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Follow-up to the outcome of the Millenium Summit: report of the Secretary-General
Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Items 45 and 55 Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes o...
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Arrangement of sale of State shares in Iceland Telecom hf.
Press release Arrangement of sale of State shares in Iceland Telecom hf. The Executive Committee on Privatisation has recently been preparing the sale of shares in Iceland Telecom in accordance with...
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Treasury finances January 2005. Report date: March 10, 2005
Treasury finances January 2005 (PDF 101K)
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Graduation ceremony at the UNU Fisheries Training Programme
Ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to address you here today at this graduation ceremony on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Davíð Oddsson. Dear fellows, the session of t...
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Security Council on Children and armed conflict.
Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the open debate of the Security Council on Children and armed conflict on 23 February 2005. ...
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Informal Plenary Session of the General Assembly on the report on the Millenium Project and the report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the informal Plenary Session of the General Assembly on the report on the ...
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Treasury finances January - December 2004. Report date: February 17, 2005
Treasury finances January - December 2004 (PDF 104K)
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Exchange of views on finding and recommendations of the United Nations Millenium Project
Mr. President Like others before me I express our appreciation to you for convening this useful informal meeting of the General Assembly. Iceland has examined the Report from the Millennium Project ...
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Informal meeting of the plenary on the report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Changes
Fifty-ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York, January 31, 2005 Mr. President, Thank you for convening this timely meeting. The number of speakers in this stage of cons...
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The Foreign Policy Implications of Arctic Warming
THE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ARCTIC WARMING AN ICELANDIC PERSPECTIVE A Statement by Ambassador Gunnar Pálsson Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Minis...
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance
Statement by Mr. Harald Aspelund Deputy Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the Fifty-ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly Agenda ...
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The Icelandic Foreign Service - New Website
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has opened a new portal at www.iceland.org for the Icelandic Foreign Service’s websites. Furthermore, www.iceland.is - a general information site on Iceland, its natur...
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Small Island Developing States
Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations High-level segment of the International Meeting for the 10-year Review...
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South-East Asian Tsunami Disaster - Icelandic Relief Assistance
Summary The Government of Iceland has allocated a total of 150 million Icelandic krona (2.5 million USD) for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for victims of the tsunami. Non-government assi...
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Treasury finances January - November 2004. Report date: January 6, 2005
Treasury finances January - November 2004 (PDF 105K)
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At the end of the year
At the end of the year At this turning point we look back and try to some extent to settle accounts for the past year. But there are no universal accounting principles to rely on and ...
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Treasury finances January - October 2004. Report date: December 9, 2004
Treasury finances January - October 2004 (PDF 105K)
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UN General Assembly discusses situation in Afghanistan
Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and secur...
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OSCE Ministerial Council in Sofia 2004
Statement by Ambassador Sveinn Björnsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the OSCE, OSCE Ministerial Council in Sofia 2004. Mr. Chairman, On behalf of David Oddsson, Minister for Foreign A...
