Speeches and statements

Statement at Global Citizens Festival

Check against delivery Thank you all – your engagement is making a difference. I am here to declare that Norway wants to work with you to help save millions of precious lives. By ensuring children get the necessary vaccines we will be able to

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Human Rights Up Front: Preventing Human Rights Crises Worldwide

'A worsening human rights situation is often a telling sign of an impending crisis. We must learn to respond to these signs', Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende said in his opening intervention at the Trygve Lie Symposium 2014 in New York 26

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende

United Nations General Assembly Sixty-ninth Session

Check against delivery President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The leaders who gathered at the UN Climate Summit have taken important steps to mobilise action and ambition on climate change. Now we need to make sure that the positive results

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

To end poverty we need peace

Speech by Prime Minister Erna Solberg at Columbia University in New York 25 September 2014.

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Community of Democracies

Speech by Minister Vidar Helgesen (at the margins of the UN General Assembly) in New York on 25 September 2014.

By Former Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen

MDG Advocacy Group Meeting

Check against delivery Secretary-General, Your Highness, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like begin by expressing my gratitude to all those who have contributed to the global leaders report on MDG efforts, which is being

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

2nd EU-Norway Energy Conference

Tord Lien- Brussels 25 September 2014 : Norway is an important partner for the EU when it comes to security of supply. This is reflected in today’s agenda where we highlight energy security in both gas and power markets.

By Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien

Global Education First Initiative

Check against delivery Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen It is a great pleasure and privilege to address you today. On behalf of the Government of Norway, I pledge to double our financial support for good-quality education over

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

UN Security Council Summit on Foreign Terrorist Fighters

Check against delivery Thank you, Mr President/Secretary Kerry/Ambassador Power. The unprecedented brutality of ISIL and its territorial ambitions pose a threat to all around this table. We must work together to eradicate the roots that allow such

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Opening address at Risk seminar

"This seminar is an opportunity for me to give you an overview of Norway’s relationship with the EU and what we want to achieve with the Grants", said State Secretary Ingvil Næss Stub in her opening address at the Risk seminar in Tallin on the EEA

“The nature of war, the role of the soldier – constant or changing?”

Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide held this speech at The Army Summit 2014, September 23, Akershus festning, Oslo. “The nature of war, the role of the soldier - constant or changing?”

UN Climate Summit 2014

Check against delivery Co-chairs, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, The international response to climate change is lagging far behind what is necessary. The effects of climate change are being felt on all continents. Unmitigated climate change

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Opening Address at the AHLC-meeting in New York

'Gaza cannot be pacified or dealt with in isolation from the other constituent part of the prospective Palestinian state. The state-building project will never become a reality without the reintegration of Gaza and the West Bank - politically,

Global Security, Transnational Threats and Norwegian Interests

"Transnational threats are intertwined with the challenges of yesterday. This conference will help us refine the tools we need to counter them”, Foreign Minister Brende said when he opened the conference “A Nexus of Global Threats. Concepts and

Responding to the Nexus – The Case for NATO

Speech by Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide at the conferende "A New Nexus of global Threats? Concepts and Response" in Oslo Sept. 17 2014. The title of her speech was "Responding to the Nexus - The Case for NATO".

By Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide

NATO Wales Summit – Revitalizing the Trans-Atlantic Bond

The Norwegian Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide held this speech at The Rīga Conference 2014 September 12. The title of the speech was "NATO Wales Summit - Revitalizing the Trans-Atlantic Bond".

By Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide

Introductory speech at EU Heads of Mission meeting

"I am very glad to be here because European cooperation is so important to us, both economically and politically. The EU and EU member countries are among our closest partners. The geopolitical crisis in Ukraine has reminded us how important it is

By Minister of Finance Siv Jensen

Address at the Estonian–Norwegian Business Forum

- The synergy that can be achieved by bringing together Estonian ICT expertise and Norwegian experience in the field of green technology makes us confident that we can develop successful solutions not only for Estonia and Norway, but also for third

By Former Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen

Europe – 25 year after the fall of the Berlin Wall

'This year - 2014 - is a year of anniversaries. A year in which to commemorate events of pivotal importance for Europe, as both a geographical and a political entity', said Minister Vidar Helgesen in his opening address at the Europe Conference

By Former Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen

EU: Time to stand up for the liberal society

'As we approach the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the EU should demonstrate in no uncertain terms that it will not accept the re-establishment of an illiberal state within its borders', writes Minister Vidar Helgesen in a letter

By Former Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen