29/09/2008 :: The Government has decided to allocate NOK 1 billion to promote education for girls through UNICEF’s work on supporting Education for All in developing countries. The announcement was made on 23 September by Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim at a high-level event arranged by UNESCO in New York. + More

23/09/2008 :: The first annual Trygve Lie Symposium on Fundamental Freedoms will take place in New York on Thursday 25 September. + More

27/02/2006 :: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to lead a panel that aims to strengthen the UN's work in the world's poorest countries. + More

12/02/2006 :: Kjell Magne Bondevik is the newly appointed United Nations’ Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, a region that is severly stricken by recurrent drought and food insecurity. + More

12/02/2006 :: In his annual address to the Storting on 8 February, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre stressed the importance of international cooperation and dialogue. + More