Viewpoint by Temesgen Kahsay
The author is an Assistant Professor at the Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology. The following appeared first in 'African Arguments' on January 12, 2021.
OSLO (IDN) ...
... Europe stands out as the region with the most states that act in conflict with the UN Treaty.
Established in 2018, the NWBM is produced and published by Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a partner organisation ...
... more troops to the Sudanese border to prevent refugees from crossing over into Sudan. Ethiopian refugees in Sudan currently exceed 63 thousand.
The Norwegian Refugee Council Director in Sudan, William ...
... permanent membership," according to diplomatic sources. [IDN-InDepthNews – 02 January 2021]
Photo: The United Nations Security Council Chamber in New York, also known as the Norwegian Room. CC BY-SA ...
... Asmara.
Norwegian Professor Kjetil Tronvoll states in an open letter to Ethiopian authorities that he has experienced “repeated and grievous ad hominem attacks from an Ethiopian government spokesperson ...
... against anyone that is collaborating with the TPLF.
Situation refugees
William Carter (Norwegian Refugee Council) tweeted him singing a Christmas song from one of the new refugee camps in Sudan. ...
... access to Tigray increases.
Norwegian Refugee Council, together with the UNHCR, starts works to increase shelter for refugees in Sudan.
Aid has arrived at Adi Harush refugee camp in Tigray. Before ...
By Reinhard Jacobsen
BRUSSELS (IDN) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, ...
... escalating ethnic tensions in Ethiopia and recent military clashes in Tigray, and killing of many civilians.
Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary-General Jan Egeland calls for more action and less words ...
... and is now spreading south along the Norwegian coast and in the White Sea. It is a large, voracious predator implicated in substantial declines of harvested shellfish, sea urchins and other larger, slow-moving ...
... need in Tigray is urgent and critical for UNHCR and humanitarian organizations.
Norwegian Refugee Council is deeply concerned by significant constraints to aid delivery despite an agreement with the ...
... General Norwegian Peoples Aid, Norway; Dr Daria Davitti, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden; Allan Bussard, Director, Integra Foundation, Slovakia; Prof. Dr Frans Bongers, Professor ...
... the respondents in the case.
Indian contributions to British Music
The Beatles were influenced by Indian music and exponent of the Indian sitar. George Harrison has added sitar to John Lennon’s ‘Norwegian ...
... Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI); former Director, UNIDIR (1992-1996)
Amb. Svein Sevje (Norway) Former Special Envoy to the Middle East and Ambassador to Israel
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary ...
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The Netherlands has announced an initial contribution 15 million Euros (US$16.6 million) to the Fund, following in the footsteps of Norway and Denmark, who have thus far pledged 150 million Norwegian ...
Viewpoint by Jan Egeland and Jean-François Riffaud
Jan Egeland is Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Jean-François Riffaud is Chief Executive Officer of Action Against Hunger-France. ...
... Muhomwa. “Whoever doesn’t use this opportunity, will remain poor forever.”
Ueland, a 72-year-old Norwegian entrepreneur, is a chairperson and project manager for Farm for the Future – a regional development ...
... look like".
According to the 2019 report of Norwegian People’s Aid, a partner of the International Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), 135 countries currently support the TPNW. The number of municipalities ...
... the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund.”
Investing in nuclear weapons is also contrary to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). For investors and advisers who are a ...
Viewpoint by Makeda Saba
BRUSSELS (IDN) – On October 11, 2019, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace prize to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Dr Abiy Ahmed. He is the fourth African ...
... (2006).
She served as Ambassador to Israel (2001-2005), accredited to Cyprus for the same period. State Secretary/Deputy Foreign Minister at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000), Special ...
... Subsequently, Aseemanand conducted (and later confessed to) several lethal terrorist attacks from 2006 to 2008.
On an international level, in 2011, Norwegian mass shooter Anders Breivik had praised the ...
... surveillance and control programmes for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture development. [IDN-InDepthNews – 28 June 2019]
Photo: Trawler arrested in 2016 by the Norwegian Coast Guard for illegal fishing. ...
... Ingi Gudbrandsson, Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir intends to set up meetings with the organisers of the student climate strikes. Like his Icelandic counterparts, Norwegian climate and environment ...
... to have suffered a nuclear attack in wartime— to participate in this group and support the Treaty.
According to Norwegian People’s Aid, a partner of ICAN, 155 states already adhere to the prohibitions ...
... trend was started by three international NGOs: VITA, Finn Church Aid (FCA) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
All, except VITA, are recent arrivals after international NGOs, such as Oxfam GB, Lutheran ...
... will not sit idly on the side while the U.S. and Russia erode our security," said Thore Vestby from Norway, Vice-President of Mayors for Peace and a former member of the Norwegian parliament. "Cities and ...
... slow, but he did win bits and pieces of concessions, such as allowing Bernadotte to corral the Danish and Norwegian prisoners into one camp so that they could come under the care of the Swedish Red Cross. ...
... rather than analyse it as a socio-economic issue."
During the military regime, DVB was set up with Norwegian funding and operated from overseas. But, today it is registered as a local media company broadcasting ...
By J Nastranis
NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has extended an enthusiastic welcome to The Norwegian Nobel Committee's announcement that it has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Denis ...
... return, doubling their $120 million investment after selling their stake to a Norwegian company, according to the Wall Street Journal.
What actually happneded
Meanwhile, on September 3, Bobi Wine has ...
... degrees Celsius.
Hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the conference brought together representatives from science, ...
... Jimenez Damary in a video statement.
In neighbouring Syria, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Policy and Advocacy Advisor at its Syria office, Rachel Sider remarked that an estimated 2.9 million new displacements ...
... the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on February 1, 2018.
This Second Tokyo Colloquium identified in the face of geopolitical instability, "the forces generating insecurity, and turbulence" ...
... in the Museum's guestbook: ". . . Hiroshima is a city of hope, and ICAN will work with you to see the end of nuclear weapons."
Photo (left in text): left to right – The Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair ...
... and Social Council - on 14 December 2017 at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Renowned spokespersons from the Geneva Centre, IOM, UNHCR, the International Catholic Migration Commission, the Norwegian ...
... and implementing growth strategies.
Under the initiative, which started in 2015 and is jointly implemented with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises (NHO), several women leaders from different ...
... the writer's consent. [IDN-InDepthNews – 23 December 2017]
Photo (left to right): The Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen; ICAN campaigner Setsuko Thurlow who survived the bombing of ...
... Foundation's website https://www.wagingpeace.org.
Photo: Setsuko Thurlow delivering her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. Credit: Norwegian Nobel Committee.
IDN is the flagship agency of International ...
... courtesy of the news site. – The Editor
OSLO (IDN-INPS) - Nobel Peace Prize Day in Oslo dawned with clear and sunny skies on Sunday, but not everyone was celebrating. The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s ...
... law is “pacta sunt servanda”—pacts or treaties must be respected—as provided for under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT). A recent study by the Norwegian Academy of International Law ...