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A NEW NATO   SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL AT THE NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC COMMITTEE OSLO, 3 MARCH 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends,         Let me first of all thank YATA, the Norwegian Atlantic Committee and the University of Oslo for the opportunity to speak to you today.          I entitled my remarks to... Read more

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon visited NATO Headquarters on Wednesday 1 March 2006. Read more

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will meet with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday 1 March 2006. H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon will address the North Atlantic Council and later in the day meet with the Chairman of the Military Committee, General Raymond Henault, and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General James L. Jones. This is the first time H.R.H. Cr... Read more

The NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will meet with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Minister of Defence, The Standing Committee on Defence & The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. This is Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's second visit to Oslo as Secretary General of NATO. Read more

Excellencies Ladies and gentlemen, It feels good to be back here at the opening of the Leangkollen Conference for the third consecutive year. It is indeed a fine tradition to meet in these noble settings every January. It is an honour to be invited to speak as Foreign Minister on the challenges to multilateralism and it is a pleasure to do so alongside Sir Franklin Berman, who is going to inspi... Read more

Norway has allocated NOK 65 million to a humanitarian fund that will be used to address the most urgent humanitarian needs in Sudan. The fund will mainly be used for projects in Southern Sudan and Darfur. The objective is to enable humanitarian actors to respond rapidly to the people who are in greatest need, and to improve planning and coordination. “We are making this contribution to the Comm... Read more

The Norwegian government is deeply concerned about Iran’s decision to break the International Atomic Energy Agency’s seals at nuclear power facilities in the country. “Iran’s resumption of its uranium enrichment research is a serious step in the wrong direction,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. This was also emphasised today when the Iranian Ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Fo... Read more

Prime Minister Stoltenberg will meet with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Read more

The Norwegian government is deeply concerned about Iran’s decision to break the International Atomic Energy Agency’s seals at nuclear power facilities in the country. “Iran’s resumption of its uranium enrichment research is a serious step in the wrong direction,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. This was also emphasised today when the Iranian Ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Fo... Read more

Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2005. Read more

Institut français des relations internationales Paris, le 24 novembre 2005 Read more

Ambassador Tom Vraalsen has been appointed to lead the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on behalf of Norway. The international commission is to monitor the implementation of the peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and will thus be a key element in the process. “The AEC will play a very important part in the follow-up of the... Read more

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s Statement to the Storting Afghanistan and Iraq: Norwegian military and civilian contributions Read more

Your Royal Highness Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much, Professor Worthington, for your generous hospitality, and thank you, Professor Buzan, for your warm words of welcome. It gives me special pleasure to address you here today at the LSE. Twenty years ago I myself was enrolled in a PhD programme at this school with a special focus on Norway and European integration. This ... Read more

On Thursday evening the Storting allocated an additional NOK 300 million for relief efforts in Pakistan, Central America and Africa. International Development Minister Erik Solheim is concerned that the tragic situation in the wake of the earthquake in Pakistan may deteriorate into one of the greatest humanitarian crises we have faced. - Winter is approaching. The relief workers are fighting ag... Read more