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At a meeting of the State Council of Iceland at Bessastaðir today President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson agreed to the proposal of Mr. Geir H. Haarde, regarding the formation and composition of his second g...

A new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, took office today replacing Mrs. Valgerður Sverrisdóttir who had held the position since June 15, 2006.

Address by Mrs. Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, The Icelandic-Italian Chamber of Commerce In Reykjavík on 18th May 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a g...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the High Level Segment of the Fifteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sust...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Sixty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly Open-ended Working Group on the ...

Treasury finances January-March 2007 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement, January – March Millions of krónur   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Revenue 68 337 ...

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 twenty-ninth sessio...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the Sixty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly Follow-up to the outcome...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Open Debate in the Security Council Energy, Security and Climate   Thank you Mr. Pr...

Iceland took a major step in its relationship with the African continent at a simple ceremony on 12 April 2007: Ambassador Dr. Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdóttir presented her credentials as Permanent Rep...

Treasury finances January-February 2007 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement, January – February   Millions of krónur   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Revenue ...

Icelandic Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir recently attended a meeting of ten African colleagues with the five Nordics in Oslo. Discussions centred on security issues and prospects for peace i...

Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir recently returned from a trip to Uganda and South Africa. In Uganda, the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) runs a diverse programme, stretchi...

Foreign Minister Mrs. Sverrisdottir has put women's issues on the top of her agenda since taking office. She says that in her recent trip to Africa she enjoyed greatly discussions that centred on ...

Opening Address by Mrs. Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all allow me to thank the Human Rights Institutes – The Icelandic Human Rights C...

Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you here in Akureyri, to this conference on Arctic Development and Maritime Transportation. The title of the conference, “Breaking the...

Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Iceland's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, outlined Iceland's support for reconstruction in Afghanistan in a recent speech at the U.N. Security ...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the 5641st Meeting of the Security Council The situation in Afghanistan Mr. President...

On Friday 23 February 2007, the Permanent Representatives to the UN in New York of Iceland and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a communiqué establishing diplomatic relations. DRC is the...

The Government of Iceland decided 8 March 2007 to double its contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to 0,2 million USD in 2007. This was announced following the meeting of ...