The melting of the ice and the first woman on Svalbard
Léonie d´Aunet was the first woman in history to visit the Svalbard archipelago. In 1839, it was portrayed as a visit to the North...
Amina Mohammed to give the Dag Hammarskjöld lecture
On 23 February 2023 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University will jointly host the 2022 Annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture. Together we recognise individuals who...
New Swedish contribution to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
At the end of a two-days visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh, Alexandra Berg von Linde, announced...
UN Deputy Secretary-General in Oslo
The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed today participated in the Oslo Energy Forum, where she called for urgent action to ramp up renewables, end energy...
High-level consultations to deepen UNRWA-Norway partnership
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General, Leni Stenseth, visited Oslo on 13 Februaryto...
UN expert: racial discrimination against Inuits must be addressed
Denmark and Greenland must address the negative impact of a colonial legacy that has led to structural and systemic racial discrimination against the indigenous...
The entrance to the “centre of the earth” may disappear within...
The glaciers that have given Iceland its name will be gone within two centuries and all but the biggest one by the end of...
Sweden to host Donors´conference for victims of the earthquakes
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, have today announced their intention to...
Strong Nordic support for Türkiye and Syria
The Nordic Countries have all rallied to the support of Türkiye and Syria after the deadly earthquakes on Monday. The governments of the five countries have announced financial support to UN agencies and humanitarian organisations, as well as sending specialist help workers.
Denmark failed to take effective measures against art exhibition UN Committee...
Denmark failed to take effective measures against racist hate speech by discontinuing its investigation about an art exhibition showing racist hate images, the UN Committee...
UN expert on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to visit Denmark and Greenland
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, will carry out an official visit to Denmark and Greenland...
UNRWA: Norway “an inspiration to donors”
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, visited Oslo 6 and...
Andersen reappointed director of UNEP
The UN General Assembly has confirmed Inger Andersen of Denmark as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
She received 136 votes out...
Rights of the child/Sweden: Focus on isolation in psychiatric hospitals and...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Sweden, with Committee...
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to visit Finland
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will visit Finland from 18 to 19 December. He will meet Minister for Foreign Affairs...