Norway welcomes the Assembly’s adoption today of resolution 71/278, on sexual exploitation and abuse. From the beginning of the process leading up to the adoption, Norway supported the idea of a strong and comprehensive General Assembly resolution on sexual exploitation and abuse. As we expressed cl…
I would first like to express my heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues at the Russian Mission on the passing of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. Ambassador Churkin was a highly respected colleague who sought to find solutions through compromise and great diplomatic skill. I always ap…
There is a strong international consensus on how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be solved. Let me mention three main points.
First, a negotiated two-State solution with two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security, is the only way to achieve a durable peace.
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I speak on behalf of Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Mexico, New Zealand and my own country, Norway. We are eight countries that came together early in 2015 to form a cross-regional group, the so-called UN70 Group, with a view to developing reform ideas for the United Nations. In Novem…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway.
Trafficking in persons is one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. Such crimes are committed by organized criminal networks and armed groups on a…
Norway had the honour to coordinate the informal consultations on draft resolution A/71/L.24, on sustainable fisheries, and is pleased to introduce that text on behalf of all its sponsors. This year’s text is a further step forward in the conservation and management of fisheries, which are an essent…
I am honoured to make this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway.
We thank Senegal for initiating this important debate. Asymmetrical threats, including those posed by terrorism and organized crime, are a reality of contemporary co…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the Human Rights Council for introducing the Council’s report (A/71/53).
The Human Rights Council is responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in …
I am honoured to be making this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway. I would like to thank all the previous speakers, and not least Ms. Lopidia for her powerful statement reminding us all of why we are here.
The eighth resolution…
I will not read out my prepared statement.
It has been three months since the United Nations called for 48-hour pauses in the fighting in Aleppo. Since then, another ceasefire in Syria has broken down and a Security Council draft resolution to end the bombardment of Aleppo has been vetoed. That is …
This year’s session of the General Assembly comes at a critical time. Over the past few years we have witnessed grave violations of the very principles on which the United Nations is based — violations that have caused widespread human suffering and insecurity. Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and South Sudan …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway.
I would like to touch on three issues, namely, the selection of the next Secretary-General, how the Security Council can become more open and transparent, and the role of the…
Together with many others, Norway welcomes the publication of the Quartet’s report and we would like to thank France for convening the Paris conference. The key message from both is the urgency of decisive action to save the two-State solution. There is no other credible path to durable peace. Never…
Terrorism and violent extremism are among the greatest security challenges of our time. They bring death and suffering to innocent people and destruction and insecurity to entire societies and regions. No country is immune, as Norway unfortunately learned in 2011, when it was struck by right-wing ex…
On behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, I extend to the people and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda our deepest condolences on the death of the former President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, His Excellency Mr. John William Ashe.
Mr. Ashe is remembere…
As you said, Mr. President, I am taking the floor in Norway’s capacity as Chair of the Group of Western European and other States, and the information I am giving is for this regional group. We will call a meeting of the Western European and other States tomorrow at 10 a.m. to follow up on the state…
On behalf of the Western European and other States Group, let me extend our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session.
As the current Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations, and with …
Norway fully agrees that there is a need to scale up efforts to fast-track the end of AIDS. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2016-2021 strategy sets out clearly that there is no alternative to fast-tracking the AIDS response. Let us build on the historic success of the global …
No country is immune to violent extremism. From Baghdad and Bamako to Paris, Brussels and Istanbul, we have had tragic reminders of this global peril. Threats to our security are more complex than they have been for decades, and the most serious among them is violent extremism. It must be
defeated …
Despite continued turmoil in the Middle East, some political developments give cause for cautious optimism. The recent implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is a victory for diplomacy and an important milestone for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation efforts internationally.…
