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Address by the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland 19 May 1999, Meeting of Ministers Deputies, Mr Secretary Ge...

NATO Summit in Washington: Meeting of the North Atlantic Council, April 23, 1999 Statement by H.E. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland - On the refugee issue, I agree with M...

Small Nations - Grand Alliance Iceland: The Trans-Atlantic Bridge National Press Club Morning Newsmaker Program - Washington D.C., April 22, 1999 The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Aff...

NATO Unclassified: Meeting of the North Atlantic Council, April 12, 1999 Statement by Foreign Minister, Halldór Ásgrímsson - Mr. Chairman, there is no need for me to use many words on this occasion....

World Council of Whalers 1999 General Assembly, March 27, 1999 Welcoming Address by H.E. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Foreign Minister of Iceland Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is indeed a great pl...

The Kyoto Protocol Article by Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Published in Morgunblaðið, 3 March 1999 As is commonly known, the Government has decided that the Kyoto Protocol to the ...

The Current Performance of the Icelandic Economy Address by H.E. Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland, at a Business Seminar and Introduction to Icelandic...

The European Integration Process as seen from Iceland Lecture by the Foreign minister, Halldór Ásgrímsson, at the Chulalong University in Bangkok, Thailand, January 29, 1999 In recent years one word...

Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, December 8, 1998 Statements made by Foreign Minister, Halldór Ásgrímsson I. The Situation in the Balkans The Former Yugoslavia - It is clear t...

Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in Brussels, December 8, 1998 Statements by Foreign Minister, Halldór Ásgrímsson - I want to align myself with the views of colleagues who have empha...

OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Oslo, December 2-3, 1998 Statement by H.E. Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Mr. Chairman, In the last years remarkable changes have occure...

EFTA Ministerial Meeting in Switzerland, November 30, 1998 Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs The small EFTA is strong At present EFTA has further consolidated its position in the Eur...

Defense and Security in a Changing World: Icelandic Viewpoints Lecture by H.E. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, UPI, Stockholm, November 25, 1998 Let me begin by ...

The Icelandic Economy: Performance and Prospects Address by Halldor Asgrimsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hasselbacken, Sweden, November 25, 1998 Ladies and Gentlemen I am ho...

Table 1 Treasury finance

The Joint Annual Discussion of the World Bank Statement by the Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland, on behalf of the Nordic Countries, October 7, 1998 I am honored to speak...

Foreign Affairs Address to the Althing, November 5, 1998 Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Unofficial Translation Table of Contents Increased Relevance of Globa...

1. Economic policy

The main thrust of economic policy in the past several years has been to bring the Icelandic economy more in line with neighbouring countries. Monetary and fiscal pol...

58th meeting of the Development Committee of the World Bank, October 5, 1998 Statement by the Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland, on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic Countri...

Iceland's Treasury finances have been substantially strengthened in recent years. The budget was in persistent deficit from the middle of the last decade with concomitant borrowing and accumulation of...