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Norway’s main priorities for the 78th session of the UN General Assembly

Instructions for the Norwegian delegation.

Norway's work for cultural rights

Everyone has the right - and need - to freely express their identity, values, culture and ideas. This should be offered on an equal basis and without discrimination.

Norway’s main priorities for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly

Instructions for the Norwegian delegation.

Meld. St. 10 (2014–2015) - Opportunities for All: Human Rights in Norway’s Foreign Policy and Development Cooperation

Meld. St. 10 (2014–2015) Report to the Storting (white paper)

The white paper sets out the main priorities of Norway’s efforts to promote human rights in its foreign policy and development cooperation. It describes how Norway’s efforts to promote and protect human rights will be mainstreamed into all aspects

Food Security in a Climate Perspective - English Summary

A strategy developed in cooperation with Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Ministry of the Environment. - English Summary - January 2013.

NOU 2012: 2 - Outside and Inside

Official Norwegian Reports NOU 2012: 2 Chapter 1

Meld. St. 11 (2011–2012) - Global health in foreign and development policy

Department for Human Resources and Organisational Management

The Department works to ensure the sound, effective management, operation, development and digitalisation of the Foreign Service.

Director General Leni Stenseth

Fish for Development

The overall objective of the Fish for Development programme is to reduce poverty through food security, sustainable management and profitable business activities.

Department for Protocol, Cultural Relations and Consular Affairs

Department for Protocol, Cultural Relations and Consular Affairs is responsible for promoting Norwegian arts and culture abroad and for the development of cooperation projects in this field. The Department also provides guidance on matters of

Director General Tone Elisabeth Bækkevold Allers

Legal Affairs Department

The Legal Affairs Department provides legal expertise for the Government and the central government administration, and has particular responsibility for coordinating Norway’s positions on matters of international law in international forums.

Director General Kristian Jervell

Secretariat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Secretariat is responsible for a number of different support functions for the Minister and political staff. This includes preparation of speeches and presentations, planning of meetings and travel as well as relations with the Storting.

Director Iselin Hebbert Haukaas

Meld. St. 35 (2014–2015) - Working together: Private sector development in Norwegian development cooperation

Meld. St. 35 (2014 – 2015) Report to the Storting (white paper) Summary

In the white paper Working together: Private sector development in Norwegian development cooperation (Meld. St. 35 (2014-2015)), the Government sets out how it will intensify its efforts to create an enabling environment for private sector

Department for Regional Affairs

The department is responsible for ensuring that Norwegian international development policy is designed to promote the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals and is in keeping with the Norwegian Government’s priorities. It is also

Director General Signe Brudeset