Other Statements

UN Ambassador Morten Wetland presented Norway's statement about the 2010 annual report during the annual meeting of UNICEF's Executive Board. Ambassador Wetland emphasised that children's health and education remain key priorities for Norway.

The Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century.Oslo, 6 June 2011.

Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith, presented this statement on behalf of the Norwegian Government at the opening session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Political Advisor for the Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police, Mr. Eirik Øwre Thorshaug, presented the keynote speech at the International Peace Institute's event: “Transforming Terrorists: International Efforts to Address Violent Extremism” on May 2, 2011.

Senior Researcher at Statistics Norway, Mr. Helge Brunborg, lauded the Population Division for its high-quality estimates, projections and analyses, when he delivered Norway’s statement on programme implementation and progress of work of the Secretariat in the field of population.

Senior Adviser Ms. Berit Austveg, Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, delivered Norway’s statement in the CPD general debate on the contribution of population and development issues to the 2011 ECOSOC annual ministerial review, which will focus on implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education.

Norway's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Morten Wetland, presented Norway's statement in the "General debate on the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in the light of its twentieth anniversary".

Norway's statement to the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC) on April 5 was presented by Minister Counsellor, Mr. Knut Langeland. In the statement he hails the UN Secretary-General's attempts to move the multilateral disarmament agenda forward, but notes that the UNDC itself is still struggling.

On Norwegian contribution and support. From the high-level talks on Libya in Paris, 19 March 2011.

A new award named after the UN’s first Secretary-General Trygve Lie was launched on Saturday March 12. Norway’s Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith, revealed the winner of the first ever Trygve Lie Video Challenge during the closing ceremony of the National High School Model UN conference 2011.