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Norway & the United Nations

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The Big Issues

  • Climate Change and the Environment
  • International Development
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Facts & Figures

  • Norway's priorities for the 66th UN General Assembly
  • Peacekeeping operations
  • Norway’s permanent place in the Security Council
  • Norwegian Contributions to the UN

Trygve Lie, first UN Secretary-General

Norwegian lawyer and politician Trygve Lie was the United Nations first Secretary General from 1946 to 1953. Read more about his life and legacy, and learn about some of the policies he inspired.

  • Trygve Lie's seven years for peace - a bio
  • The Trygve Lie Symposium on Fundamental Freedoms
  • The Trygve Lie Youth Challenge
Photo: UN Photo/Martine Perret.

Political Vision

  • Norway's foreign policy priorities for 2012
  • Norway’s priorities for the 66th UN General Assembly
  • Stoltenberg: "Freedom of speech will be our weapon"
  • "Our response will be more openness, more democracy"
  • UN at a time of crisis
  • A UN for our times
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Calendar
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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
 
High-Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy and Finance
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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
 
High-Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy and Finance
News from the UN
  • 5/17/2012 5:06 AM Hypertension and diabetes on the rise worldwide, says UN report
  • 5/17/2012 5:06 AM Top UN officials underscore need to combat organized crime in Central America
  • 5/17/2012 5:06 AM At UN-backed court, Charles Taylor denies role in Sierra Leone atrocities
  • 5/17/2012 5:06 AM Maternal deaths continue to decline but more progress needed - UN report
  • 5/17/2012 5:06 AM Trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic opens at UN tribunal
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Norway - Mission to the UN

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New York, N.Y. 10022-7584
(On the corner of 50th Street and Third Avenue)

Media contact: Emma Kwesiga Lydersen: ekly@mfa.no / +1-646-642-9910

Phone: +1-646-430-7510

Fax: +1-646-430-7591

Calling from Norway: 23-95-45-00

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