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22/02/1999
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, In my country, as in yours, public men and women are proud to be the servants of the State, and would be ashamed to be its masters. I am a child of my country’s National Assembly, the Storting. I
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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22/02/1999
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Check against delivery Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends, I am touched to be back in the city of cities, the Holy City of Jerusalem. I have visited Jerusalem and Israel several times before and it always leaves a great impression on
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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21/02/1999
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Patriarch, Archbishops, Bishops, dear guests, I am happy and honoured to welcome you, distinguished church leaders in the Holy Land, to our table here in Bethlehem this evening, in my capacity as Prime Minister of Norway and as a brother in Christ.
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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21/02/1999
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Check against delivery Dear Bishop Younan, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I am happy and grateful that the Lutheran congregation here at Beit Sahour has invited us to celebrate our Sunday service together this evening. It is of course joyful
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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21/02/1999
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Ministers, Excellencies, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Bethlehem. This unique place in history. From early schooldays Norwegian boys and girls are taught the name and wonder of that city. The events of Bethlehem 2000 years back in history mark
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15/02/1999
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Kulturdepartementet
Speech by State Secretary Per Kristian Skulberg The opening of the exhibition “Jugend in Riga” Ålesund, 15 February 1999 Guests from Riga and Latvia, Friends of Jugend-style architecture, Friends of Ålesund, It gives me great pleasure to be here in
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02/02/1999
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Kulturdepartementet
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01/02/1999
Speech/statement
Forsvarsdepartementet
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31/01/1999
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
In a recent speech in South Korea, a country hard hit by the recent turmoil in world financial markets, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan observed the following; “Globalisation is seen by a growing number of people not as a friend of prosperity, but
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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04/01/1999
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Forsvarsdepartementet
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09/12/1998
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Mr. President, Ministers, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, When you visited Norway earlier this year, Mr. President, you spoke of your homeland and invited us to come and see for ourselves. This was a very welcome invitation which we have
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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09/12/1998
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Ladies and Gentlemen! It is a great pleasure to be here in Argentina and to enjoy the hospitality of your country. In May this year, President Menem visited Norway, accompanied by a large business delegation. During his visit in Oslo, the President
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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08/12/1998
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Mr. President, Ministers, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a special pleasure to be back in Brasilia more than 8 years after I visited your country for the first time when I was minister of foreign affairs. Then, as now, I was struck
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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07/12/1998
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all to this joint Norwegian-Brazilian seminar on Deep Water Technology. The participants truly represent an impressive gathering of distinguished officials and
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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07/12/1998
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to have this opportunity to address this gathering of distinguished representatives of the business community in Norway and Brazil. Let me at the outset pay tribute to those who have
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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07/12/1998
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The Office of the Prime Minister
Governor Alencar! -- Excellencies ! Distinguished representatives of Norwegian and Brazilian companies, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to say that I am happy to be in Rio, one of the most beautiful cities in the world! Norway and
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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05/12/1998
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
President Frei, Finance Minister Aninat, Mr. Sergio Romero Pizarro (tidl. senator), Mr. Rudolf Araneda (adm. dir for Lapiz Design), Ladies and Gentlemen, We are here today because clever minds understood that when you combine two unique items,
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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04/12/1998
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! Leading experts on global food supply are worried about the future. In less than three decades, in the year 2025, the estimated world population will be eight billion people. We know the problems we have in
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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04/12/1998
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I sincerely appreciate this opportunity to address this breakfast seminar with participants from the business communities of Norway and Chile. It is an excellent opportunity for the Norwegian business
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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04/12/1998
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Business Breakfast Seminar Santiago, Chile, 4 December 1998 (pdf)
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Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik