Thorbjørn Jagland candidate for position of Secretary General of the Council of Europe

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Norway has nominated former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thorbjørn Jagland for the position of Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

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Norway protests against closure of Shirin Ebadi’s human rights centre

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Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre expresses concern after the Iranian authorities closed the Centre for Defence of Human Rights in Tehran. The centre was established and is headed by Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Shirin Ebadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.

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Norway pledges NOK 228 million to the Palestinian Authority

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Norway will contribute NOK 228 million to a newly established World Bank trust fund for channelling budget support to the Palestinian Authority.

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Norwegian UNICEF Deputy

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The former Norwegian Minister of Development, Hilde Frafjord Johnson, is appointed Deputy Director of UNICEF’s Head Quarter in New York .

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Abel Prize Award Ceremony

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HM King Harald awards the Abel Prize of 2007 to Indian-American, Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan, at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York , in a ceremony at the University of Oslo on 22 May. The Abel Prize is annually awarded for outstanding mathematical achievement and includes prize money of NOK 6 million (EUR 750 000).

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Norwegian PM Congratulates Obama

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“I congratulate Barack Obama on his inauguration as President of the United States of America. The world needs his leadership in dealing with great common challenges such as the global financial crisis, climate change and poverty. I look forward to cooperating closely with President Obama and his administration on these important issues,” says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway.

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Twenty years after launching Our Common Future, Norway ’s former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland has been appointed a UN Special Envoy for Climate Change.

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Melting Ice - a Hot Topic

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Melting ice in the Arctic is a threat to hundreds of millions of people, a new UN-report states. Norway is aiming to become a pioneer in combating man-made climate change.

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Norway takes the initiative for a ban on cluster munitions, Press release, 17.11.06

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- Norway will organise an international conference in Oslo to start a process towards an international ban on cluster munitions that have unacceptable humanitarian consequences, says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tehran