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The Minister for Foreign Affairs appointed Ellisif Tinna Vidisdottir as director of the Defence Agency on 19 May 2008. This is a five year appointment commencing on 1 June 2008, the official start dat...

The meeting on United Nations System-wide Coherence - Gender - Statement by Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland Distinguished Co-Chairs, I have the pleasure to take the floor on behalf o...

The Government and the Central Bank of Iceland have in the past few weeks been preparing various measures in order to strengthen the international liquidity available to the Central Bank and underpin ...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the High-Level Segment of the 16th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustain...

Treasury finances January-March 2008 (PDF 55K) Cash Flow Statement in January–March 2004–2008 Millions of krónur   2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Revenue...

5 May 2008 The arrival of 4 Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft from the French Air Force earlier today marks the commencement of NATO air policing in Iceland. A contingent of 110 Air Force personnel has ac...

Mr. President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. It is a well-known fact that small arms and light weapons maim and k...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations on behalf of the Nordic Countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Informal the...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations General debate of the United Nations Committee on Information during its 30th session New ...

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Address on Foreign Affairs by H.E. Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Delivered at the Althing on 8 April 2008 I Iceland should step forward boldl...

Report has been written which discusses an assessment of how Icelandic government policy on the information society has been implemented. Entitled Resources to Serve Everyone, this policy spans the pe...

Information society policies in Iceland Future vision of the Icelandic government regarding the information society (1996) Resources to Serve Everyone (2004) The third policy' will be introdu...

This Fund was established by Act No. 132/2005, on the Telecommunications Fund. The Fund's purpose is to allocate financial resources for projects that are aimed at developing the telecommunications in...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations “Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to ac...

Treasury finances January-February 2008 (PDF 55K) Cash Flow Statement in January–February 2004–2008 Millions of krónur   2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ...

Central government debt, claims and cash at hand 1994-2008, May 2008 (PDF 630 KB).

A High-Level Roundtable on international cooperation for sustainable development in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on 25-27 March 2008. The Minister f...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Agenda item 46 The Global Road Safety Crises Mr. President At the outset I would like to th...