International Development
At a packed July 6th event at New York’s Museum of Modern Art hosted by United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, The Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN, Ambassador H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York, Christy Turlington Burns added her voice to the growing momentum in the fight to save the lives of millions of women and children... Read more
Norway congratulates Anthony Lake on his appointment as new head of the UNICEF. UNICEF is an important partner for Norway in its efforts to promote children’s rights. Read more
Millions of children could miss the opportunity to go to school as a result of the financial crisis. The UN sounds the alarm in a new report on education. " We need to increase our global effort to ensure education for all," says Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim. Read more
The Second Committee of the General Assembly has endorsed making Legal Empowerment of the Poor an integral part of the fight against poverty. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by Norway, reinforces efforts by UN Member States to give poor people the legal tools to break out of poverty. Read more
Norway supports making Legal Empowerment of the Poor an integral part of the fight against poverty. A General Assembly resolution will reinforce the efforts of UN Member States to give poor people the legal tools to break out of poverty. It will contribute to expanding the support of the UN Development System to those efforts. Read more
The Norwegian Government proposes that NOK 27.4 billion should be allocated to development assistance in 2010. This is an increase of NOK 1.2 billion from 2009. Read more
At a meeting at the UN in New York on 23 September, rich and poor countries pledged a total of USD 5.3 billion to improve the health of mothers and children in the world’s 49 poorest countries. Read more
Norway’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Morten Wetland, will lead a working group to follow up on the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development. Read more
The 2009 report of the Global Campaign of the Health MDGs was presented today at a luncheon at the UN, hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Foreign Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre. The report shows the way forward in coping with serious health challenges for mothers and children in a time of economic crisis. Read more
Malaria is one of the great scourges of history. Nearly one million children die of the disease every year. Nine tenths of them are African. Read more
World Focus on PBS, February 11, discussed challenges of global health. Because of Norway’s long standing commitment to improving the global health situation, UN Ambassador Morten Wetland was interviewed. Read more
Women in least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications - than women in developed countries, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report released today. Read more
Women in least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications - than women in developed countries, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report released today. Read more
Norway and Pakistan have agreed to secure the survival of more children and mothers, and over the coming five years Norway is planning to contribute NOK 250 million to this purpose in Pakistan. Read more
“It’s a brutal fact that the most dangerous day in a woman’s life is the day she herself gives life,” says a dedicated Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. Read more
Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg launched the first year Progress Report on the Global Campaign for Health. The Report demonstrates that increased investments in health – a doubling of health aid since 2000 – are having results. Read more
"As we all know, achieving the MDGs on health by 2015 will be difficult, but possible. There is a real danger that the appalling mortality figures for children and women in childbirth will continue – unless countries, agencies, NGOs and partners greatly improve their efforts. This can be done!" said Ambassador Johan L. Løvald at the General Assembly thematic debate on the MDGs. Read more
"A new offensive to meet the health millennium goals" is how Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg describes the International Health Partnership launched today in London together with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Read more
A Progress report on the Global Campaign for the Health Millenium Development Goals has been made preparing for the General Assembly thematic debate on the MDGs in New York 1-2 April 2008. Read more