Norwegian Crown Prince continues advocacy for poor
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will continue his roll as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), it has been annou...
Denmark, Iceland and Sweden abstained in UN clean-water-for-all vote
Iceland, Sweden and Denmark were among the 41 countries which chose to abstain in a United Nations vote to enshrine access to fresh drinking water as ...
Former Icelandic FM to head UN Israel ship attack probe?
The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council is likely to request that former Icelandic foreign minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir head up a...
Stoltenberg succeeds Gordon Brown as UN climate group co-chair
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will assume the role of co-chair of a United Nations climate change focus group. Stoltenberg takes over...
Norwegian led cluster munitions ban a step closer
Moldova and Burkina Faso have become the latest countries to submit their instruments of ratification for the Norwegian-led Convention on Cluster Muni...
Norwegian envoy to Afghanistan steps down amid criticism
Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide, the UN envoy to Afghanistan, will step down from his post at the end of his term in March. Eide has been widely criticise...
Copenhagen climate summit begins today
Officials from 192 countries are gathering today for the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Heads of s...
Norwegian minister at forefront of combating violence towards women
Knut Storberget, the Norwegian Minister of Justice, this week joined with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of the Network of Men Leaders...