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High Level Meeting on Roma

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:11:44 GMT

Representatives from Council of Europe member states, the EU and the Roma community met at a high level meeting the 20th of October 2010 to address the current situation of Roma. The widespread discrimination and social and economic marginalization of the Roma was unanimously condemned by the representatives of the 47 Member States. Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland described the meeting as “a fresh start to actually helping the Roma population of Europe” and emphasized that “Roma are our fellow Europeans”.

Secretary General's reform unanimously supported by the Committee of Ministers

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:08:29 GMT

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.

The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs' Policy Address to the Storting

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:41:45 GMT

The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, held a Foreign Policy Address to the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting, on 10 February 2009:

A more ambitious Norwegian development policy

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:41:43 GMT

“Climate change and the economic downturn threaten to undermine what we have achieved in the fight against poverty. We must be more strategic in our development policy in order to achieve more,” said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim.