Norwegian Statements 2020

Statement in Response to the Chairs of the Three Committees

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 17 December 2020.

Statement in Response to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 10 December 2020.

Statement in Response to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Delivered by Ambassador Anne- Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 10 December 2020.

Joint Statement by the co-sponsors of the OSCE Ministerial Council Draft Decision on the OSCE Permanent Monitoring and Verification of the Areas Adjacent to the Ukrainian-Russian State Border, which are Temporarily not under Control of Ukraine

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the OSCE Ministerial Council Tirana, 4. December 2020.

Statement to the Ministerial Council of the OSCE

Delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Søreide, Tirana, 4 December 2020.

Statement on the Elections in Georgia

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 27 November 2020.

Statement in Response to the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 26 November 2020.

Statement on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary on the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Delivered by Minister-Counsellor Henning Hj. Johansen at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 26 November 2020.

Statement on Human Rights Violations in Belarus

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 19 November 2020.

Statement in response to Address by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group, Address by the Personal Representative of the CiO on the Conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference and the Report by the Head of the High-Level Planning Group.

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent CouncilVienna, 19 November 2020.

Statement in response to the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine’s report

at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 19 November 2020

Statement in Response to the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 29 October 2020.

Statement on the situation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council in Vienna 5 November 2020.

Statement on the Structured Dialogue

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the 79th Joint FSC – PC Meeting Vienna, 28 October 2020.

Statement in response to the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 29 October 2020.

Statement on the Structured Dialogue

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the 79th Joint FSC – PC Meeting Vienna, 28 October 2020.

Statement on the Twentieth anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325: Implementation in the OSCE area and the way ahead

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Forum for Security Cooperation Vienna, 21 October 2020.

Statement in response to the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 22 October 2020.

Statement on the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 22 October 2020.

Statement in response to the head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti at the Permanent Council in Vienna, 22 October 2020

Statement on the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic after the parliamentary elections

Delivered by Minister Counsellor Henning Hj Johansen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 16 October 2020.

Statement on recent developments in Belarus

Delivered by Minister Counsellor Henning Hj Johansen at the Permanent Council in Vienna, 15 October 2020.

Statement Marking the International Day of the Girl

Delivered by Minister Counsellor Henning Hj Johansen at the Permanent Council in Vienna, 15 October 2020.

Statement in response to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council in Vienna, 15 October 2020.

Statement in response to Ambassadors Grau and Çevik

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 8 October 2020.

Joint statement on the world day against death penalty

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen on behalf of Andorra, Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland at the Permanent Council in Vienna, 8 October 2020.

Statement in regard to the sentencing of Yuri Dmitriev

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 8 October 2020.

Statement on the Situation in and around Nagorno Karabakh

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 8 October 2020.

Statement on freedom of opinion and expression and media freedom in Belarus

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 8 October 2020.

Statement on recent developments in Belarus

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 1 October 2020.

Statement in response to the presentation of the Unified Budget proposal 2021

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at the Permanent Council Vienna, 1 October 2020.

Statement in response to the update given by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna 29 September 2020.

Statement on Racially or Ethnically Motivated Terrorism in the Time of COVID-19

Delivered by Ambassador Anne-Kirsti Karlsen at a side-event hosted by USA, Germany and Norway during the 2020 Chairmanship OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference.

Statement on the poisoning of Mr. Alexei Navalny

Delivered by Minister Counsellor Henning Hj Johansen at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 3 September 2020.

Statement on attacks on freedom of opinion and expression and media freedom in Belarus

Delivered by Minister Counsellor Henning Hj Johansen at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 3 September 2020.

Statement on the situation in Belarus

Delivered by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Henning Hj. Johansen at the Special Meeting of the Permanent Council, Vienna, 28 August 2020.

Statement in response to the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 23 July 2020

Norway on the wounding and illegal detention of a Georgian citizen by Russian-led forces

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 17 July 2020

Norway in response to the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 16 July 2020

Statement in response to 2004 Gender action plan

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 23 July 2020

Statement in reponse to Ambassador Grau and Çevik

Delivered by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Henning Hj.

Statement in Response to the Representative on Freedom of the Media

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 2 July 2020.

Statement in Response to the Report Given by the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 18 June 2020

Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 18 June 2020.

Statement in response to the Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 4 June 2020.

Statement on the United States' Commitment to Upholding Civil Rights on the Basis of the Rule of Law

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 4 June 2020.

Statement in Response to the High Commissioner on National Minorities

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 4 June 2020.

Statement on the recent developments in the occupied territories of Georgia

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 28 May 2020

Statement in Response to the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 28 May 2020.

Joint Statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Delivered by Canada on behalf of Andorra, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Canada at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 21 May 2020

Statement on Russia's illegal conscription in Crimea

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 21 May 2020

Statement in response to the Head of the Programme Office in Bishkek and the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 21 May 2020

Statement in response to the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent CouncilVienna, 21 May 2020

Statement on the Death Penalty in the United States of America

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 14 May 2020.

Statement in Response to the Director of ODIHR

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 14 May 2020.

Statement on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 7 May 2020

Statement on the Programme Outline 2021

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 7 May 2020.

Joint Statement on Threats against Journalist Elena Milashina in the Chechen Republic, Russia

Delivered by Croatia on behalf of the following 37 participating States: Albania, Canada, the European Union and its Member States, Georgia, Iceland, United Kingdom, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Statement on the process of the illegal borderisation taking place along the administrative boundary line of occupied South Ossetia

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 23 April 2020

Statement in reply to the briefings given by ambassadors Grau and Çevik

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 23 April 2020

Joint Statement on Safety of Journalists and Access to Information during the COVID-19 Crisis

Statement on the International Women's Day

Delivered to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 12 March 2020.

Statement in Response to the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro

Delivered by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Henning Hj. Johansen to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 5 March 2020.

Statement in Response to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo

Delivered by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Henning Hj. Johansen to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 5 March 2020.

Statement on the Large Scale Cyber Attack Against Georgia

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 27 February 2020.

Statement in Response to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 27 February 2020.

Statement on the Sami People's Day

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 6 February 2020.

Statement in reply to the briefings given by ambassadors Grau and Çevik

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad at the Permanent Council, Vienna, 6 February 2020.

Statement on the International Holocaust Remembrance day

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 30 January 2020.

Joint Statement on the International Day of Education

Delivered by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Henning Hj. Johansen to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 23 January 2020.

Joint statement on the Death Penalty in Belarus and the United States of America

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 16 January 2020.

Statement in response to the CiO

Delivered by Ambassador Steffen Kongstad to the Permanent Council, Vienna, 9 January 2020.