Vidar Helgesen leading UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Following his official appointment by the UNESCO Director-General in December 2023, Vidar Helgesen (Norway) officially takes over as Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic...
UNMAS Welcomes the Contribution from Denmark for Mine Action in Ethiopia
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes a donation of 7 million Danish krone (DKK) (more than 1 million USD) from the Government...
Experts on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to visit Norway
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will visit Norway from 6 to 15 March 2024 to undertake a...
IOM, EU, Sweden Launch Drive to Protect Migrant Worker Rights in...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) together with the European Union (EU) and the Government of Sweden launched a USD 12 million programme to...
UN specialist to examine human rights of the Sámi
The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Fabian Salvioli, will conduct an official visit to Finland...
Norway supports least-developed countries with a financial contribution
The government of Norway has contributed CHF 1.2 million (NOK 14.7 million) to help least-developed countries (LDCs) sustain the progress they have achieved with...
Finland gives EUR 1.2 million to improve developing economies’ participation in...
Finland is contributing EUR 1.2 million (CHF 1.14 million) to four WTO trust funds aimed at assisting developing economies and least-developed country (LDC) members...
Former French Foreign Minister and three Nordic institutes to review UNRWA
The UN Secretary-General has appointed an independent Review Group to assess whether UNRWA is doing everything within its power to ensure neutrality and to...
IFAD issues the first sustainable bond in Sweden
IFAD. Sweden. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issued its first SEK club deal today, a strong indication of investors’ continued interest in...
UNRWA: Finland and Iceland suspend contributions, the 3 Scandinavian countries continue
Finland and Iceland have suspended their contributions to UNRWA following allegations that a dozen staff members had participated in the terrorist attack on Israel...
Denmark supports green project with focus on Georgia and Moldova
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Denmark have launched an initiative paving new development pathways for a green, inclusive and resilient future through...
Denmark contributes $52 million to flexible funding for UNDP
Denmark has contributed $52 million in flexible funding to UNDP for 2023, with $20.77m to be allocated to regular 'core' resources and $31.25m to...
Sharp increase in child poverty in Iceland and Norway
Two of the Nordic countries, Iceland and Norway, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom saw sharp rises in child poverty between 2014–2021, according to...
Over 20 thousand stateless individuals in Sweden
UNHCR has published ten facts and recommendations for action on statelessness in Sweden. The standard of proof for establishing that a person is stateless...
UN Human Rights experts on people of African Descent in a...
The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent have commenced a fact-finding visit to Norway. The visit which began on Monday,...