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News and events // Last updated: 20/12/2011 //

The embassy’s external telephone line is out of order until further notice. Please use alternative number: +256 (0) 772 711 704.

Statssekretær Fiskaa om seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold –

News and events // Last updated: 16/12/2011 //

Det årlige ICGLR-toppmøtet er vanligvis en dag, men i år ble en ekstra dag satt av til spesialsesjon om seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold (SGBV) i regionen. Til stede var statsledere og ”First Ladies” fra ICGLR-statene, samt inviterte gjester, herunder statssekretær Fiskaa og SRSG Margaret Wallström (FNs spesialrepresentant mot seksualisert vold i konflikt). Fiskaa holdt et kort innlegg der hun...

Large crowds in Oslo and around Norway expressed their feelings by holding roses.
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Christian Hansson.

News and events // Last updated: 11/11/2011 //

“If one man can show so much hatred, imagine how much love we can show together.” So said a young woman who lost friends on the island of Utøya during the attacks of Friday 22 July. The quote has been widely embraced by survivors, families and political leaders in Norway.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Støre, in Afghanistan.
Photo: Norwegian Armed Forces/Morten S. Hopperstad.

News and events // Last updated: 05/04/2011 //

“The Norwegian Government condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack on a UN compound in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, in which a Norwegian UN worker was among those who were killed,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

New strategic plan on women, peace and security

News and events // Last updated: 21/01/2011 //

On 20 January, the Government is launching a new plan for efforts in the area of women, peace and security. The purpose of the plan is to promote women’s participation and enhance the protection of women in conflict-affected countries.

Norway congratulates Rafto Prize winner Sexual Minorities Uganda

News and events // Last updated: 29/09/2011 //

“I would like to congratulate Sexual Minorities Uganda on winning this important prize. It is a recognition of Sexual Minorities Uganda’s courageous efforts to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Uganda,” commented Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Over 50 representatives from around 35 civil society organizations, both from Uganda and Norway, took part in the seminar.
Photo: Emma Holager.

News and events // Last updated: 02/06/2011 //

The Norwegian Embassy in Kampala and the Civil Society Department in Norad invited both Norwegian and Ugandan partners to a working seminar in Kampala on the 25th and 26th of May 2011. The seminar aimed at discussing the status and direction of Norwegian support to civil society in Uganda, with consideration of future support. About 20 Norwegian NGOs are involved in development work in Uganda a...

Signing of phase two of the agreement with UNFPA.
Photo: Anne Vinding.

News and events // Last updated: 11/02/2011 //

Six of ten women in Uganda say they have been beaten or raped in their own homes. The Government has now decided to contribute more than NOK 60 million (USD 10.8 million) to the UN to combat violence against women in the country.

First day of voting in Juba.
Photo: UN Photo/ Tim McKulka.

News and events // Last updated: 20/01/2011 //

“It has been a pleasure to witness the peaceful conduct of the referendum on the future status of Southern Sudan. This was a complicated process, which has been prepared and carried out in a very short space of time,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Statssekretær Fiskaa om seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold –

An Attack on Norway’s Democracy

Norway condemns killing of UN workers in Afghanistan

New strategic plan on women, peace and security

Norway congratulates Rafto Prize winner Sexual Minorities Uganda

Civil Society Seminar with Norad, the Norwegian Embassy in Kampala and NGOs working in Uganda

NOK 60 million to combat violence against women

Referendum successfully held in Sudan

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kampala