http://www.norway-nato.org/news/eaf53f26-8374-424c-98c4-38ff71e877cahttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/The-Councils-farewell-to-Ambassador-Traavik/After over four years as the Norwegian Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador kim Traavik bid farewell to his colleagues of the NATO Council on Wednesday 30 June. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:08:50 GMT49bf9bef-91f7-4836-b632-3063b819917ehttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Afghanistan---RC-North-Ministers-meeting/Ministers of Defence with armed forces in the North of Afghanistan met in Berlin on 11 May to discuss the transfer of security to Afghan Security Forces. Emphasis was put on the international community's continued engagement in Afghanistan. Wed, 26 May 2010 10:10:09 GMT22b66458-aa40-4313-aa85-66a26a0bb2d5http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Support-of-Oslo-Commitments-on-Armed-Violence--/More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May.Fri, 21 May 2010 14:37:04 GMT763da5b7-b22a-45f5-be7a-60804bbed072http://www.norway-nato.org/news/arctic_challenges/Although there are those who have warned that increased activity and unresolved boundaries in the Arctic would raise tensions, developments in the region are bearing witness to just the opposite. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:21:05 GMT5dd84aa1-550f-40f2-9ee6-932f3ec9ba0ahttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Joint-disarmament-initiative-in-NATO/Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have called on NATO to support efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. “Our aim is to reduce the importance of nuclear weapons in NATO’s security policy,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:22:58 GMTe1d32595-e797-422b-bcb8-bcc12bc78feahttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Ambassor-Traavik-in-Washington/In connection with the forth Strategic Concept Seminar in Washington 22-23 February, Ambassador Kim Traavik, took part in media outreach activities to promote NATO-issues and heighten the knowledge of the organisation.Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:59:19 GMT713b09d1-5c2f-42b5-a556-ab27da66b35dhttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Disarmament--reframing-the-challenge/- There are of course some critical differences between the nuclear disarmament agenda and the agenda that led to the ban on land mines and cluster munitions. But at the same time, there are some key, shared lessons to be learned. For example, experience from humanitarian disarmament should guide us on how to pursue and negotiate disarmament issues in general, Støre said at the opening lecture at the Leangkollen Conference in Oslo 1 February 2010. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:54:04 GMT9bbcd5c1-504b-479c-8a4e-1ac84951220bhttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Strategic-concept-seminar-in-Oslo/In his opening remarks during the Strategic Concept seminar "NATO's Partnerships and Beyond" in Oslo 14 January the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, focused on NATO's partners and the need for thir involvement in the process towards a new strategic concept for NATO. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:54:18 GMT61df102b-8c5b-4689-b4bd-b608e32ff8a7http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Capable-and-ready-for-action--Norways-armed-forces-2010/In her address to the Oslo Military Society on 4 January 2010 Defence Minister Grete Faremo focused on a wide spectre of issues - from the High North and Afghanistan to the modernisation of the armed forces and NATO's new strategic concept. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:01:17 GMT889ab8f2-c336-4cd8-b3c2-7888d43916f2http://www.norway-nato.org/news/New-strategic-concept-for-the-Norwegian-Armed-Forces/The new strategic concept for the Norwegian Armed Forces is avaliable in english. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:31:04 GMTb8aa1fd4-a1af-4d2c-a311-9770fc197426http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Norway-positive-to-new-US-strategy-for-Afghanistan/“A stronger and broader US involvement in order to ensure development and stability in Afghanistan is important, and this gives direction to the international efforts that Norway is supporting, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented, following President Barack Obama’s presentation of the new US strategy for Afghanistan.Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:33:45 GMT382697a9-20a9-4c33-98c8-56714364f51dhttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/The-Oslo-Seminar-on-NATOs-New-Strategic-Concep/The next seminar in the process towards a new Strategic Concept for NATO will take place in Oslo 14 January 2010. The Oslo-seminar is organised jointly by Germany, Romania, Spain and Norway and will be devoted to NATO’s partnerships.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:10 GMT8b805e10-9b30-4d13-a7c1-19aca01ef5e3http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Nuclear-Capabilities-in-a-Changing-Security-Environment-/In the framework of the NATO-Russia Council Norway hosted a seminar on Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy in Oslo 8-10 November. In his opening statement State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Espen Barth Eide underlined that the main goal of the seminar is to strengthen the openness, transparency and dialogue in the field of nuclear policy. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:36:03 GMTcbb1ca99-53f5-41b5-b3b1-37090543d8e0http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Collective-defence-in-todays-security-environment/In his introduction at the ”Strategic concept seminar I; NATO’s fundamental security tasks” Luxembourg 16 October State Secretary Espen Barth Eide focused on the “NATO’s role as the primary guarantor for the security of its members”. He underlined that “In a world ripe with unpredictability, the security community dimension of NATO is no less important today than it was in the early days”.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:54:53 GMT90bc0475-fa64-4f5b-be5e-6830ffdead45http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Security-in-the-High-North--Perceptions-and-misperceptions/Climate change and the melting ice cap have triggered an increased security related interest for the High North both from the countries of the region and a wider audience. In his speech at the Comparative Politics Conference in Bergen 8 October Deputy Permanent Representative Øystein Bø focused on this increased interest for High North issues and how perceptions amongst various actors and commentators varied. A central theme of the intervention was to address some often repeated misconceptions on how the developments in the High North could influence the overall security environment in the region. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:03:42 GMT2d9ce70a-4f84-4782-9e13-3f8844f4fd63http://www.norway-nato.org/news/Barack-Obama-awarded-Nobel-Peace-Prize/The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:47:25 GMT275f2118-25c9-4f1e-af9c-684b4cd5c35ehttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize/During a ceremony in Oslo on 10 December, President Barack Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:11:42 GMT5674f511-5db4-4692-a773-31096b3d9d31http://www.norway-nato.org/news/The-worlds-most-important-human-rights-organisation/On 29 September, President of the Norwegian parliament Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Now he intends to modernise what he describes as the world’s most important human rights organisation, and make it more effective.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:26:45 GMT88e03a59-272f-4352-ad59-4df28e85b5a0http://www.norway-nato.org/news/NATO-Russia-Council---Corfu-Meeting/Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's address during the informal meeting of the NATO-Russia Council's foreign miinisters at Corfu 27 June 2009. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:30:22 GMTc3f638ad-21c2-4e36-a401-e4cfc9d7a4abhttp://www.norway-nato.org/news/Norways-security-outlook---strengthening-the-relevance-of-NATO-/Ministry of Defence State Secretary Espen Barth Eide's address to the Defence and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Oslo 23 May 2009. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:14:34 GMT