weeks.

Norway among the first to sign UN arms trade treaty

Foreign Minister Eide reopened UN Security Council Chamber

Norway gives NOK 2 million to the United Nations first Envoy on Youth

Broad support for Palestine resolution in the UN

Superstorm Sandy damages the UN

Norway reopens the UN Security Council Chamber

Talks with EU leaders on the economic situation in Europe

Norway supports Palestinians in the UN

Norwegian youth raising their voices in the UN

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