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The Antarctic

The Antarctic contains some of the last vast undisturbed areas of nature in the world. Plants, animals, ecosystems and cultural heritage in the Antarctic face an unrelenting growing pressure from traffic, environmental toxins and climate change. The

Product Control Act

The purpose of this Act is to prevent products or consumer services from causing damage to health, prevent products from causing environmental disturbance, and prevent environmental disturbance by promoting effective energy use in products.

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What Defines an Indigenous People?

No general, internationally accepted definition of indigenous peoples exists. It is typical of indigenous populations that they do not represent the dominant population in the larger society of which they are part, although they may be the

Norwegian Government Pension Fund and the Santiago principles

Norway supports the international guidelines for sovereign wealth funds, the so called Santiago-principles or Generally Accepted Practices and Principles for Sovereign Wealth Funds (GAPP).

List of lawyers in child abduction cases

The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Public Security has established a list of lawyers in child abduction cases, so that affected parents quickly can get in touch with a lawyer with particular competence and knowledge about child abduction.

Convention Norway - Netherlands

Convention between the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Convention between the Kingdom og Norway and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, signed at Oslo on 12 January 1990. Protocol amending the Convention between the Kingdom of

EUs romprogrammer

Norway participates in the EU's Space Programmes Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus. The participation is incorporated in the EEA Agreement.

NOU 2015: 15 - Environmental Pricing (Summary)

Report from a Green Tax Commission

Chapter 1 Executive summary (50,4 kB) Chapter 2 The Commission (63,8 kB) Chapter 3 Summary (225,1 kB) Chapter 12 The recommendations of the Commission (100,6 kB)

Fund Performance

GPFG annual geometric average return. Measured in the currency basket. Per cent Half year 2024 Last 5 years Last 10 years Last 20 years GPFG Portfolio 8.59 7.99 7.07 6.80 Benchmark index 8.62 7.57 6.83 6.59 Excess return (percentage points)1 -0.04

Israel – Palestine: A negotiated two-state solution

Norway’s long-term engagement seeks to advance a negotiated two-state solution, with two states, Israel and Palestine, existing side by side in peace and security within secure and internationally recognised borders. It is Norway’s position that

Agreement Norway - Costa Rica

Human rights defenders

Protection of human rights defenders is a key priority in Norway’s human rights efforts. Our overall objective is for human rights defenders to be able to carry out their work of promoting and defending human rights in all parts of the world freely

Protocol Norway - Belgium

Protocol amending the Convention between the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Belgium for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital, signed at Oslo on 14 april 1988.

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Protocol Norway - Bonaire

Protocol between the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in respect of the Netherlands Antilles amending the convention between the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in respect of the Netherlands Antilles for the

Norway’s efforts to promote disarmament and non-proliferation

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is the cornerstone of the global disarmament and non-proliferation regime.

UNESCO

Norway has ratified several of UNESCO’s cultural conventions.

Cultural cooperation in the High North

The Ministry of Culture supports cultural collaboration in Norway’s three northernmost counties, and internationally, through its funding of Norwegian-Russian cultural cooperation projects and other international initiatives.

A Brief Presentation of the Norwegian F-35 Program

History, status, background and plans - learn more in this presentation of the Norwegian F-35 Program.

Research cooperation

Increasingly, research is being carried out in cooperation across national borders, and a growing proportion of resources for research are being distributed in international competitive arenas.