Division of responsibility between the senior political staff

Division of responsibility between State Secretary Raymond Johansen, State Secretary Liv Monica B. Stubholt and Political Adviser Gry Larsen

Raymond Johansen

• Peace, reconciliation and democratisation efforts
• Security policy, international operations, global security issues, including Afghanistan and Sudan/Darfur
• Disarmament, non-proliferation and export control
• The UN
• The Middle East
• Africa, Asia and Latin America, including China, India, Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Human rights, including the Human Rights Council, cluster munitions and human trafficking
• NATO, CFSP, ESDP, the Council of Europe and the OSCE
• Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief
• Globalisation, in cooperation with Political Adviser Gry Larsen
• Regular contact with the political leadership of the Foreign Ministry responsible for international development matters and with the Ministry of Defence
• Assisting the Foreign Minister in coordinating administrative reforms in the Foreign Ministry

Liv Monica B. Stubholt

• The High North
• Bilateral relations with North America, including the USA, and Russia
• European countries, including the EU Member States/the candidate countries/Turkey/the Western Balkans
• The Barents Cooperation, the Arctic Council, Nordic cooperation, the Baltic Sea Cooperation
• The EU/EEA/EFTA/Schengen, OECD
• Trade policy, WTO
• Global cultural cooperation, promotion of Norway and public diplomacy, in cooperation with Political Adviser Gry Larsen
• Issues related to natural resources and the environment
• Foreign policy-related energy issues
• Economic, commercial and CSR affairs
• Climate change, in cooperation with Political Adviser Gry Larsen
• Project on Norwegian interests in a globalised world, in cooperation with Political Adviser Gry Larsen

Gry Larsen

• Global cultural cooperation, promotion of Norway and public diplomacy, in cooperation with State Secretary Liv Monica B. Stubholt
• Climate change, in cooperation with State Secretary Liv Monica B. Stubholt
• Project on Norwegian interests in a globalised world, in cooperation with State Secretary Liv Monica B. Stubholt
• Globalisation, in cooperation with State Secretary Raymond Johansen
• Budget

(20 November 2006)