United Nations

"Working together for a better world". This is the ideology behind the UN. The organisation was founded after two devastating World Wars, and its primary aim is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.

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Another main principle underlying the UN is the protection of all human rights. Norway is seeking to promote a global world community made up of active states that respect international law and fundamental human rights. Norway’s aim is to have a clear profile as a nation of peace, and it will work to prevent, reduce and resolve conflicts. Norway will also be an international driving force in the efforts to reduce economic disparities between North and South.

 

 

 

Multidimensional and Integrated Peace Operations: Trends and Challenges

I look forward to receiving a strong set of recommendations for integrated and multidimensional operations, recommendations that can be shared with the wider UN constituency, Mr. Støre said when he opened the conference.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 29.10.2007)

Prime Minister Stoltenberg gives his statement to the UN General Assmbly. Photo: Scanpix

Stoltenberg addressed climate change in the UN

"It is imperative that we reach a comprehensive post-Kyoto agreement. The new agreement must be firmly anchored in the UN, and it must include all major emitting countries and all major sectors", Prime Minister Stoltenberg said in his statement at the UN General Assembly.

(The Office of the Prime Minister, 27.09.2007)

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High-level Meeting on Afghanistan

- Winning the loyalty and support of local communities – involving them in the development of good governance, security and development – must be a key part of our efforts to reach a political solution. It is right to talk to anyone who is ready to work constructively with the Government, Foreign Minister Støre said in his speech in New York 23 September.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 23.09.2007)

Prime Ministers Stoltenberg and Brown outside 10 Downing Street. Photo: Scanpix

Stoltenberg launches global health campaign for poor countries

- A new offensive to meet the health millennium goals, is how Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg describes the International Health Partnership launched today in London together with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

(The Office of the Prime Minister, 05.09.2007)

Rights under fire?

- Human rights are the UN’s guiding principles – through them, the organisation defines objectives and rules that are of universal application. We have a responsibility to do what we can to ensure that human rights violations are not covered up, Minister of Foreign Affairs Støre writes in an article in Dagbladet 01.09.07

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 01.09.2007)

Address to the “UN Forum” ahead of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (autumn 2007)

- The UN has become an important actor – as mediator, as peacebuilder and as a catalyst for justice and accountability. Sometimes it succeeds. Other times political conflicts get in the way – not surprisingly as its working environment is often highly complex. But frequently the UN is able to play a role in promoting peace and reconciliation, Foreign Minister Støre said in his speech on 30 August.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 30.08.2007)

Norway and Sweden to assist UN in Darfur

Norway and Sweden will contribute a joint engineer force to the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Sudan.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17.08.2007)

Halfway to 2015 and MDGs

“It is only seven years until we are to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But we will not succeed unless we act urgently and with new strength”, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says. Together with other world leaders Prime Minister Stoltenberg joined a new declaration of commitment to meet the MDGs.

(The Office of the Prime Minister, 31.07.2007)

The Role of Somali Women in the Implementation of UNSCR 1325

- We have recently seen that some Somali women are raising their voices and speaking out against the anarchy and the infighting between the various clans and factions. Today these women are becoming a voice for reason, and for peace and reconciliation among all Somalis, State Secretary Stenhammer said in her speech.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18.06.2007)

Statement at ILO's General Assembly

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13.06.2007)

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