Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.
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The Foreign Minister's letter to the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs on economic support to the Palestinian Authority.
The Government of Norway formally recognises the Republic of South Suday as a sovereign and independent state. Read the letter of recognition.
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's letter to the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation regarding Norway’s commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun.
Letter to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offering to make additional financial resources available to the Fund.
Letter to Madame Christine Lagarde regarding the proposal for amendments to the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive
Presentation of the report from the Norwegian Policy Coherence for Development Commission The Norwegian Policy Coherence for Development Commission (Utviklingsutvalget) completed its mission on 9 September 2008 by submitting its report “Coherent for
Reference is made to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (hereinafter “Authority”) reasoned opinion dated 16 April 2008 June concerning the Norwegian base tax on non-refillable beverage packaging.
The proposed regulations seek to clarify important elements of the CFIUS process. But there are also elements in the law and the regulations that may have the side-effect of deterring foreigners from investing in the U.S., stemming from a perception
Reference is made to the Authority´s decision (Dec. No 597/07/COL) dated 23 November 2007 to open the formal investigation procedure provided for in Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement against Norway
The Ministry finds that the scope of the decision is relatively limited compared to the wide ranges of activities regulated by the VAT Compensation scheme. The decision does not prohibit the VAT Compensation scheme as a whole.
(The reply is the same as the one given in a letter to Members of the Storting Ågot Valle and Heidi Sørensen.) Translated from the Norwegian Question: According to a report by Rosatom, the Russian Government’s highest authority on nuclear matters,
Reference is made to letter from EFTA Surveillance Authority 11 April 2007, requesting information regarding the appointment of a Working Group which shall look into and consider the issues of ownership and voting restrictions in the field of
- I expect to have an opportunity to discuss the question of the cooperation zone with Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov during his visit to Oslo in connection with the informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers later this month, Mr Støre said in
- Norway has repeatedly expressed its concern about the situation in the country, and has protested when opposition members and the civilian population are attacked. We have on several occasions demanded the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi
Question No. 622 (2006-2007), dated 19 February 2007 From Børge Brende (Conservative Party) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Answered: 28 February 2007 by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour Party) Question: A draft resolution on
Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre's answer in the Storting 27.02.07 on the issue of Kashmir.
Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) Executive Director Jorge Daniel Taillant General Paz, 186 – 10 A Córdoba, 5000, Argentina The Bellona Foundation Adviser Rune Froyland Nordre gate 2, 0505 Oslo Your ref.: Our ref.: 05/07860-14 Date: 16
The relationship between the TRIPS agreement, the convention on biological diversity and the protection of traditional knowledge Communication from Norway Amending the trips agreement to introduce an obligation to disclose the origin of genetic
Norway (as held) Statement on the communication from Norway to amend the TRIPS agreement to introduce an obligation to disclose the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge in patent applications Mr Chairman, We believe that there is a
Brev til komiteens sekretær Dear Patrice, Thank you for the advanced unedited version of the concluding observations from the Committee. As far as we understand, the Norwegian authorities have the opportunity to make comments and suggestions in case