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Panoramic view of the city of Bogota, the capital of Colombia.
UNIC Bogota/José Ríos

Monday’s Daily Brief: Colombia marches, major mine action summit, violence against women a barrier to peace, South Sudan update

25 November 2019
Peace and Security

A recap of Monday’s stories in brief: Guterres holds “focused and frank” informal talks over Cyprus, responds to Colombia protests; Violence targeting women impedes peace; UN Mission, community condemn South Sudan violence; UN weather watchdog sounds climate alarm; Norway hosts anti-landmine summit. 

Tore Hattrem, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

United Nations ‘backbone’ of global order, stresses Norway at Assembly

25 September 2017
Underscoring that the “unprecedented” progress achieved by human kind over the last decades cannot be taken for granted, Norway called for continued international cooperation to safeguard the achievements and to ensure that they remain sustainable.
Sami musicians of Norway perform at the opening ceremony of a cultural exhibition held at UN Headquarters in recognition of the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Proposed Norwegian law puts indigenous peoples’ rights at risk – UN expert

28 October 2011
A United Nations expert urged Norway today to strongly reject the proposal by one of its parties to repeal key laws and policies designed to protect indigenous groups, saying its approval would represent an “enormous setback for the recognition and protection of human rights in the country.”
Makeshift memorial in Oslo, Norway.
Johannes Groedem

Erroneous linking of Norwegian attacks to Islam was ‘revealing’ – UN rights expert

26 July 2011
A United Nations human rights expert on freedom of religion said today that initial media reports on Friday’s mass murder in Norway which implied a possible connection with Islamist terrorism were “revealing” and “embarrassing” examples of prejudice.
Makeshift memorial in Oslo, Norway.
Johannes Groedem

Norway: Security Council deplores deadly terrorist attacks

23 July 2011
Security Council members today strongly condemned the twin terrorist attacks in Norway that have killed more than 90 people, including many young people, and left numerous others injured.

Annan notes exemplary give-and-take in 1905 dissolution of Norway-Sweden union

30 March 2005
The compromises in the Karlstad agreement between Norway and Sweden in the peaceful dissolution of their union 100 years ago are an inspiration to a world still riven by conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today, marking the anniversary year of the separation.