«An important milestone towards a two-state solution» Espen Barth Eide on today’s historic decision in the United Nations GA
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Is open source always the right answer?💡Are you curious about how to best manage Intellectual property rights (IPR) in a humanitarian innovation partnership?🤔

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📢 Join us at the #HNPW side-event on May 6, 2024!
Discussing vital strategies for safeguarding civilians from explosive weapons in populated areas, tackling challenges to humanitarian access head-on. #HumanitarianAction #EWIPA

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On #WorldPressFreedomDay2024 , we highlight the essential role of #journalists and media workers to shed light on the truth, sometimes risking their own lives📝.
Free and open media are key to address the environmental crisis and a corner stone for vibrant democracy🌍. #WPFD

Good to welcome Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Oslo today. Norway remains a steadfast supporter of your mission for a free and democratic Belarus.
Deeply impressed by your consistent efforts and achievements in unifying the Belarusian democratic movement.
 
Ole T. Horpestad

In Riyhad, HH Foreign Minister فيصل بن فرحان and I chaired an Arab-European mtg on the road towards a Palestinian State, a #TwoStateSolution and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

At this critical juncture, we need to seize the moment and take the needed steps together.

Heidi Schroderus-Fox: On behalf of the Nordic countries 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇸🇪, we wish the new Deputy Director Generals of IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 best of luck in your endeavors. We are key partners for IOM, and its leadership can count on the Nordics continued support.

In 2022, 80+ States adopted the political declaration on #explosiveweapons in populated areas. #EWIPA

➡️This week, #EWIPA Oslo Conference representatives discuss the Declaration’s relevance, implementation & follow-up

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How to end the suffering & find sustainable solutions in the #MiddleEast was the focus of my mtg w/ Espen Barth Eide.

The Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee co-chaired by EU & Norway is a key forum in this context.

Need to move from managing crises to implementing the two-state solution.

This afternoon, 🇳🇴 organized an in-depth panel discussion w/ 🇨🇿 & 🇱🇻 on steps to address the challenges faced by 🇺🇦 civilians arbitrarily detained by Russia. Thank you to the #MoscowMechanism experts for sharing their excellent insights with us!
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Thanks to UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett for your clear voice on behalf of the people of #Afghanistan and for sharing insights and initiatives to address the ongoing discrimination of women and girls.

Today marks 1 year since 🇳🇴PM Jonas Gahr Støre and 🇪🇺European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen signed the #GreenAlliance between Norway and the EU🤝

We continue to cooperate on crucial areas such as climate, energy, transport, research and green finance - for a greener future🌱

Over 300 million people worldwide are facing acute food insecurity. Many crises lack funding. Flexible funding allows World Food Programme to act faster and better when conflict, climate change and economic hardship threatens access to food. regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/mil…

Famine is looming in many places, including in #Gaza , where a quarter of the population is facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. 🇳🇴 now provides NOK 430 million in flexible funding to World Food Programme to scale up efforts where most needed.

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Thank you Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the cooperation!

From pandemic prevention, preparedness & response, to SRHR, health system strengthening and importance of a strong, sustainably financed and accountable WHO - many areas of collaboration between Norway & World Health Organization (WHO) 🇺🇳🇳🇴

#IHR #INB #SRHR

From climate crisis and conflict to humanitarian emergencies: Many of the challenges we face can only be solved through cooperation and multilateralism🌐

Defending and strengthening international rule of law, and multilateral cooperation, is a core priority for🇳🇴

#DiplomacyDay

Bombing of civilians must stop.

Today, 90 states, UN, Red Cross and civil society are gathered in Oslo to strengthen the protection of civilians from explosive weapons #EWIPA

We must all do more to ensure that international humanitarian law is upheld
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With survivors and advocates at Protection Forum in lead-up to #EWIPA

Case in point. Thank you INEW Norges Røde Kors and Norsk Folkehjelp for making strong case for EWIPA

Significant and very welcome. The US stands by Ukraine at a critical moment. So do we.