It is an honour for me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to your high office.
As the United Nations approaches its fiftieth anniversary, its global agenda is more comprehensive than ever before. Norway welcomes this. We need and support an even stronger United Nations role in the…
Norway considers the establishment and subsequent deployment of a human rights verification mission in Guatemala a significant step forward in the peace process. A United Nations presence of that nature in Guatemala ought to induce the parties to the armed conflict to respect their commitments. It w…
Because of its geography and natural environment, Norway has throughout its history taken an active interest in maritime issues. For the representatives and other officials present here today who participated in the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, it will suffice to recall the…
I am very pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting. I also wish to acknowledge and welcome the presence earlier this afternoon of Foreign Ministers and representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and to assure them that the deeply-felt concern they have voiced…
My Government would like to express its deep sorrow over the human suffering recently witnessed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The situation in Gorazde is particularly tragic. The atrocities of war have led to immense suffering on the part of the civilian population, which is totally unacceptable. We al…
On behalf of the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway - I would like to welcome the decision just taken to grant observer status to the Commonwealth of Independent States in the General Assembly.
The Nordic countries would like to note, along the lines of …
It is indeed a great honour and pleasure for me to introduce draft resolution A/48/L.24/Rev.2, on the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. It is an honour
This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be sent under the signature of a member of the delegat…
I take this opportunity to express my delegation’s appreciation for the Secretary-General’s lucid report (A/48/586) on the situation in Central America (A/48/586). The report describes in a precise manner the peace process under way and the efforts to establish a lasting democracy in Central America…
With your permission, Sir, I will divide my statement into two separate parts. First, I shall speak on behalf of the Norwegian Government, and then I shall make a brief statement on behalf of the Pompidou Group.
The overall aim of the Norwegian illicit-drugs policy is a society free from illicit dr…
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Ambassador Insanally on his election to the high office of President of the General Assembly.
I should also like to welcome the new Members of our Organization: Andorra, Eritrea, the Czech Republic, Monaco, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Sl…
Norway welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). The need for enhanced cooperation and
The exchange of letters of 26 May between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Chairman…
Five yeairs have passed since Prime
Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland presented the report (A/42/427) of the Horld
Commission on Environment and Development - "Our common future" in this very
Hall. In her introductory statement the Chairman of the Commission said;
"Our report is not a prophecy of d…
We congratulate the United Nations on the
historic event which marks the conclusion of the United Nations Decade of
Disabled Persons. The mere arrangements for these special meetings of the
General Assembly tells us of the increased awareness of the rights of persons
with disabilities to partici…
Today in Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize was presented to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and to Al Gore. They are being awarded the prize for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that a…
Climate change is impacting our marine environment. The sea level is rising, endangering millions of people in coastal zones and in small island States in particular.
The effects of climate change are most clearly visible and measurable in the polar regions. The air temperature has been rising twic…
Peaceful and sustainable uses of the oceans through the implementation of the law of the sea remain key priorities for the Norwegian Government. In this statement, I will highlight five
topics that are of particular importance today, namely, issues pertaining to the continental shelf, the Arctic Oc…
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides the legal framework for all issues relating to oceans and maritime activities. We welcome the fact that this instrument continues to gain new parties, bringing us steadily closer to the goal of universal adherence. Needless to say, we expe…
Next week, the attention of the international community will be directed towards the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The effects and impacts of climate change are evident to all of us, and we need to respond urgently. We hope that the Conference will have the necessary moment…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway.
12. The Nordic countries' condemnation of apartheid and all forms of racial discrimination has been voiced in the Assembly on many occasions. We repeat it today. Our rejection is based o…
The question of the Mid- dle East seems to haw.: become a permanent issue on the agenda of the General Assembly. This year, questions re- lating to the Middle East conflict are dealt with explicitly in no less than nine separate items on the agenda, and indirectly in several others. In addition, we …
