Other Statements

– Norway remains a strong supporter of UNRWA, and will maintain its voluntary contribution of NOK 150 million to the general budget for 2009, said Counsellor Jonas Jølle in a statment to the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Read more

- With this statement I am convinced we’ll be better equipped to impress upon those who do not wish to discuss LGBT issues at all, that the time has come to face these questions head-on, said Ambassador Morten Wetland at a seminar on the rights of sexual minorities at the Norwegian Mission to the UN.    Read more

Norwegian Statement on The Peacebuilding Commission Burundi Configuration by Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Ambassador Arild Øyen. Read more

On the High-level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund Norway annunced that it will contribution will be NOK 300 million – approximately  42 million US dollars – in 2009. Read more

Introductory remarks by Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the International Conference on Afghanistan in Oslo, 18 November 2008.   Read more

The Norwegian Government will increase Norway’s initiatives and activities aimed at fighting poverty and creating a more democratic world order, both globally and regionally. We believe that the best way to do so is through the UN,Ambassador Johan Løvald said in a speech at Fairleigh Dickinson University 21 March 2007. Read more

"Today, regretfully, we need the work of human rights defenders more than ever", said the Norwegian Ambassador Morten Wetland when he talked about the UN Human Rights Defenders Declaration.      Read more

"The final aim of our discussions should be to reach towards a common understanding on management reform and on the need to enhance our efforts to achieve sustained management reforms in the organization," said Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson of Iceland on behalf of the Nordic countries at the General Assembly informal thematic debate "Toward a Common Understanding on Management Reform". Read more

Statement made by H. E. Ambassador Johan L. Løvald in the Informal Meeting of the United Nations Member States on System-wide Coherence New York, Thursday 7 February, 2008. Read more

Illicit capital flows, gender equality, debt and ODA are of high priority for Norway in the preparatory process for the Doha conference this fall. Read more

Statment by Political Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arvinn Eikeland Gadgil in ECOSOC Chamber, 29 September 2008 Read more

"We must never forget the many small and sometimes important steps that are constantly being made towards consolidation of peace," said Special Envoy for Burundi and the Great Lakes Region, Ambassador Mr. Arild Øyen at the First Biennual Review Meeting for the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding In Burundi 23 June 2008. Read more

"Climate change is perhaps the greatest threat to food security", stated ambassador Mona Juul during the Meeting on the global food and energy crisis in the General Assembly on 18 July. Read more

"The ITI is an important milestone in our fight against the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons", stated Mr. Nicholas Marsh on behalf of Norway on July 17th. Read more

"We welcome the Secretary-General’s decision to set up a High Level Task Force on Global Food Security. We are looking forward to the presentation of the Comprehensive Framework for Action", Susan Eckey stated on July 15th. Read more

"There is valuable experience from other arms control and humanitarian fora and other processes where the dialogue and cooperation between states, international organisations and civil society enrich discussions and bring the substance forward", stated first secretary Ingunn Vatne on July 16th. Read more

"States should ensure that they have the necessary laws to bring to justice any of their citizens involved in the violation of UN arms embargoes", stated Norwegian First Secretary Ingunn Vatne on July 15th. Read more

"International and regional cooperation, and national capacity building, is essential to prevent the diversion of illicit SALW", stated Norway on 14 July. Read more

Norway stated 15 July that "Improvement in management capacity, in the existence of adequate marking and record-keeping and tracing systems, in surveillance and handling procedures, in physical security measures can greatly reduce the risk both of accidents that can be disastrous not only for those in charge of stockpiles, but also for civilians in the area; and the risk of theft and thus... Read more

"A response which comes too late and brings too little may have grave consequences, even in the long run," said Ambassador Mr. Johan L. Løvald in a statement at the ECOSOC Special meeting on the global food crisis 21 May 2008. Read more