News Speeches

17.12.2007 : 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.

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13.12.2007 : High Level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

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

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12.12.2007 : A World fit for Children

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

10.12.2007 : Ocean and the Law of the Sea

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

3.12.2007 : The Situation in the Middle East

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

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29.11.2007 : Civilians in Armed Conflict

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

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19.11.2007 : 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.

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13.11.2007 : Security Council reform

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

9.11.2007 : 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. MORE...
 
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, utanríkisráđherra

8.11.2007 : Address on Foreign Affairs by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs

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

8.11.2007 : 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.

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6.11.2007 : Women in Development

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

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5.11.2007 : Groups of countries in special situations

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

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5.11.2007 : The Situation in Afghanistan

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

30.10.2007 : Report of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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

29.10.2007 : Sustainable Development

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

29.10.2007 : Report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency

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

25.10.2007 : Proposed Programme Budget for the Biennium 2008-2009

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

23.10.2007 : Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) Women, Peace and Security

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

18.10.2007 : Promotion and the Protection of the Rights of Children

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

16.10.2007 : Advancement of Women

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

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14.10.2007 : 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 MORE...
 

10.10.2007 : The UN Peacebuilding Commission

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

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10.10.2007 : Measures to eliminate international terrorism

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

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9.10.2007 : The First Committee of the UNGA

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

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8.10.2007 : 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.

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6.10.2007 : 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. MORE...
 

4.10.2007 : 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.

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Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir í SŢ

28.9.2007 : 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

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27.9.2007 : 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.

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Geir H. Haarde, forsćtisráđherra, á opnunarmálţingi í Háskóla Íslands

7.9.2007 : 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. MORE...
 
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, utanríkisráđherra, á opnunarmálţingi í Háskóla Íslands

7.9.2007 : 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. MORE...
 
Ţátttakendur í umrćđum á opnunarmálţingi í Háskóla Íslands

7.9.2007 : 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. MORE...
 

6.9.2007 : 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. MORE...
 

14.8.2007 : 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. MORE...
 
Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir and Shimon Peres

13.8.2007 : 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. MORE...
 

2.8.2007 : Climate change as a global challenge

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

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4.7.2007 : 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.

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28.6.2007 : 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. MORE...
 

25.6.2007 : Natural resources and conflicts

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

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13.6.2007 : 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.

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Valgerđur Sverrisdóttir og Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir

24.5.2007 : New Minister for Foreign Affairs

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

18.5.2007 : The Icelandic-Italian Chamber of Commerce

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

10.5.2007 : 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.

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3.5.2007 : 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. MORE...
 

2.5.2007 : 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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17.4.2007 : Energy, Security and Climate

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

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17.4.2007 : Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: report of the Secretary General (A/61/836) [113]

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations. MORE...
 
Sigríđur Dúna Kristmundsdóttir, sendiherra, og Patrick Mazimhaka, varaformađur Afríkusambandsins

16.4.2007 : Iceland becomes a Non-African State Member to the African Union

On 12 April Ambassador Dr. Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdóttir presented her credentials as Permanent Representative of Iceland to the African Union (AU). MORE...
 

10.4.2007 : Nordic-African Foreign Ministers Meeting in Oslo

Icelandic Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir recently attended a meeting of ten African colleagues with the five Nordics in Oslo. MORE...
 

4.4.2007 : Ministerial Visit to Uganda and South Africa

Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir recently returned from a trip to Uganda and South Africa. In Uganda, the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) runs a diverse programme, stretching from adult education programmes to feeding young schoolchildren through the World Food Program. MORE...
 

3.4.2007 : Women's Projects in Uganda

Foreign Minister Mrs. Sverrisdottir has put women's issues on the top of her agenda since taking office. She says that in her recent trip to Africa she enjoyed greatly discussions that centred on the role of women in Africa. MORE...
 

2.4.2007 : Conference on Human Rights

Opening Address by Mrs. Valgerđur Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs
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27.3.2007 : Breaking the Ice

Address by Mrs. Valgerđur Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a conference on Arctic Development and Maritime Transportation. MORE...
 

26.3.2007 : Iceland Committed to Afghanistan

Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Iceland's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, outlined Iceland's support for reconstruction in Afghanistan in a recent speech at the U.N. Security Council. MORE...
 

20.3.2007 : The situation in Afghanistan

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

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Stofnun stjórnmálasambands viđ Austur-Kóngó.

9.3.2007 : Iceland and the Democratic Republic of Congo Establish Diplomatic Relations

On Friday 23 February 2007, the Permanent Representatives to the UN in New York of Iceland and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a communiqué establishing diplomatic relations. MORE...
 
From the meeting in Reykjavik

8.3.2007 : Iceland increases contribution to UNRWA

Iceland decided 8 March 2007 to double its contribution to UNRWA. MORE...
 

27.2.2007 : Iceland Business Seminar in Capetown

Opening address by H.E. Valgerđur Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland. MORE...
 

21.2.2007 : Helping to Reintegrate War-Affected Children

The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Valgerdur Sverrisdóttir, has decided to support the Red Cross campaign against child soldiers in Sierra Leone with a contribution of 10.6 million Icelandic krona. MORE...
 

6.2.2007 : UN Peacebuilding Commission

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.
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1.2.2007 : International Seafood Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

Address of H.E. Valgerđur Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland, at the Symposium, International Seafood Trade: Challenges and Opportunities, held at the University of Akureyri, Iceland 1st and 2nd February 2007. MORE...
 

18.1.2007 : Security and Defence

Speech given by Mrs. Valgerđur Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Security and Defence.  Delivered at the University of Iceland on 18 January 2007. MORE...
 





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