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Good evening, my fellow countrymen. Tonight the year 2007 will end and never return, as is so well celebrated in the well-known psalm by Rev. Valdimar Briem. Most of us will find the opportunity to s...

Treasury finances January-November 2007 (PDF 55K) Cash Flow Statement, January – November Millions of krónur   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Revenue 229 4...

The Nordic countries regret the decision by the Government of Sri Lanka to withdraw from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement The Government of Sri Lanka has formally notified Norway of its decision of 2 Jan...

On 1 January 2008 the ministerial status of Statistics Iceland will be abolished and a new Act on Statistics Iceland and official statistics will take effect. Under this Act Statistics Iceland will be...

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 in the Open-e...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations High Level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) 13 December 2007 ...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Commemorative high-level Plenary Meeting devoted to the follow up to the outcome of the Spe...

I would like at the outset to thank the Secretariat, in particular the able staff of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), headed by the new Director, Mr. Václav Mikulka, for...

In the Government´s Policy Statement, emphasis was placed on strengthening the incomes of older and disabled persons by reducing the income-related benefit thresholds in the social security system. T...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations The Situation in the Middle East Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly 30 Novembe...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Civilians in Armed Conflict Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly 20 November 2007...

Treasury finances January-October 2007 (PDF 55K) Cash Flow Statement, January – October Millions of krónur   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Revenue 211 559...

The Alþingi approved of the action plan in June 2007 in accordance with a recommendation put forward by the Minister of Social Affairs, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. The Parliamentary Resolution covers a fo...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the U...

Mr. President I would like to start by thanking my colleague from Indonesia, the President of the Security Council for the month of November, for presenting the Report of the Security Council fo...

Opening Address at the Symposium of the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland on the Legal Status of the Arctic Ocean The Culture House, Reykjavík, 9 November 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen! The impac...

PDF-format (185 KB) ADDRESS by Ms. Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, on Foreign Affairs Delivered at the Althing at its 135th legislative session, 2007 - ...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Item 58: Eradication of poverty and other development issues (b) Women in Development ...

Statement by Mr. Harald Aspelund Deputy-Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Groups of countries in special situations Agenda Item 57 Sixty-second Session of the General Ass...