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31/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“We are deeply grieved by the news
of the suicide bombings in Beersheba, and strongly condemn such
actions,” said Foreign Minister Jan Petersen in comments to the
press on the two suicide bombings that took place in the southern
Israeli city on
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30/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The signing of a joint declaration
of intent is a step on the way towards democracy. Now all the
parties will have to follow up the declaration back in Haiti, said
State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen.
(31.08)
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27/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development has responded to the UN’s appeal for assistance to
flood victims in Bangladesh by allocating NOK 6.5 million to UN
emergency relief efforts and NOK 5.5 million to projects run by
Médicins sans Frontières and
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26/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The position is intended to
strengthen UNHCR’s engagement in gender issues, both in relation to
refugees and within the organisation. (31.08)
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25/08/2004
News story
Ministry of Defence
(24.08.04) State Secretary Martin
Fedor from the Slovak Ministry of Defence and Robert Kalinak,
Chairman of the Slovak Defence and Security Committee, are visiting
Norway during the period 23-25 August 2004.
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25/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International Development Hilde F. Johnson has
launched a strategic framework for what development policy can do
to promote peace, in Oslo 25 august. If Norway is to fight poverty
effectively, the Norwegian authorities must also
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23/08/2004
News story
Ministry of Defence
(20 August 2004) Norway will
contribute to the realisation of the decision taken at the NATO
Summit in June to offer assistance with the training of Iraq’s
security forces. NATO is now planning on the basis that the Joint
Warfare Centre (JWC) in
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17/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The situation in Darfur is still
critical. It is vital that the UN Security Council keeps up the
pressure on the parties, particularly the government in Khartoum,
to halt the violence, ensure the effective protection of the
civilian population
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14/08/2004
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Pressemelding Nr.: 127/2004 Dato: 14 August 2004 Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse met with Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik in Athens 14 August 2004 They had a constructive discussion covering issues such as the political
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14/08/2004
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 126/2004 Date: 14 August 2004 Norway supports Right to Play Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne today took part in a conference held in Athens by the organisation Right to Play. The Prime Minister, who spoke on harnessing the
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13/08/2004
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 125/2004 Date: 12 August 2004 Change of political advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture The Office of the Prime Minister has from 16 August 2004 appointed Ms. Maren Hersleth Holsen (28), landscape architect, Oslo, as political
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09/08/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has allocated emergency
relief to the three most seriously affected countries: Bangladesh,
India and Nepal. The money has been channelled through the
Norwegian Red Cross, Norwegian Church Aid and the World Food
Programme, and is being
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23/07/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is facilitating a new
meeting 23-30 August in the process of national dialogue on
peaceful development and democratic governance in Haiti, and the
meeting will be attended by key representatives of the Haitian
political parties and civil
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16/07/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The meeting with the Dutch foreign
minister Bernard R. Bot is part of the regular political
consultations between the Norwegian Government and the EU
Presidency. (19.07)
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09/07/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member countries of the Council of
Europe today agreed to hold a Summit of Heads of State and
Government on 16 and 17 May 2005 in Warsaw, at the invitation of
the Polish government (09.07)
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07/07/2004
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and
Energy yesterday placed 100 million shares in Statoil ASA through
an off-exchange underwritten block sale after the close of the Oslo
Stock Exchange. (07.07.04)
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02/07/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Minister of Foreign Affairs
announced today that Norway will give an additional NOK 11 million
in humanitarian assistance to Darfur in western Sudan and to
refugees from Darfur in Chad, to be channelled through the
Norwegian Red Cross (05.07)
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30/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Programme abroad & 100
th> anniversary of the Foreign Service (30.06)
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30/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In the light of the atrocities that
have been committed in the DRC, I am very pleased that the Chief
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has decided that
there are grounds for opening an investigation, said Foreign
Minister Jan
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28/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The essence of this agreement is
that in the area in question (known as the “grey zone”), both
countries are to refrain from conducting inspections or from
exercising any form of control over the other country’s fishing
vessels (28.06)