When sustainable solutions save lives and limbs
Using cod skin as a replacement for human skin may sound like something out of a science fiction movie. Cod has been an important...
Iceland and Norway help WFP mount response as hunger peaks in...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a total US$ 4.1 million contribution from the Government of Iceland and the Government of...
Norway pledges $9.5 million to climate adaptation for small-scale farmers
COP27. Climate Change. As part of a commitment to triple its support to climate adaptation by 2026, Norway has pledged an additional NOK 100...
Finland increases humanitarian assistance
Finland. Humanitarian assistance. Finland will support the grain shipments of the World Food Programme (WFP) from Ukraine to Somalia. At the same time, Finland...
Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism
Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, the United Nations...
Finland’s Human Rights to be examined
Human Rights Council: Finland’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the...
UN panel on racial justice and law enforcement to visit Sweden...
Human Rights
An independent panel of experts set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council to examine violations of the rights of African people...
Norway increases funding to promote freedom of expression and cultural rights
Norway has reached a new agreement with UNESCO to provide NOK 200 million to support efforts to promote freedom of expression, artistic freedom and...
WFP´s Beasley: Iceland a role-model for China, Gulf States
WFP Executive Director David Beasley has applauded the government of Iceland for doubling its support for the World Food Programme. In a visit to...
Norway increases support to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Norway has signed a new cooperation agreement regarding increased support with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The new cooperation agreement was signed...
Finland violated rights of Finnish children in Syria
Child rights. Finland’s failure to repatriate Finnish children who have been held in Syrian camps in life-threatening conditions for years violated their right to...
Denmark, Finland and South Korea top the 2022 UN e-government ranking
E-government. Despite the multiple crises of the past two years, countries and municipalities have remained committed to pursuing digital government strategies — many implemented...
IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project
Low Carbon Shipping. The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 has celebrated five years of its Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (Low Carbon GIA). The...
Iceland/UNGA: World will be dominated by force if it is not...
Iceland/General Assembly. Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, has registered her country’s acute awareness that the world will be dominated...
Sweden/UNGA: Sweden’s security environment has fundamentally changed
Sweden/General Assembly. Anne Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, stressed that the war in Ukraine must stop and Russian troops withdraw. Her country...