News 2007

The Nobel Peace Prize Leaurats of 2007, Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, represented by its chairman, R. K. Pachauri, were honoured at a ceremony at the Oslo City Hall on 10 December.

Minister of Int. Development Erik Solheims opening statement at a research seminar on The Challenge of HIV and TB co-infection, University of Oslo, 010307

The Norwegian Minister for International Development, Erik Solheim, is visiting Nepal 7.- 8. march 2007. Minister Solheim visited Nepal for the first time in May 2006, only one week after Janaandolan II. The current visit is a follow up of the Norwegian support to the peace process.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre has called on Iran to release all of the women’s rights activists arrested on Sunday. “Their imprisonment violates Iranian women’s right to freedom of expression,” said Mr Støre.

State Secretary Raymond Johansen held Norway's statement during the Fourth Session of the UN Council on Human Rights. In the statement he focused on Darfur, Nepal, Afghanistan and the Palestinian Territory.

Press release of 17.03.2007: “Norway welcomes the formation of the Palestinian Unity Government,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on 28 March.

Minister of International Development Erik Solheim has accepted an invitation to participate in an international high-level working group, linked to the World Health Organization, that is to discuss the challenges raised by the international migration of health workers.

“The direct involvement of actors in the region is crucial if the many, interrelated conflicts in the Middle East are to be resolved. The Arab peace initiative proposed in 2002, which is being discussed in Riyadh today (28 March), is therefore of great significance,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Press release from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10.04.07: Iran is continuing to defy the international community by stepping up uranium enrichment activities. “These developments give grounds for concern, and will make finding a political solution to the nuclear dispute even more difficult,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.