Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide presented the government's foreign policy priorities for the next year in a speech to the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget, on February 12th, 2013. Read more
Norway has launched a White Paper outlining its UN policy. The white paper “Norway and the United Nations: Common Future, Common Solutions”, launched in September 2012, addresses Norway`s relationship to the UN as well as today`s challenges which are more complex than they were in 1945 when the UN was founded. Read more
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. Read more
On Monday August 1st, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg addressed the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, during the memorial for victims of the tragedy of 22 July, 2011. Read more
On Monday July 25th two hundred thousand people gathered in the centre of Oslo with flowers in their hands. They gathered in remembrance of the victims and in support of the survivors of the heinous attacks on Friday July 22nd. Among them was Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg who delivered this rousing speech. Read more
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, gave his annual lecture on Norway's UN policies in Oslo on 31 August, 2009. This year's talk was called "UN at a time of crisis: How can Norway make a difference?" The Foreign Minister's address was based on the following points: Read more
The UN is more important than ever to ensure development, security and a better organised world, writes Norway's Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, in the Norwegian broadsheet, Aftenposten. Read more
Speech on Norwegian human rights policy by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre University of Bergen (Norway), 11 November 2008 Read more
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that “The UN is our most important tool to create a better world”, when he spoke to the UN Forum at the Students’ Association in September. Read more