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On January 27, 2012, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spoke at International Holocaust Rememberance Day in Oslo. Following is the text of his speech.

14 December 2011 one hundred years had passed since Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his expedition became the first to reach the South Pole. In a speech at the South Pole Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg honoured Amundsen and his men. He also paid tribute to the bravery of British explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition.

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.

The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg began his official visit to Australia yesterday. The Prime Minister is accompanied by a delegation of approximately 40 Norwegian business people. From Perth, the Prime Minister will travel on to Canberra and Sydney.

The Norwegian Prime Minister, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Australia as a guest of the Australian Government. His first stop is Perth, where he will focus on opportunities for closer economic cooperation, in particular in the oil and gas sector as well as the shipping and maritime offshore sectors.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will attend the UN Convention on Climate Change, in Durban, South Africa on 7 December 2011. Stoltenberg will participate in the high-level part of the conference, where he will deliver Norway’s official statement. He will also moderate a high-level discussion on financing efforts to tackle the effects of climate change, together with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman are each in their own right worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Government welcomes the award of this year’s prize to these three women. It is recognition of women’s non-violent efforts to promote peace and democracy,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

“We want to learn from the experience we have gained from the peace process in Sri Lanka,” said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. He was at the launch of the first evaluation of Norway’s peace efforts.

The official UN Human Development Index for 2011 ranks Norway as the number one country according to measures of human development standards, closely followed by Australia as number two.

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