The UN General Assembly will elect members for the Human Rights Council this May in New York. Norway is a candidate for a position on the for the period 2009–2012. A brochure that presents the Norwegian candidacy is now available.

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“Norway is contributing NOK 200 million to the new UN emergency relief fund, CERF, and is thus one of the first countries to make a contribution. We are doing this because the past year has shown that humanitarian crises call for an immediate response,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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