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Address to Members of the US House Committee on Natural Resources

Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Treasury finances January-June 2001. Report date July 25, 2001

Figures for Treasury finances for the first six months of 2001 are now available.

Treasury finances in January - May 2001. Report date: June 20, 2001.

Figures for Treasury finances in the first five months of 2001 are now available.

Treasury finances January - April 2001. Report date May 23, 2001

Figures for Treasury finances in the first four months of 2001 are now available.

A statement prepared for the OECD Ministerial Meeting in Paris - Is the new economy here to stay?

The sharp turnaround of the stockmarket in the last twelve months and the dramatic fall in share prices, especially in the ICT-sector, have caused some people to call the new economy effects into question.

Conclusion of KPMG Report on Public Key Infrastructure, May 2001

<p>In this final chapter the major findings of the study are presented. Next, some considerations are discussed and possible next steps are recommended.</p>

Management Summary of KPMG Report on Public Key Infrastructure, May 2001

<p>The Management summary of the KPMG Report on Public Key Infrastructure.</p>

KPMG Report on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), May 2001

<p>The Government of Iceland's committee on PKI. Preliminary PKI study on requirements and comparable initiatives in other countries. May 2001.</p>

Iceland and Security in the North-Atlantic

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Defense Agreement between Iceland and the United States. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Treasury finances January - March 2001. Report date April 25. 2001.

Treasury finances in the first quarter of 2001 are now available.

Foreign Affairs Address to the Althing

Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Treasury finances in January - February 2001. Report date: March 21, 2001

Figures for Treasury finances in the first two months of 2001 are now available.

Project Plan for the Development of e-commerce and e-government 2000-2002

<p>Iceland - Project Plan for the Development of e-commerce and e-government 2000-2002</p>

Treasury finances in January 2001. Report date: February 21, 2001

Figures for Treasury finances in January 2001 are now available.

Iceland-German Chamber of Commerce

Minister´s Speech at the annual Meeting of the Iceland-German Chamber of Commerce. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Treasury finances in 2000. Report date: January 26, 2001

Preliminary figures are now available for Treasury finances for the year 2000. The net revenue surplus of the Treasury amounted to 12.2 billion krónur in 2000 compared with 17 billion in 1999.

News release January 5, 2001. The 2001 fiscal budget

<p>The 2002 budget proposal projects a revenue surplus of 18.6 billion krónur, equivalent to 2½ per cent of GDP. The net financial surplus is still larger, 41 billion krónur. </p>

Advance release calendar. News Release on Central Government Finances in 2001

All news releases will be published at 04:00 PM on the Ministry's website.

Treasury finances in January - November 2000. Report date: December 21, 2000.

Figures are now available for Treasury finances for the first eleven months of this year. The net revenue surplus of the Treasury amounted to 9 billion krónur in the first eleven months of this year.

Treasury finances in January - October 2000. Report date: November 20, 2000

Figures are now available for Treasury finances for the first ten months of this year. The net revenue surplus of the Treasury amounted to 10.4 billion krónur in the first ten months of this year, compared with 11.3 billion and 1.4 billion in the corresponding period of 1999 and 1998, respectively.

Treasury finances in January - October 2000. Report date: November 20, 2000

Figures are now available for Treasury finances for the first ten months of this year. The net revenue surplus of the Treasury amounted to 10.4 billion krónur in the first ten months of this year, compared with 11.3 billion and 1.4 billion in the corresponding period of 1999 and 1998, respectively.

Address at a conference on Iceland's new economy: from telecoms to genetics at the Scandinavia House in New York.

Address at a conference on Iceland's new economy: from telecoms to genetics at the Scandinavia House in New York.

Report to the Althing

Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Treasury finances in January- September 2000. Report date: October 20, 2000

Figures are now available for Treasury finances for the first nine months of this year. The revenue surplus amounted to 4.9 billion krónur in the first nine months of this year, compared to an 8.1 billion surplus a year ago and a deficit of 2.3 billion in 1998.

EFTA Business Workshop in Reykjavík

Speech by Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

News release. October 2, 2000. The 2001 fiscal budget

Treasury finances January - August 2000. Report date: September 22, 2000

Figures are now available for Treasury finances for the first eight months of this year. For the first eight months of this year the revenue surplus amounted to 5.2 billion krónur, compared with 7.3 billion a year ago and a deficit of 676 million in 1998.

A speech to the Spanish - Icelandic Chamber of Commerce in Bilbao.

A speech to the Spanish - Icelandic Chamber of Commerce in Bilbao. September 18, 2000.

General Debate at the 55. Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Statement by H.E. Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland. - New York, USA.

UN Summit NY

Address by the Prime Minister of Iceland at UN Summit in New York, September 6 2000.

The SACLANT Symposium

Address by Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Treasury finances in January - July 2000. Report date: August 23, 2000

Figures are now available for Treasury finances for the first seven months of this year. The net financial surplus amounted to 5.8 billion, compared to 0.4 billion in 1999 and a deficit of 2.4 billion in 1998.

Iceland´s Sixteenth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination According to Article 9 of the Convention.

A banquet in Slovenia

Speech by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Davíð Oddsson, at a banquet in Slovenia - May 2000.

Reception in Ottawa

Reception hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Mr. Davíð Oddsson. April 2000 - Ottawa, Canada.

The Statue of Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir

Address by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Mr. Davíð Oddsson, at the unveiling of a statue of Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir. April 2000 - Ottawa, Canada.

Address to the conference European pensions organised by the Institute of Economic Studies at the University of Iceland at the premises of the Central Bank of Iceland.

Iceland´s Fifteenth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination According to Article 9 of the Convention.

Address to the Althing

Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

News release March 15, 2000: Recently concluded wage agreements and their implications for Central Government finances.

On March 10 a number of unions, representing about 30 per cent of all employees in the Federation of Labour, concluded three-year wage agreements with the Employers' Confederation.

Foreign Ministers´ Conference on the Northern Dimension

Statement by Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland. - Helsinki, Finland.

WTO 3rd Ministerieal Conference

Statement by Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland. - Seattle, USA.

Foreign Policy Address to the Althing

Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

The British-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce

Speech by the Prime Minister of Iceland at a lunch hosted by the British-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce, October 27 1999.

04.10.1999 - Reykjavík, Iceland: Opening Speech at the Canada Days in Iceland

Opening Speech by H.E. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade. - Reykjavík, Iceland.

Interim report of the Icelandic Government to the European Committee Against Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)

News release October 1, 1999. The 2000 fiscal budget presented to the Althingi.

The fiscal budget for the year 2000, which is being presented to the Althingi today, signals great restraint in economic policy in accordance with the Government's policy to offset the expansion in the economy and ensure continued stability.

The 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Speech by Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland. - New York, USA.

Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly

Speech by the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly - Strassbourg, France.

Democratic Management of Cultural Diversity: the challenge for cultural policy.

Foreign Minister's Address at a Joint Conference of the Council of Europe and OSCE. - Bergen, Norway.