Committee Meetings

The Cluster Munitions Convention give reason for cautious optimism, Norway stated in the speech to the First Committee, and identified tree main objectives for its disarmament and non-proliferation efforts: To secure a world free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, to ensure security and stability at the lowest possible level of armament, to eliminate convent Read more

"Only through education can those who are excluded from power be empowered, those submerged in poverty be lifted, and those oppressed by brute force or excluded from knowledge be set free", stated Youth Delegate of Norway to the Third Committee meeting on Social Development. Read more

"The new system must be in full conformity with widely recognized principles of transparency, impartiality, accessibility and efficiency. These universal principles cannot be compromised by arguments based on cost", stated Counsellor Åsmund Eriksen in a Sixth Committee meeting about the Administration of Justice. Read more

"The success of the Peacebuilding Support Office and the Peacebuilding Commission will to a large extent hinge on the ability to integrate in their work women’s interests and rights as spelled out in resolution 1325," Mr. Arne Hønningstad, Senior Adviser, said to the Fifth Committee. Read more

"The threat of bioterrorism makes it even more important to renew our preventive efforts in the field of biosafety and biosecurity," stated Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Knut Langeland in a First Committee meeting on chemical and biological weapons. Read more

“Too many children world wide are subject to social exclusion, abuse and extreme form of exploitation,” said Ragne Birte Lund, Ambassador for child’s rights and childs protection, in a statement in Third Committee. Read more

Sixth Committee: The following statement was made by Norway on behalf of the Nordic countries. Read more

"The efforts to strengthen the Secretariat’s capacity for analytical work, preventive diplomacy and mediation must continue. Norway therefore supports the Secretary-General's desire to reform and strengthen DPA," Ambassador Ms. Mona Juul stated in a Fifth Committee meeting on the Programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009. Read more