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12 February 2008Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Changed Security Environment - New Perspectives in Defence

Speech given by H.E. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of Foreign Affairs Defence, November 27, 2007. Association for Western Co-operation, Reykjavik, Iceland

08 February 2008Ministry for Foreign Affairs

System-wide Coherence

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland.

31 January 2008Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland and the European single market

Address to the Parliament by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade

04 January 2008Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Nordic countries regret the decision by the Government of Sri Lanka to withdraw from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement

The Government of Sri Lanka has formally notified Norway of its decision of 2 January to terminate the Ceasefire Agreement with effect from 16 January 2008.

17 December 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Security Council

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, on behalf of the Nordic Countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

13 December 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

High Level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

12 December 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

A World fit for Children

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

10 December 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Ocean and the Law of the Sea

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

03 December 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Situation in the Middle East

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

29 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Civilians in Armed Conflict

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

19 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

13 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Security Council reform

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

09 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Legal Status of the Arctic Ocean

Opening address by Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Symposium of the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland on the Legal Status of the Arctic Ocean, 9 November 2007.

08 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

08 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Address on Foreign Affairs by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Delivered at the Althing at its 135th legislative session, 2007 - 2008.

06 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Women in Development

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

05 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Situation in Afghanistan

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

05 November 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Groups of countries in special situations

Statement by Mr. Harald Aspelund, Deputy-Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

30 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Report of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

29 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

29 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Sustainable Development

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

25 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Proposed Programme Budget for the Biennium 2008-2009

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

23 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) Women, Peace and Security

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

18 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Promotion and the Protection of the Rights of Children

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

16 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Advancement of Women

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

14 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Icelandic companies in the Baltic Sea Region

Article by Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the next edition of Baltic Rim Economics Review

10 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Measures to eliminate international terrorism

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

10 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The UN Peacebuilding Commission

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

09 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The First Committee of the UNGA

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

08 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

06 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

An Alliance in Transformation - An Ally Transforming

Statement by Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the NATO Parliamentarins Political Committee on 6 October 2007 in Reykjavik.

04 October 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention

A High-Level Meeting of government representatives was held in New York on 27 September 2007 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

28 September 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

New challenges - Solid cornerstones

Statement by Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

27 September 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Nordic Ministers support Icelandic candidacy to the Security Council 2009-2010

In support of Iceland's first time candidacy to the UN Security Council for the 2009-2010 period, the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have written to all of their United Nations counterparts.

07 September 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The first University Symposium opens in front of a packed audience

The University Symposiums, under the broad theme Iceland in the Wider World: Responsibilities and Opportunities, kicked off with its first event on Friday 7 September in front of a packed audience in the University of Iceland.

07 September 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

International Cooperation in the 21st Century and the United Nations Security Council

Address by Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the first symposium on Iceland in the Wider World: Responsibilities and Opportunities at the University of Iceland, 7 September 2007.

07 September 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland's place in the Community of Nations

Address by Mr. Geir H. Haarde, Prime Minister, at the first symposium on Iceland in the Wider World: Responsibilities and Opportunities at the University of Iceland, 7 September 2007.

06 September 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland and Iraq: Focus on humanitarian affairs

Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs decided this June to withdraw the only member of Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Iraq.

14 August 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Icelandic Foreign Minister investigates the situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan

Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Foreign Minister of Iceland, visited Jordan where she discussed the situation of Iraqi refugees in the country.

13 August 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland's Foreign Minister visits the Middle East

Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Foreign Minister of Iceland, returned recently from an eight-day working visit to the Middle East, where she visited Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan. The aim of Minister Gisladottir's visit was to learn first hand about the situation in the area and to explore ways in which Iceland might contribute.

02 August 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Climate change as a global challenge

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

04 July 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

28 June 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Statement by Mr. Tomas H. Heidar, Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, at the eighth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea.

25 June 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Natural resources and conflicts

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

13 June 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Council of the Baltic Sea States

Statement by Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the 14th Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, in Malmö, Sweden on 12-13 June 2007.

24 May 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

New Minister for Foreign Affairs

A new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, took office today.

18 May 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Icelandic-Italian Chamber of Commerce

Opening address by Mrs. Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland.

10 May 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

High Level Segment of the Fifteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

03 May 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Question of Equitable Representation on and increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

02 May 2007Ministry for Foreign Affairs

General debate of the United Nations Committee on Information during its twenty-ninth session

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

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Changed Security Environment - New Perspectives in Defence

System-wide Coherence

Iceland and the European single market

The Nordic countries regret the decision by the Government of Sri Lanka to withdraw from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement

The Security Council

High Level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

A World fit for Children

Ocean and the Law of the Sea

The Situation in the Middle East

Civilians in Armed Conflict

Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations

Security Council reform

Legal Status of the Arctic Ocean

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Address on Foreign Affairs by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Women in Development

The Situation in Afghanistan

Groups of countries in special situations

Report of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Sustainable Development

Proposed Programme Budget for the Biennium 2008-2009

Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) Women, Peace and Security

Promotion and the Protection of the Rights of Children

Advancement of Women

Icelandic companies in the Baltic Sea Region

Measures to eliminate international terrorism

The UN Peacebuilding Commission

The First Committee of the UNGA

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization

An Alliance in Transformation - An Ally Transforming

10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention

New challenges - Solid cornerstones

Nordic Ministers support Icelandic candidacy to the Security Council 2009-2010

The first University Symposium opens in front of a packed audience

International Cooperation in the 21st Century and the United Nations Security Council

Iceland's place in the Community of Nations

Iceland and Iraq: Focus on humanitarian affairs

Icelandic Foreign Minister investigates the situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan

Iceland&#39;s Foreign Minister visits the Middle East

Climate change as a global challenge

Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development

Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Natural resources and conflicts

Council of the Baltic Sea States

New Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Icelandic-Italian Chamber of Commerce

High Level Segment of the Fifteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

Question of Equitable Representation on and increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council

General debate of the United Nations Committee on Information during its twenty-ninth session

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Iceland's Foreign Minister visits the Middle East