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Global push to end sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises must continue
19/06/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs“It is the responsibility of the international community to respond to the needs that the society has not been able to support, and it is their moral responsibility to find solutions - political and financial - to treat the consequences of this
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Briefing on the African-Nordic Initiative at the UN
09/06/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsState Secretary Marianne Hagen's videobrief concerning the African-Nordic Initiative at the UN: the status of the initiative in light of Covid-19 and possible ways forward.
By State Secretary Marianne Hagen Oslo, 9 June
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Comments on BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020
09/06/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Petroleum and EnergyMinistry of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru gave this opening remarks at Statkraft's Nordic launch of BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020 in Oslo on June 9th 2020.
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Joint Statement on the Role of a Sustainable Ocean Economy in a post-COVID-19 World
08/06/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterToday, we celebrate World Oceans Day under unprecedented circumstances, as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated health and economic challenges. We, the members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, propose
By Prime Minister Erna Solberg World Oceans Day
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PM Solbergs statement at the Global Vaccine Summit 2020
04/06/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Erna Solbergs statement at Gavi’s donor pledging conference Global Vaccine Summit, June 4th 2020.
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PM Solbergs speech at Virtual Ocean Dialogues
04/06/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Erna Solbergs Keynote Speech at World Economic Forum and Friends of Ocean Action’s Virtual Ocean Dialogues June 4th 2020.
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Hydrogen in Norway
04/06/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Petroleum and EnergyMinister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru gave this speech at the Norwegian Hydrogen Conference in Oslo on June 3rd 2020.
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Opening statement at the AHLC meeting 2 June
02/06/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsForeign Minister Eriksen Søreide’s opening statement at the the international donor group for Palestine (AHLC) meeting 2 June 2020.
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Reopening of borders to allow holiday and leisure travel between Norway and Denmark
29/05/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterSpeech by Prime Minister Erna Solberg at a press conference regarding the reopening of borders for holiday and leisure travel between Norway and Denmark.
By Prime Minister Erna Solberg Oslo, 29 May 2020
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High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
28/05/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterStatement by Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and BeyondConvened by Canada, Jamaica and the UN Secretary-General, 28 May 2020.
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To avert a Covid-triggered famine, our global food systems need to change
22/05/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsOnly international co-operation to strengthen food security can save hundreds of millions of people from starvation as a result of the pandemic, write Ban Ki-moon and Dag-Inge Ulstein.
By Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein Reuters, 22 May
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Statement from Minister of Education and Integration at Press Conference For Kids
12/05/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Education and ResearchAs the Prime Minister said, we realise that it can be boring just staying at home all the time. I’m a mother of two small children myself. They think it’s a bit boring being at home so much, and I imagine many of you feel the same way. Lots of you
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Statement at the UNSC Arria meeting on the Second World War
08/05/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide's statement at the UN Security Council Arria meeting on "75 Years From the End of the Second World War on European Soil - Lessons Learned for Preventing Future Atrocities, Responsibility of the
By Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Friday, 8 May
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Introduction at press conference on further corona measures
07/05/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Erna Solberg's introduction at press conference on Thursday 7 May.
By Prime Minister Erna Solberg Oslo, 7 May 2020
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PM Solbergs statement at Coronavirus Global Response Summit
04/05/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterCheck against delivery. Thank you, Ursula. Good afternoon, everyone. This conference is an expression of one key fact: That a global health crisis can only be pushed back through solidarity, and true partnership between governments, strong
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Prime Minister’s introduction at press conference on measures to support the oil and gas industry and green transformation
30/04/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterToday we are presenting a major package of measures to maintain activity in the oil and gas industry and the supply industry. We are doing this to safeguard jobs across the country. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices
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To our youth
30/04/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Health and Care ServicesOur youngest are back at school and we are all happy about that. But I would like to talk about our young ones. Those who are still waiting, still longing. I would like to say to our young ones that you are not forgotten! Our goal is to have them
By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie Speech held on the Corona Press Conference 27th April
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Prime Minister’s introduction at press conference on the revised marine management plans
24/04/2020 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterCheck against delivery. Norway is a maritime nation. Throughout our history, people have depended on the oceans and gained a livelihood at sea. Today, people working in the fishing industry, shipping and the petroleum industry all live off ocean
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Statement at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
17/04/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein's statement at the Development Committee, the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the IMF. The meeting was held virtually.
By Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein Oslo, 17 April
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The coronavirus situation: Statement by Minister of Children and Families at Press Conference For Kids
15/04/2020 Speech/statement Ministry of Children and FamiliesStatement from Minister of Children and Families, Mr. Kjell Ingolf Ropstad at the governments Press Conference For Kids on april 15th.