http://www.norway-coe.org/60d898e8-de49-451f-8715-d2cb1a77b233http://www.norway-coe.org/Norway-permanent-mission-of-the-Council-of-Europe/Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre, held a speech at the Ministerial Meeting in Strasbourg 11 May. Wed, 26 May 2010 12:01:26 GMTc67af0b8-4102-477b-988d-4596a54aaceehttp://www.norway-coe.org/general/hr/HR-Monitoring/challenge/The-Charter-for-Regional-or-Minority-languages-Fourth-report-on-Norway-/The Committee of Experts under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages adopted on 9 October 2009 its fourth report on Norway. While acknowledging the efforts the Norwegian authorities have undertaken to protect regional and minority languages in the country, the Committee of Experts gives recommendations for further improvements. These recommendations were adopted by the Committee of Ministers at its meeting on 10 March 2010. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:11:09 GMT1c54fc68-be04-4fca-8e55-e124fa47ff1chttp://www.norway-coe.org/Ratification-of-protocol-No-14-by-the-Russian-Federation/The ratification of Protocol No. 14 by the Russian Federation is seen as a major step towards a more efficient functioning of the European Court of Human Rights. The fact that the Protocol was published on the opening day of the Interlaken Ministerial conference on the future of the Court, 18 February 2010, makes it a symbol of the willingness among the 47 European states to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the Court.Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:33:02 GMTb9e37930-c993-4504-ba7d-72aa91bea8f6http://www.norway-coe.org/general/hr/echr/The-future-of-ECHR/A conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights will be organised in February 2010 in Interlaken, Switzerland. Its purpose will be to draw up a roadmap for the future development of the Court, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year - with no less than over 100,000 cases pending before it. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:33:16 GMT226a9afa-f45d-40f3-bc9e-6efa20f8686dhttp://www.norway-coe.org/News--Events/News/Secretary-Generals-reform-plan-unanimously-supported-by-Committee-of-Ministers/On 20 February, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland presented his proposals for reform of the Council of Europe to the Committee of Ministers of the Organisation, and received unanimous support.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:08:29 GMTf2d67f9d-d4c3-46b9-b1d8-a163c36552e2http://www.norway-coe.org/general/hr/echr/Norwegian-comments-on-the-Draft-Declaration-of-the-Interlaken-Conference/Norway has submitted comments on the Swiss Draft Declaration and Action Plan of the Interlaken Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:44:58 GMTf8dddfab-e924-439f-9101-068d09577e82http://www.norway-coe.org/general/hr/echr/Russian-approval-of-Protocol-No-14/Norway welcomes the decision of the Russian State Duma to approve ratifcation of Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights.Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:03:57 GMT5b2ca9b7-2a3d-4374-8243-d605abedd727http://www.norway-coe.org/coe/pace/New-Norwegian-delegation-to-the-Parliamentary-Assembly/As a result of the general elections held in Norway in September 2009, the Norwegian Parliament elected on 22 October 2009 a new Norwegian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:19:25 GMT59299f75-40a7-4f15-b80a-9c2808985ed3http://www.norway-coe.org/coe/jagland/The-worlds-most-important-human-rights-organisation/On 29 September, President of the Norwegian parliament Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Now he intends to modernise what he describes as the world’s most important human rights organisation, and make it more effective.Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:55:38 GMTccaf9d54-f046-49e3-810f-4bd507f7a15ahttp://www.norway-coe.org/Barack-Obama-awarded-Nobel-Peace-Prize/The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:49:34 GMT