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Address by the Prime Minister on "Fight against hunger and poverty"
18/11/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'IDA21 will be key in delivering on the ambitions of the Global Alliance - as well as other important development priorities. I am therefore pleased to announce that Norway will pledge an increase of 50 percent in our IDA contribution in December',
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro
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Statement on the Russian military operation against Ukraine
24/02/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt's statement (digital) on the Russian Federation's military operation against Ukraine. The statement was given at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council 24 February.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt 24 February
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Statement at High-Level Pledging Event for Yemen
16/03/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsState Secretary Henrik Thune's statement at a High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen.
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Norway's main statement at the United Nations’ General Assembly
24/09/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim held Norway's main statement at the United Nations' General Assembly, Saturday 23 September in New York.
By Former Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
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Time is running out
15/09/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsThis week, I am visiting Israel and Palestine, 30 years since the first Oslo Accords were signed. As I see it, while the situation may seem bleak, the two-state solution is still the most viable path towards peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt chronicle in Aftenposten
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Statement at the International Donor Group for Palestine (AHLC)
22/09/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsStatement by Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt at opening of the meeting of the International Donor Group for Palestine (AHLC) in New York.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt New York, 22 September
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Statement by the Prime Minister at a press conference about gas leaks in The Baltic Sea and the war in Ukraine
02/10/2022 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterToday the war in Ukraine has become even more serious. A few hours ago, President Putin announced that Russa has annexed four regions of Ukraine as Russian territory. The annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions has no
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Comments by the Prime Minister at the Munich Security Conference in the panel “Europe’s Finest Hour? Building a Defence Union in Challenging Times”
17/02/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister"I'm going to propose to our Parliament in a few months the biggest increase in our defence spending, both structurally and financially, since the Second World War. And we do that in accordance with the regional plans that we agreed in Vilnius",
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Munich
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Comments by the Prime Minister at the Munich Security Conference at the panel “Towards Stability and Peace in the Middle East: De-escalation Challenge"
17/02/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister«Are we served or are people in the region served by seeing the PA collapse? I think not. So, Norway has been working now, and I hope we will be able to succeed soon, to have a kind of an intermediate role to get the tax money transferred to the PA”
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Munich
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Remarks by State Secretary Maria Varteressian during 'Norway Night' at Hannover Messe, Germany
24/04/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsBeing a partner country at the world’s largest industrial fair - in Germany, our most important partner in Europe - provides a unique opportunity to showcase Norwegian industry and businesses, the State Secretary underlined in her opening remarks.
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Minister Eide’s remarks at AHLC Ministerial Meeting
02/10/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Espen Barth Eide’s remarks at the meeting of the international donor group for Palestine (AHLC) Thursday 26. September in New York.
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State Secretary Maria Varteressian’s speech at the opening of The Lety u Písku Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti in Bohemia
23/04/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsYour Excellency President Pavel, Members of the Czech Government, Distinguished Guests, Dear Descendants of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust Victims, I am both honoured and touched to represent the Norwegian Government here in Lety today. For many of
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Foreign policy address to the Storting 2023
03/05/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs'Foreign policy does not have a long shelf life. When the world changes, so do our options for action', said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt in her address to the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget).
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Opening address by the Prime Minister at Leangkollen Security Conference
05/02/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister“I believe that the notion of deterrence and reassurance is the right equation. But what matters is that the deterrence has to be credible. We have to make it credible in the way we invest, train and exercise our responsibility. The reassurance
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Oslo
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Address to the Storting on Norway’s membership of the UN Security Council
10/05/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsOn 17 January, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt gave an address to the Storting on Norway’s membership of the UN Security Council in the period 2021-2022.
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Statement by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the Summit for Democracy
29/03/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterMr President, Excellencies, Russia’s attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was a watershed moment. It was an attack on the rules-based international order. An assault on democracy and the values that underpin it, human rights and rule of law.
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Virtual Plenary
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There’s a model for Ukraine’s future Euro-Atlantic integration: The Baltics
11/07/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsForeign affairs ministers Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Denmark), Margus Tsahkna (Estonia), Elina Valtonen (Finland), Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir (Iceland), Arturs Krisjanis Karins (Latvian prime minister; acting foreign minister), Gabrielius
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Opinion in The Washinton Post, 10 July 2023
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Making the case for democracy
02/09/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsArticle by the following Nordic Foreign Ministers: Jeppe Kofod (Denmark), Pekka Haavisto (Finland), Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir (Iceland), Ann Linde (Sweden) and Anniken Huitfeldt.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt 2 September
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Statement at Ministerial round table at the Commission on the Status of Women
07/03/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsState Secretary Bjørg Sandkjær’s statement at Ministerial round table at the Commission on the Status of Women: “Fostering inclusive innovation and technological change to empower women and girls and create safer digital spaces”
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Opening address at the Russia Conference 2022
15/11/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Anniken Huitfeldt, opens Norwegian Institute of International Affairs' Russia Conference 2022.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Oslo, 15 November