Committee Meetings

-In order to make mine action sustainable and effective, the primary responsibility needs to be with the mine affected countries themselves,says assistant director general Susan Eckey in the 4th Committee.  

-The most urgent priority must be to ensure a positive and balanced outcome of the Review Conference in 2005, says ambassador Wegger Chr. Strømmen in 1st Committe.

-Effective systems for information on and verification of end-users and end-use of small arms is essential to control not only brokering, but all aspects of illicit trade in small arms, says senior adviser Rolf Willy Hansen.

-More can be done to facilitate the integration and wellbeing of UN personnel and their families in the various parts of the world where they are stationed, says  special advisor Arne B. Hønningstad in the 5th Committee.

-The fight against terrorism must not become a pretext for deviating from the fundamental principles of rule of law and fair trial guarantees, says assistant director general Tormod C. Endresen in the 3rd Committee.

-A UN mission in Sudan will have to face all the challenges inherent in multidimensional peacekeeping , and in the design of integrated missions, said minister counsellor Hans Jacob Frydenlund in the 4th Committee on October 26th.

-The Norwegian Government opposes not only the reproductive cloning of human beings, but also therapeutic cloning, says adviser Åsmund Eriksen in the 6th Committe.

-Norway holds the view that national governments have the primary responsibility for economic and social development in their countries, says ambassador Johan L. Løvald in the 2.nd Committee.

-We owe it to those who risk their lives in the service of peace to overcome the shortcomings of the existent Convention, says adviser Åsmund Eriksen in the 6th Committee.

-Violence against children must never be considered a private matter. It should constantly be of great concern to all of us, it was said in Norway´s statement in Third Committee.