<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Facts &amp; Figures</title><link>http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Norwegian-UN-Politcies/</link><description></description><item><guid>f0eed7b8-821f-4d10-8635-6a68057eb222</guid><title>Norway reopens the UN Security Council Chamber </title><link>http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Norwegian-UN-Politcies/Norway-reopens-the-UN-Security-Council-Chamber-/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:57:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>d4906f2e-e67e-4779-b822-d2e2c6e77a52</guid><title>Norway's priorities for the 67th UN General Assembly</title><link>http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Norwegian-UN-Politcies/Norways-priorities-for-the-67th-UN-General-Assembly/</link><description>General instructions have been drawn up for work in the General Assembly. It examines the main issues on the agenda and set out Norway’s priorities in various areas. These instructions provides insight to Norway’s UN policy and outlines Norway’s positions on themes such as sustainable economic and social development, international peace and security, human rights, and UN reform and financing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:17:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>7f63793c-640b-4190-a746-4dffc516a41b</guid><title>Norwegian Contributions to the UN</title><link>http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Norwegian-UN-Politcies/Norwegian-Contributions-to-the-UN/</link><description></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:07:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>24584431-a8f7-44ef-a7c4-08ec25bef3b2</guid><title>Norway’s permanent place in the Security Council</title><link>http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Norwegian-UN-Politcies/Norways-permanent-place-in-the-Security-Council/</link><description>Norway doesn’t have a permanent seat in the UN’s Security Council. The Security Council Chamber’s chairs and other interiors, however, are all Norwegian.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>72a28754-fd17-4c6d-8511-92ece6087170</guid><title>Peacekeeping operations</title><link>http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Norwegian-UN-Politcies/Peace_Operations/</link><description>Since 1945, Norway has participated in twenty-five UN peacekeeping operations. More than 50,000 Norwegian troops have served in these operations. Today, Norway’s involvement in UN-mandated and UN peacekeeping operations is focused on Afghanistan, South-Sudan and the Middle East.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:14:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>