UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras
Photo: UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Deputy Permanent Representative Tine Mørch Smith at the UN Security Council debate. Photo: UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

SC: On the prosecution of Somali pirates

25/08/2010 //

Deputy Permanent Representative Tine Mørch Smith presented Norway's statement to the UN Security Council on Wednesday August 25, 2010 on the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia. Ambassador Mørch emphasised Norway's belief that Somali pirates should be prosecuted and jailed in the region, close to where the act of piracy has been committed..

State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa
Photo: Norway UN Mission/Emma K. Lydersen

20/08/2010 //

“It’s important that the emergency aid for flood victims in Pakistan pays special attention to the needs of women and children,” Norway's State Secretary for International Development, Ingrid Fiskaa, stressed at the UN on August 19, 2010. She was taking part in the special session of the UN General Assembly on the emergency response to the flood disaster in Pakistan.

UN Police at the training facility in Port au Prince
Photo: Norway Mission/Odd B. Malme

04/08/2010 //

A Norwegian fact-finding team visited Haiti last week to assess the possibility of deploying Norwegian police officers in order to assist in rebuilding and reforming the National Police of Haiti. The Norwegian officers would be part of the UN Stabilisation Mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH).

FN inviterer norske statsborgere under 32 år til et informasjonsmøte om National Competitive Recruitment Exam (NCRE) den 23. og 31. august ved FNs hovedkvarter i New York. Eksamen, som avholdes en gang i året, arrangeres 1. desember, 2010 i New York og Oslo.

Demining an orange grove in South Lebanon
Photo: ICRC/Marko Kokic

03/08/2010 //

The date - August 1, 2010 - will forever be significant in the international humanitarian calendar. That’s when the Convention on Cluster Munition entered into force. Norway helped kick start the work on the Convention three years ago.

SC: On the prosecution of Somali pirates

Emergency appeal for Pakistan flood victims

Norway to support Haiti’s national police

Infomøte om rekruttering til FN

Convention on Cluster Munition enters into force

Norway - Mission to the UN