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Administrative staff
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
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08/06/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen, spoke today on a conference concerning the Integrated Management plan of the Marine Environment of the Barents Sea and the Sea Areas off the Lofoten Islands. In light of the Deepwater
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08/06/2010
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
By State Secretary Mina Gerhardsen.
By
Former State Secretary Mina Gerhardsen
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07/06/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"Interest in the Arctic region is growing fast, in Norway and internationally. This is a region where things are changing very fast. Only a few years ago, even the Arctic states tended to ignore the region”, Foreign Minister Støre said in his speech
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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07/06/2010
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will lead the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing in developing countries. He succeeds former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The group shall mobilise the resources promised at the
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04/06/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“We were very concerned to learn that the Congolese human rights defender Floribert Chebeya Bahizire has been killed,” said State Secretary Gry Larsen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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03/06/2010
Press release
Ministry of Education and Research
The names of the 2010 Kavli Prize Laureates was announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Nils Christian Stenseth, on June 3 in Oslo, Norway.
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03/06/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
State Secretary Heidi Sørensen and Deputy Director General Torbjørn Lange. Green Week, Brussels, 3 June 2010.
By
Former State Secretary Heidi Sørensen
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02/06/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The UN Human Rights Council has decided to establish an independent fact-finding mission to investigate the Israeli boarding of a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Norway voted in favour of the fact-finding mission.
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01/06/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In a statement dated 31 May, the UN Security Council condemns the acts that led to the loss of civilian lives when Israeli naval forces boarded the convoy carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza. The statement underscores the need for a prompt,
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01/06/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Download the speech. (pdf)
By
Former State Secretary Heidi Sørensen
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31/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is shocked that Israeli naval forces have shot and killed civilians while boarding a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza. I condemn this use of military force against civilians,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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31/05/2010
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
”A military attack against civilian activists is totally unacceptable. We are shocked at the news that Israeli naval forces have attacked ships bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza”, says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in a comment to the
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31/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The peace process in Sudan is in a decisive and critical phase. We can already see that this will be a key issue on the international agenda the next 12 months,” commented Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre, who has started a
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31/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gathered in Kampala, Uganda, to take stock of the progress of the Court. “This is a milestone in the history of international criminal law,” commented Foreign Minister
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31/05/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Transport and Communications
ASECAP Conference - Introduction to the plenum session, Oslo, May 31 2010.
By
Former Minister of Transport and Communications Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
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31/05/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Opening Speech at the ASECAP Conference, Oslo, 31 May 2010.
By
Former Minister of Transport and Communications Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
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31/05/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Let us agree on the fundamentals: justice is not possible without peace, and sustainable peace is not possible without justice, Foreign Minister Støre said in his statement at the ICC review conference.
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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30/05/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I believe we need to remain focused on the critically important point of departure: that we are dealing with humankind, that humankind is global, that universal human rights are global, and that we need to approach them as such, as we deal with
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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29/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In New York agreement was reached between 189 countries on the way forward for disarmament efforts. This includes concrete steps to eliminate nuclear weapons, strengthen non-proliferation efforts and create a platform that respects the right of all