Disarmament

Delegates from 109 countries are currently gathered in Dublin to reach agreement on an international Convention on Cluster Munitions. Read more

Norway is a strong supporter of international efforts to combat and eradicate illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW). In July, Member States will join efforts to provide further recommendations on the UN process on SALW. Read more

”The Norwegian Government launched the initiative for a ban on cluster munitions one and a half year ago. I am delighted to see that we already seem to have a ban in place,” says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

Norway aims to strengthen its role as an active promoter of arms control and disarmament. For the first time since the Cold War, the Norwegian Storting has been presented with a separate white paper on disarmament issues.   Read more

Last week the 2008 substantive session of the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC) started in New York. Member states will be working toward a consensus on further disarmament measures regarding both conventional and nuclear weapons. Read more

Norway wants to make the UN Disarmament Commission more relevant and credible than what it is today, and encouraged a frank discussion on what to achieve with the Commission in a statement at the Substantive Session of the UNDC 24 April 2008. Read more

"Combating and eradicating illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects is fundamental to improving global, regional and national security as well as necessary social and economic development," said Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson of Iceland on behalf of the Nordic countries in the Security Council open debate on Small arms 30 April 2008. Read more

Questions and answers on the Norwegian Government’s initiative for a ban on cluster munitions. Read more

Participants at the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions have agreed an action plan for developing a new international treaty on cluster munitions by the end of 2008. Read more

Cluster munitions are a large, and growing, problem. If their use continues to spread, and the number of those using them continues to grow, they may become an even greater humanitarian and development challenge than anti-personnel mines were in the 1990s. Read more

Cluster munitions injure and kill civilians all over the world, both during and after wars. Norway has initiated a process aimed at securing an international ban on cluster munitions that have unacceptable humanitarian consequences. Read more

“Norway will join efforts to create a low enriched uranium reserve, controlled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),” Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre announced during the Conference on Nuclear Disarmament in Oslo. Read more

The International Conference on Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons in Oslo. Concluding remarks by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, 27 February 2008. Read more

Keynote address to the 2008 Oslo Conference on Nuclear Disarmament by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, 26 February 2008. Read more

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre will open an international conference on Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons. The aim of the conference is to explore how states can contribute to achieving the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. Read more