General Assembly: Plenary

Norway's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Morten Wetland, presented the Norwegian statement on Oceans and the Law of the Sea in the General Assembly plenary session on Friday 4 December, 2009.

On Monday 7 December, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Gry Larsen, presented Norway's statement to the General Assembly on Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance. The following is a transcript of the speech.

Minister Councellor Ms. Hilde Solbakken presented the Norwegian statement in the open debate on the The situation in the Middle East at the General Assembly on 1 December 2009.

Ambassador Mona Juul presented a statement on behalf of the Nordic nations in the General Assembly plenary debate on the reports from the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund on November 20, 2009.

Deputy Permanent Representative Mona Juul presented Norway's statement on the situation in Afghanistan to the General Assembly on 9 November, 2009.

Norway abstained in the vote on the resolution on the follow-up of the Human Rights Council (Goldstone report) on 6 November, 2009. Ambassador Morten Wetland presented the following explanation on this vote to the General Assembly.

The Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, Morten Wetland, presented the following statement on the report of the Human Rights Council, the so-called Goldstone report, to the General Assembly on Wednesday 4 November, 2009.

Norway's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Morten Wetland, welcomed the fifth annual report of the International Criminal Court in his statement to the General Assembly on 29 October, 2009.

On 20 October, 2009, Ambassador Morten Wetland held the Norwegian statement in the General Assembly on the progress of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The Ambassador reiterated Norway's support for Africa and assessed what current challenges the continent faces.

Fifteen years ago the International Conference on Population and Development was convened in Cairo. To commemmorate that important conference, Norway's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Morten Wetland, held the following statement in the General Assembly's plenary debate on 13 October.