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The Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia will celebrate the Sami National Day on 6 February.

From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change.

After his participation at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim, paid a visit to the UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea.

During the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, more than 150 countries and several organisations came to an agreement on a new framework for co-operation for international development. For the first time, China, India and Brazil joined in.

The Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim, is in Busan next week to take part in the most comprehensive high level meeting on aid effectiveness of all times.

”Thank you all for coming here to celebrate the United Nations, to remember those who gave their life in the Korean War, and to celebrate the freedom and democracy that rose from that war.”

Aiming to strengthen relations with Korean shipyards that have contracts on the Norwegian shelf.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg commented, “This is an important recognition of the role they have played in ensuring women’s safety and right to participate in peace-building work. Women’s participation is crucial in promoting peace and preventing conflict.”

The embassy will be closed on Monday, October 3.

On Sunday 21 August a special ceremony was held to commemorate those who died in the attacks on the government offices in Oslo and Utøya. “Seventy-seven precious lives were lost. Many people were permanently injured. Many have wounds that cannot be seen,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.