05/01/2007 :: “The challenges are vast, and they can only be resolved through broad international engagement where civil and military efforts are viewed in a political context”, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre in his address on the situation in Afghanistan and Norway’s contribution to the Storting on 24 October 2006. + 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