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The Norwegian Government's High North Strategy

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MOPAN Synthesis Report 2006

Assessment of UNICEF, ILO and the Asian Development Bank at country level

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Oslo Conditionality Conference

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Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions

Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions Preliminary Report from Handicap International (in pdf)

Annual Report on Bilateral Development Cooperation

2005

The annual report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Norwegian bilateral development cooperation has been published, with an overview of development cooperation with 22 countries in 2005. (10.10.06)

Foreign policy strategy for combating international terrorism

September 2006

Foreign policy strategy for combating international terrorism PDF version of the strategy

Cancellation of debts incurred as a result of the Norwegian Ship Export Campaign (1976-80)

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Agreed Minutes

Agreed Minutes on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles between the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway in the Southern Part of the Banana Hole of the Northeast Atlantic 1. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom

Barents 2020: A tool for a forward-looking High North policy

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The World Bank Group

Action Plan for Environment in Development Cooperation

Norway’s environmental development cooperation is intended to assist developing countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and help poor people to improve their health and living conditions. There is a close link between the environment

New roles for non-governmental organisations in development cooperation

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PRIO and CMI: Religious Civil Society in Afghanistan

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The Norwegian Government’s Action Plan for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security

March 2006

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High-level Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor

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Norges svar til Europarådet vedrørende ulovlig fangetransport

The African Development Bank (AFDB)

Annual Report on Norway's Efforts to Promote Human Rights 2004/2005

Annual Report on Norway's Efforts to Promote Human Rights 2004/2005 PDF-file

South Africa — background

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Norwegian assistance to South Africa

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