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26/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I am pleased that Iraq’s national
assembly has approved a new government of national unity. The Iraqi
people deserve a broad and inclusive government that can tackle all
of the difficult challenges the country currently faces, said
Minister of
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24/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development Erik Solheim and Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer will
among other things have talks with the Government of Sri Lanka and
the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (26.05.06)
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23/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Speech by State Secretary Karin
Yrvin at the seminar ”Innovation Policies and Strategies - European
and Norwegian Perspectives”. Seminar held by the Norwegian School
of Management and the European Commission Delegation to Norway and
Iceland, 23
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23/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Check against delivery Ladies and gentlemen, I wish you welcome to Stavanger. Norway is proud to host the 2006 conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment. After 26 years, it is high time to meet in the Nordic region, where
By
Former Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy
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23/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
Norwegian policies towards the 55 + group Lecture held by the Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, at the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation, Berlin, 18 May 2006. I often receive letters from unemployed
By
Former Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
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22/05/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Stoltenberg sends
his condolences to the WHO staff and to Dr Nordström, acting
Director-General, on the death of Director-General Dr. Lee
Jong-wook.
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22/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The peace effort must be owned
and driven by the Somalis themselves. Above all, the Somali leaders
must let national interests lead the way, State Secretary Johansen
said at a meeting organized by Somali Peace Initiative Group in
Norway. (
By
State Secretary Raymond Johansen
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22/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
With the death of Lee Jong-wook,
the world has lost a champion of health, development and poverty
eradication, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (22.05.06)
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22/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- We would like to continue to
focus on openness, transparency and participation at home, while we
encourage similar policies in other countries, State Secretary
Raymond Johansen said when he opened an UNDP-seminar in Oslo this
week. (23.05.06)
By
State Secretary Raymond Johansen
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20/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
By
Former State Secretary for International Development Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer
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19/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
If we are to strengthen the Council
of Europe’s standing, we must concentrate on our core objectives -
securing human rights, democracy and the rule of law for all
citizens of Europe, the Minister of Foreign Aaffairs, Mr Støre,
said in his
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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17/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006 Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank Burkina Faso, 17 May 2006 Mr Chairman, Mr President, Fellow governors, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me join the others in thanking the Government of Burkina Faso for hosting this year’s annual
By
Former State Secretary for International Development Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer
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16/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Children and Equality
Europe faces two main challenges in the years ahead. The first is to ensure that more children are born. The second is to ensure that more people work and that more people work longer.
By
Former Minister of Children and equality Karita Bekkemellem
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16/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Most of the world’s people have
always been poor. But today, for the first time in human history,
we have the opportunity to eradicate poverty. Can we envisage any
greater achievement for our generation than making poverty history,
said Minister
By
Former Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim
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16/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Children and Equality
European countries are worried about steadily sinking fertility rates. Norway is among the most fertile European countries, with a fertility rate of 1.84 children per woman.
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16/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
have summoned representatives from a number of embassies to refute
the erroneous allegations some countries have made against Norway
for its management of the Northeast Atlantic minke whale stocks.
(18.05.06)
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16/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The Ministry of Fisheries and
Coastal Affairs has decided to introduce an export quota for fish
and fish products starting 1 June 2006. This export quota will
limit the quantity of marine fish or fish products from
recreational fishing that can
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15/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre Svalbard – an important arena Article in Nordlys (newspaper, Tromsø, Norway), 15 April 2006 Translated from Norwegian We listen carefully in our dialogues with our partners. But we also make it quite
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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15/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Check against delivery Mister/Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad to welcome the European Environment and Health Committee to Oslo and Norway. We need joint meeting places like this to forward the many important issues that are of
By
Former Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy
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15/05/2006
Speech/statement
Ministry of Children and Equality
The family deserves to be celebrated, primarily because it concerns so many of us. The family has been important throughout the ages and in all societies, and it continues to be so. Family patterns have changed, and there is greater diversity in
By
State Secretary Kjell Erik Øie