"Violent conflicts generate and aggravate poverty. If Norway is to fight poverty effectively, the Norwegian authorities must also contribute to peace. This means that we must ensure that our development assistance serves to build peace and not to do the opposite. We must do what we can to prevent war and support negotiation processes and post-conflict reconstruction," said Ms Hilde F. Johnson, Minister of International Development. + More

Norway has been a member of NATO since the Alliance was established in Washington in 1949. NATO’s purpose is to ensure the security, freedom and independence of its member states, and to promote the principles of democracy and the growth ... + More

The terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001 put the war on terror firmly on the international agenda. International terrorism is currently one of the international community’s most urgent challenges. Norway strongly ... + More

Since the mid-1990s, Norway has given high priority to efforts to reduce the suffering caused by landmines. Norway played a leading role in the process that ended with the adoption of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, ... + More