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30/09/2009
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Oslo conference on good governance and social and environmental responsibility aims to take the ongoing debate on business and sustainability even further. It will be a platform for an integrated approach comprising key players from business,
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29/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The new tone of voice we have heard from the United States here in New York is setting forceful persuasion above persuasive force and extending a hand to those who are willing to unclench a fist, Foreign Minister Støre said in Norway's statement.
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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29/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The President of the Norwegian Storting (Norwegian parliament) and the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly. Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
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29/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Children and Equality
By
State Secretary Lotte Grepp Knutsen
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28/09/2009
News story
Ministry of the Environment
The Norwegian and Romanian Ministries of the Environment has launched a joint project on Environmental Technology and Green Public Procurement. The aim of the project is to strengthen the national infrastructure in Romania in order to support
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28/09/2009
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On Thursday 24 September 2009, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre chaired this year's Trygve Lie Symposium in New York. The aim of this year's symposium was to agree on a way forward to increase respect for international humanitarian law and its
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28/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Statement given at annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the HRC Integration of a gender perspective in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), by State Secretary Gry Larsen.
By
Former State Secretary Gry Larsen (on leave)
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25/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The latest reports that Iran has built a new enrichment plant give cause for grave concern,” said Foreign Minister Støre after it was revealed today that Iran has concealed the existence of an uranium enrichment plant from international nuclear
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25/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
This conference will address three themes, first the valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, secondly biodiversity and climate change and thirdly a post 2010 vision and targets for the Pan European region.
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25/09/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State four state secretaries have been honourably discharged from their offices as of 1 October, as they have been elected Members of the Storting.
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25/09/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Two political advisors will leave their posts as of 1 October, as they have been elected Members of the Storting.
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25/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
The Norwegian Government will shortly put forward a parliamentary bill to the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - proposing the Norwegian State should participate with a proportionate share in the upcoming ordinary rights issue in DnB NOR ASA. This
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24/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rafto Prize was today awarded to Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Malahat Nasibova from Naxçivan in Azerbaijan. “I congratulate Malahat Nasibova on being awarded this prestigious prize for her longstanding and determined efforts
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24/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The success and credibility of international norms will be measured by the impact they have on the ground. Our main focus must be on the situation for civilians, and on measures that will effectively strengthen their protection, Foreign Minister
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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24/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Women Carry Half the Sky - Tales of Congolese Women by Jan Speed and Endre Vestvik, puts a face to the many victims of rape and sexual violence. Through text and photographs they let the stories emerge - of the people, their individual experiences,
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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24/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Our task as political leaders is to demonstrate that disarmament is meaningful and will make a real difference to efforts to safeguard our societies, our nations, and our lives, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in his speech in New York 24
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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24/09/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
At a meeting at the UN in New York on 23 September, rich and poor countries pledged a total of USD 5.3 billion to improve the health of mothers and children in the world’s 49 poorest countries.
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24/09/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
At a meeting in New York on 23 September, heads of state and government from all over the world underlined the need for an agreement to reduce deforestation in developing countries.
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24/09/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has written this input for UNRWA's Commemorative Book regarding the organisation's 60th anniversary 24 September 2009 in New York.
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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23/09/2009
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
By
Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg