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The refugee crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl Address to the Storting on 10 March 2022

Securing the foundation of our food supply

Today the Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes 40,507 new seed samples from nine genebank depositors, including collections from Latvia, Morocco, Taiwan, USA, Netherlands, Israel, Poland, Zambia, and Italy.

FAO Conference 43rd Session

Review of the State of Food and Agriculture Intervention by Norway.

By Minister of Agriculture and Food Sandra Borch

Welcome speech at the SYNERGY Conference

Dear all, Good morning from Oslo! It is a great pleasure for me to be part of the opening of this important international SYNERGY conference to address violence against Roma women. Preventing and combating gender-based and domestic violence is a key

By State Secretary Geir Indrefjord Welcome speech at the "SYNERGY Conference: How to ensure Roma women’s access" 15 to justice?"

Building momentum towards the SDG Summit

The 2030 Agenda is in a deep crisis. It is still possible to deliver on our promises, but the time for ambitious leadership is now. Norway therefore looks forward to the SDG Summit in September, and a meeting that can unlock the potential for

By Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Sigbjørn Gjelsvik National Statement at the Opening of the High-level Segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), 17 July 2023.

Equality for all

This strategy provides a foundation for future efforts to promote inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in Norwegian development cooperation. Norway has two primary objectives for its activities in this area: i) to promote compliance

Norway mineral strategy

The Norwegian Contribution to the 2nd Foreign Ministers´ Conference on the Northern Dimension

Initial report: The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

This report describes the implementation of the provisions of the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Norway.

Evaluation of the Norwegian Human Rights Fund

Prepared by the Danish Centre for Human Rights

Education Mirror

In this issue of the Education Mirror we seek to to find the answers to key questions relating to the state of our educational system.

Recommendation of May 26, 2010, on the exclusion of the company PetroChina Co Ltd.

On 26 May 2010, the Council on Ethics recommended the exclusion of PetroChina due to the risk of complicity in human rights violations associated with the construction of two oil and gas pipelines in Burma by its parent company, China National

Import from developing countries

Review of Norway’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for import of goods from developing countries

The Norwegian Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for import of goods from developing countries allows lower tariffs to be imposed on goods from developing countries.

Report to the Storting on Policy Coherence for Development 2011

Chapter 12 from the 2012 budget proposal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This is the Norwegian Government's first report to the Storting on the potential positive and negative impacts in developing countries of policies designed primarily to serve domestic Norwegian interests. The report is based on contributions from

Expert committee for effective and sustainable use of the coastline in the aquaculture industry

Summary of report

Over the past 40 years, the aquaculture industry has experienced an incredible development. With a growth in production from a modest 531 tonnes in 1971 to approximately 1 million tonnes in 2010, the aquaculture industry has established itself as

Consultation on a proposal for amendments to the Broadcasting Regulations - listing of events of major importance for society

The Ministry of Culture hereby presents a proposal for amendments to the Broadcasting Regulations. It is proposed to include in Chapter 5 of the Broadcasting Regulations a provision for the drawing up of a list of events of major significance for

Deadline for consultation: 24/09/2011 Status: Consultation has been processed