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Norway and Sweden will contribute a joint engineer force to the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Sudan. The joint Norwegian-Swedish effort is being planned for a period of up to 12 months, and the aim is that the force should be in place by the end of 2007. Les mer

Article by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (VG, 25 April 2007) before the informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Oslo in April 2007. Les mer

Oslo, 26 April 2007 By: Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre Les mer

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Icelandic Foreign Minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir signed a Memorandum of Understanding on closer security policy cooperation between Iceland and Norway on Thursday. The two countries decided to extend their cooperation in this field when the US discontinued its direct military engagement in Iceland in September 2006. At that time Norway, along with other A... Les mer

International and Security Affairs Centre 9th School of Security Sector Reform, Belgrade, April 23, 2007 Opening Lecture by Ambassador Kim Traavik, Permanent Representative of Norway on the North Atlantic Council Why is Security Sector Reform Important? A Global Perspective and the Case of Serbia Security sector reform is a high priority in many countries, and rightly so. But it would be hard t... Les mer

For information on the informal NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Oslo on 26 and 27 April follow the link below. NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, Oslo Les mer

Speach by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre  -  Harvard University, 28 February 2007 Les mer

Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen’s address to the Oslo Military Society, 9 January 2006. Les mer

For more than 40 years, the use of cluster munitions has been the cause of unacceptable human suffering during and after conflicts throughout the world. The Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, 22-23 February 2007 will be the first step in a process that could lead to an international ban on cluster munitions who causes unacceptable human suffering. Les mer

What does the Norwegian initiative involve? Norway has invited other countries to join in a process with a view to achieving an international agreement prohibiting the use of cluster munitions that have unacceptable humanitarian consequences, preventing the proliferation of such weapons and supporting victims and affected countries. As a first step, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has invited r... Les mer

Translation from the Norwegian Mr President, In times of change, contrasts can often be illustrated by snapshots from different periods. When I did my military service in the Navy between 1979 and 1981, the Cold War was still on. I remember two episodes that made a deep impression on me. One was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The other was the strikes at the Polish shipyards on the Baltic ... Les mer

Lecture at Oslo Military Society Monday 22 January 2007 by Ambassador Kim Traavik Norway's Ambassador to NATO Les mer

Sate Secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Raymond Johansen, will be visiting NATO on 15 and 16 January 2007. The purpose of his visit is to get an update on NATO issues. The programme includes meetings at the NATO Headquarters with representatives from NATO's international staff as well as meetings with the ambassadors from Denmark, France and Germany. The State Secretary will also vis... Les mer

From a Norwegian perspective the Riga summit was very successful and constitutes a good basis for NATO’s work towards the next summit in 2008. At Riga NATO Heads of State and Government decided to invite Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia into the Partnership for Peace. From a Norwegian perspective this invitation is tremendously important in bringing these countries closer to the Eu... Les mer

The Government has proposed a defence budget for 2007 amounting to NOK 31 billion. This represents a continued high budget level for the defence sector. Priority is given to the High North and international operations. Les mer