Speeches and statements by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende
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Address to high-level roundtable on humanitarian financing
23/05/2016FM Børge Brende's address to the high-level roundtable on humanitarian financing at the World Humanitarian Summit.
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Education in Emergencies
23/05/2016Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at special session on «Education in Emergencies» at the World Humanitarian Summit.
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Why we need a US$1 billion Central Emergency Response Fund
23/05/2016International article in Connection With World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul 23 and 24 May.
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Education Cannot Wait
22/05/2016Over the past years I have been to a number of refugee camps and communities where people experience humanitarian conditions beyond imagination. I have witnessed the human suffering caused by the ebola outbreak in West Africa, the earthquake in Nepal, the civil war in South Sudan and, not least, the horrific atrocities in Syria, writes Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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Women and Mediation: Experiences in Ensuring Wider Participation of Women in Peace Processes
11/05/2016Introduction by Foreign Minister Børge Brende at the High-Level debate on women, UN, Peace and Security, New York, 11 May 2016.
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A new Global Strategy for the EU - A Northern Perspective
20/04/2016'When the terrorists attack Europe, they are not only attacking a city or a country. They are attacking our common European values', Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, said in his speech in Brussels.
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Opening Statement at AHLC Meeting in Brussels
19/04/2016Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende's opening statement at the donor group for Palestine (Ad Hoc Liaison Committee - AHLC) meeting in Brussels.
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Fixing Fragile States: Urgent Priority or Exercise in Futility?
14/04/2016Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende's speech at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council 14 April.
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Foreign policy address to the Storting 2016
01/03/2016'We are facing a more challenging foreign and security policy situation than we have done for a long time', said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, in his address to the Storting 1 March.
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End Female Genital Mutilation!
08/02/2016- UNFPA and Norway stand together to encourage all communities to consign female genital mutilation to history, to free girls from its damaging effects, and to contribute to the realization of girls' and women's potential everywhere, write Foreign Minister Børge Brende and Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA, in this article (Huffington Post 8 February) on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
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Donor Conference in London 4 February 2016: Supporting Syria and the Region. Side event on Education. : No Lost Generation: Partnerships to deliver for children and youth affected by the Syria crisis
04/02/2016Foreign Minister Brende held the opening speech at a side event on education at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in London 4 February 2016.
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The Supporting Syria and the Region Conference, London 3 February 2016: Speech at a NGO event at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference
03/02/2016Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at a NGO event at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in London 3 February 2016.
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Meeting Europe's Security Challenges Together
01/02/2016- Never before has security and prosperity in Europe depended so much on security and prosperity elsewhere, said Foreign Minister Børge Brende in his speech at The 51st annual security conference (Leangkollen) 2016.
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Local experience and global expertise
29/01/2016Foreign Minister Børge Brende's foreword to the book "Made in Norway - New Norwegian Architecture" Volume II on modern Norwegian Architecture.
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Balancing Industry and Environment – Norwegian High North Policy
25/01/2016Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at the Arctic Frontiers 2016 conference in Tromsø 25 January.
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Presentation of new strategy for freedom of expression and independent media in foreign and development policy
18/01/2016Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, held this speech when he presented Norway's new strategy for freedom of expression and independent media in foreign and development policy. The presentation took place in Oslo 18 January.
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WTO 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10), Nairobi, 16. desember 2015: Statement at the WTO 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi
16/12/2015Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende at the WTO 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10) in Nairobi, 16 December 2015.
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Women's Rights and Equality
09/12/2015Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at the Norad conference in Oslo 9 December 2015.
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Narrowing the emissions gap
07/12/2015Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at the launching of the report “Narrowing the Emissions Gap” at the COP21 in Paris, 7 December 2015.
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Power Africa: ending energy poverty in Africa
07/12/2015Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at the signing of an agreement with Power Africa at the COP21 in Paris, 7 December 2015.