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This money is mainly generated by trade mispricing and tax evasion, but also trafficking, the drugs and arms trade, and corruption.
This money is mainly generated by trade mispricing and tax evasion, but also trafficking, the drugs and arms trade, and corruption.
And it usually ends up in a tax haven.
And it usually ends up in a tax haven.
These financial flows represent a serious crime against the world’s poor and against the governments trying to promote development in their countries.
These financial flows represent a serious crime against the world’s poor and against the governments trying to promote development in their countries.
Well functioning tax systems, dedicated police forces and judiciaries, and international action against tax havens and bank secrecy are important elements in the global fight against poverty and for justice.
Well functioning tax systems, dedicated police forces and judiciaries, and international action against tax havens and bank secrecy are important elements in the global fight against poverty and for justice.
Tax systems are crucial not only to secure increased revenues, but also to build citizenship.
Tax systems are crucial not only to secure increased revenues, but also to build citizenship.
When you pay tax, you also take on a larger stake in the development of your country.
When you pay tax, you also take on a larger stake in the development of your country.
The size of the poverty challenge also requires us to scale up innovative financing.
The size of the poverty challenge also requires us to scale up innovative financing.
During the opening week of the 65th General Assembly, several countries, including Norway, agreed to work towards introducing a levy on financial transactions.
During the opening week of the 65th General Assembly, several countries, including Norway, agreed to work towards introducing a levy on financial transactions.
The levy would be applied on a large scale, and to a wide range of transactions, and could provide stable and substantial financing for development.
The levy would be applied on a large scale, and to a wide range of transactions, and could provide stable and substantial financing for development.
International trade is also a potential engine for growth, provided developing countries gain access to markets and the know-how to negotiate the best possible agreements.
International trade is also a potential engine for growth, provided developing countries gain access to markets and the know-how to negotiate the best possible agreements.
We know, however, that formal market access is insufficient for many LDCs with weak productive capacities.
We know, however, that formal market access is insufficient for many LDCs with weak productive capacities.
Norway supports Aid for Trade through a number of multilateral initiatives.
Norway supports Aid for Trade through a number of multilateral initiatives.
There is also need for a more fair international trade system, where countries can find policy space for their own development strategies.
There is also need for a more fair international trade system, where countries can find policy space for their own development strategies.
Emerging economies have changed the picture of international financial flows and international trade since the conference in Brussels.
Emerging economies have changed the picture of international financial flows and international trade since the conference in Brussels.
We are pleased to welcome middle-income countries into our common partnership for the LDCs.
We are pleased to welcome middle-income countries into our common partnership for the LDCs.
A number of emerging economies are providing a substantial amount of aid to LDCs.
A number of emerging economies are providing a substantial amount of aid to LDCs.
Whether we are discussing aid, debt relief, trade or investments, it is clear that partners in the South are crucial for the future success of our efforts.
Whether we are discussing aid, debt relief, trade or investments, it is clear that partners in the South are crucial for the future success of our efforts.
At the same time, we need to strengthen our global systems for financing development.
At the same time, we need to strengthen our global systems for financing development.
More than anything we need to broaden the financial basis of the United Nations funds and programmes.
More than anything we need to broaden the financial basis of the United Nations funds and programmes.
The more multilateral, and thus less “Western” they become, the more sustainable they will be.
The more multilateral, and thus less “Western” they become, the more sustainable they will be.
There are many competitors out there.
There are many competitors out there.
Let us all join together to address global problems with global solutions – through multilateral structures.
Let us all join together to address global problems with global solutions – through multilateral structures.
We know that the political and economic empowerment of women is the single most important catalyst for change and development.
We know that the political and economic empowerment of women is the single most important catalyst for change and development.
Therefore, investing in women and girls opportunities is crucial.
Therefore, investing in women and girls opportunities is crucial.
For example, the UN estimates that we can lift 150 million people out of poverty if women gain better access to land and equipment in the agriculture sector.
For example, the UN estimates that we can lift 150 million people out of poverty if women gain better access to land and equipment in the agriculture sector.
In a multilateral context we have made important progress in this area over the last 30 years.
In a multilateral context we have made important progress in this area over the last 30 years.
However, during the preparation for this conference, we have been very concerned about attempts to take us back in time.
However, during the preparation for this conference, we have been very concerned about attempts to take us back in time.
In this day and age, any suggestion that the empowerment of women is problematic is simply anachronistic.
In this day and age, any suggestion that the empowerment of women is problematic is simply anachronistic.
Development can only happen when a country can tap its full potential, including women.
Development can only happen when a country can tap its full potential, including women.
Finally Mr President,
Finally Mr President,
The Istanbul Programme of Action will reach beyond 2015.
The Istanbul Programme of Action will reach beyond 2015.
It must therefore be our shared responsibility to secure an outcome that will serve as a sound building block for our continuing efforts to fight poverty.
It must therefore be our shared responsibility to secure an outcome that will serve as a sound building block for our continuing efforts to fight poverty.
We need to build further on the crucial factors for reaching the Millennium Development Goals, namely political will, good governance, protection of human rights, and particular focus on education and health, women and young people.
We need to build further on the crucial factors for reaching the Millennium Development Goals, namely political will, good governance, protection of human rights, and particular focus on education and health, women and young people.
At the same time, we must increase our focus on the structural causes of poverty: climate change, armed conflicts and illicit capital flows out of developing countries.
At the same time, we must increase our focus on the structural causes of poverty: climate change, armed conflicts and illicit capital flows out of developing countries.
We look forward to working with our partners on all of these issues, and to securing a successful outcome of the fourth LDC conference.
We look forward to working with our partners on all of these issues, and to securing a successful outcome of the fourth LDC conference.
Live video from the "Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions"
Se åpningen av klasevåpenkonferansen i Oslo direkte
Watch the Norwegian Foreign Minister's opening statement live on Internet at 0930 (CET) 22 February
09.30 torsdag 22. februar.
Op-Ed in The New York Times 19 July 2012/The International Herald Tribune 20 July 2012
Op-Ed in The New York Times 19 July 2012/The International Herald Tribune 20 July 2012
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s reaction was unequivocal.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s reaction was unequivocal.
He declared that Norway’s strongest weapon in responding to this was to employ more openness and more democracy.
He declared that Norway’s strongest weapon in responding to this was to employ more openness and more democracy.
Norwegians took up his call.
Norwegians took up his call.
Neither politicians nor the media turned it into a partisan political issue.
Neither politicians nor the media turned it into a partisan political issue.
The public reacted with grief but did not call for extraordinary measures.
The public reacted with grief but did not call for extraordinary measures.
And the state chose to prosecute Breivik in an ordinary public court with full media coverage.
And the state chose to prosecute Breivik in an ordinary public court with full media coverage.
Many outside Norway have questioned this.
Many outside Norway have questioned this.
Does not responding with openness allow an extremist to broadcast his fanatical views?
Does not responding with openness allow an extremist to broadcast his fanatical views?
Does it not risk strengthening extremist movements?
Does it not risk strengthening extremist movements?
Why not create a special, closed legal setting?
Why not create a special, closed legal setting?
As Norway’s foreign minister, I have been frequently confronted with these questions over the past year.
As Norway’s foreign minister, I have been frequently confronted with these questions over the past year.
Without prejudice to the ongoing legal proceedings, I believe these are key questions.
Without prejudice to the ongoing legal proceedings, I believe these are key questions.
How we, as independent nations and as an international community, should fight violent political extremism is at the heart of politics in the 21st century.
How we, as independent nations and as an international community, should fight violent political extremism is at the heart of politics in the 21st century.
I also believe that Norway’s experience after the attack has important lessons that may be relevant beyond our borders.
I also believe that Norway’s experience after the attack has important lessons that may be relevant beyond our borders.
The last decade has shown us that ideology can never fully explain why specific groups or individuals commit unimaginable acts.
The last decade has shown us that ideology can never fully explain why specific groups or individuals commit unimaginable acts.
Social, psychological and individual factors always play crucial roles.
Social, psychological and individual factors always play crucial roles.
Yet political extremism does not grow in a vacuum.
Yet political extremism does not grow in a vacuum.
Ideas are the oxygen that allows it to flourish and spread.
Ideas are the oxygen that allows it to flourish and spread.
Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.
Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.
Without this fuel, the blaze of extremism is quickly extinguished.
Without this fuel, the blaze of extremism is quickly extinguished.
Al Qaeda networks were nourished by the ideas of Islamic fundamentalists just as Breivik invoked and may have drawn sustenance from the ideas and stories of other Western extremists.
Al Qaeda networks were nourished by the ideas of Islamic fundamentalists just as Breivik invoked and may have drawn sustenance from the ideas and stories of other Western extremists.
Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks.
Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks.
To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.
To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.
Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak.
Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak.
Al Qaeda portrays the West as anti-Islamic imperialists masquerading as promoters of democracy.
Al Qaeda portrays the West as anti-Islamic imperialists masquerading as promoters of democracy.
Right wing extremism suggests the West is committing cultural suicide through its lax judicial system and naïve multiculturalism.
Right wing extremism suggests the West is committing cultural suicide through its lax judicial system and naïve multiculturalism.
Both have committed horrific acts designed to bait us into betraying our values and making them martyrs.
Both have committed horrific acts designed to bait us into betraying our values and making them martyrs.
In fact, it is remarkable to see the many similarities between these two sorts of extremism in their disdain for diversity and their indiscriminate violence against civilians.
In fact, it is remarkable to see the many similarities between these two sorts of extremism in their disdain for diversity and their indiscriminate violence against civilians.
In this context, it is a mistake to treat crimes committed by extremists as exceptions, subject to special processes.
In this context, it is a mistake to treat crimes committed by extremists as exceptions, subject to special processes.
They must be held accountable in accordance with and to the full extent of the law.
They must be held accountable in accordance with and to the full extent of the law.
Hiding suspects from public view merely dehumanizes the perpetrators and undermines any moral or judicial lessons.
Hiding suspects from public view merely dehumanizes the perpetrators and undermines any moral or judicial lessons.
By contrast, prosecuting extremists who have committed crimes in a public courtroom makes it all the more shockingly clear that their horrific acts were undertaken by human beings, and that all of us must work every day to combat the ideas of extremism.
By contrast, prosecuting extremists who have committed crimes in a public courtroom makes it all the more shockingly clear that their horrific acts were undertaken by human beings, and that all of us must work every day to combat the ideas of extremism.
It has been remarkable to observe that the younger generation of Norwegians — and especially the young survivors of the island massacre — have expressed their trust in Norway’s open approach to dealing with the affair.
It has been remarkable to observe that the younger generation of Norwegians — and especially the young survivors of the island massacre — have expressed their trust in Norway’s open approach to dealing with the affair.
They know that a political system based on the rule of law cannot turn its back on its standard procedures on an ad hoc basis; that doing so would only provide extremists with evidence of the supposed double standards of democracy.
They know that a political system based on the rule of law cannot turn its back on its standard procedures on an ad hoc basis; that doing so would only provide extremists with evidence of the supposed double standards of democracy.
I believe that the same basic principle holds true in the global fight against terrorism.
I believe that the same basic principle holds true in the global fight against terrorism.
Osama bin Laden successfully provoked the West into using exceptional powers in ways that sometimes have been in conflict with its commitment to human rights and democracy.
Osama bin Laden successfully provoked the West into using exceptional powers in ways that sometimes have been in conflict with its commitment to human rights and democracy.
This only strengthened the case of extremists, and it shows that we should try to avoid exceptionalism and instead trust in the open system we are defending.
This only strengthened the case of extremists, and it shows that we should try to avoid exceptionalism and instead trust in the open system we are defending.
This is not a soft approach.
This is not a soft approach.
It requires and allows for tough security measures.
It requires and allows for tough security measures.
But it is firmly anchored in the rule of law and the values of democracy and accountability.
But it is firmly anchored in the rule of law and the values of democracy and accountability.
That the open public square can be an impressive antidote to extremism should not be surprising.
That the open public square can be an impressive antidote to extremism should not be surprising.
This is not only a bedrock democratic principle.
This is not only a bedrock democratic principle.
We also have ample historic evidence that extremist views thrive best when confined to the gutter.
We also have ample historic evidence that extremist views thrive best when confined to the gutter.
Open debate is our strongest tool in standing up to extremism.
Open debate is our strongest tool in standing up to extremism.
The far more dangerous avenue is to force extremist ideas underground, where they can fester without competition.
The far more dangerous avenue is to force extremist ideas underground, where they can fester without competition.
Besides, in a globalized world where ideas and networks circulate beyond the control of states, we have little choice but to forcefully present our strongest counter-arguments and embrace the challenge of fighting extremism in the open.
Besides, in a globalized world where ideas and networks circulate beyond the control of states, we have little choice but to forcefully present our strongest counter-arguments and embrace the challenge of fighting extremism in the open.
Learning From Norway’s Tragedy
Learning From Norway’s Tragedy
Norway fulfils aid pledge to Lebanon
Norge oppfyller bistandsmålet for Libanon
The NOK 98.3 million was allocated as follows:
De 98,3 millioner kronene er blitt fordelt som følger:
Areas
Innsatsområder
Renovation of houses following the war in 2006
Reparasjon av hus etter krigen i 2006
98 300 000
98 300 000
Foreign NGOs
FN
Lecture at Moorhead State University
Forelesning ved Moorhead State University
Lecture at Moorhead State University.
Forelesning ved Moorhead State University.
Moorhead, Minnesota, USA, 16 October 1975.
Moorhead, Minnesota, USA, 16. oktober 1975.
Lecture at Swiss Institute for International Studies
Foredrag i Det sveitsiske institutt for internasjonale studier
Zürich, 22 January 1974
Zürich, 22. januar 1974.
The reform will result in larger municipalities that can take on additional responsibilities and more autonomy.
Reformen skal gi større kommuner som kan få flere oppgaver og mer selvstyre.
The Local Government White Paper contains the Government’s comprehensive plan for local government reform during this Storting session.
Regjeringen presenterer i kommuneproposisjonen en helhetlig plan for en kommunereform i denne stortingsperioden.
“The local government reform is a welfare reform.
- Kommunereformen er en velferdsreform.
The objective of the reform is to secure good welfare services for us all: Good schools, nursing and care when we get older, safe day-care institutions for our children.
Målet med kommunereformen er å sikre gode velferdstjenester til oss alle: Gode skoler, pleie og omsorg når vi blir eldre, trygge barnehager for barna våre.
Good, equal services for citizens, comprehensive and coordinated societal development, sustainable and financially robust municipalities and strengthened local democracy are the objectives of the reform.
Gode og likeverdig tjenester til innbyggerne, en helhetlig og samordnet samfunnsutvikling, bærekraftige og økonomisk robuste kommuner og et styrket lokaldemokrati er målene for reformen.
“The Government wants strong, robust municipalities that can be assigned additional tasks and responsibilities.
- Regjeringen ønsker sterke og robuste kommuner, som kan få flere oppgaver og mer ansvar.
Most services are best provided as close to the citizens as possible, in the local communities,” says Minister Sanner.
De fleste tjenester løses best nærmest innbyggerne, i lokalsamfunnene, sier statsråd Sanner.
There will be two different processes during the reform period.
Det legges opp til to ulike løp i reformperioden.
Municipalities that decide to merge no later than the autumn of 2015 will be followed up with Royal decrees.
Kommuner som vedtar sammenslåing senest høsten 2015 følges opp med kongelige resolusjoner.
As regards the remaining municipalities, the plan is for them to adopt decisions by the summer of 2016.
For de andre kommunene legges det opp til at kommunene fatter vedtak innen sommeren 2016.
The Government is planning to present a comprehensive bill to the Storting regarding the new local government structure in the spring of 2017.
Regjeringen planlegger å fremme en samlet proposisjon til Stortinget om ny kommunestruktur våren 2017.
“It has been 50 years since the last local government reform and the municipalities have since been assigned considerable responsibility for welfare services.
- Det er 50 år siden forrige kommunereform og kommunene har fått betydelig større ansvar for velferdsoppgaver siden den gang.
At the same time, central government micromanagement has increased, and the municipalities have recently moved a number of tasks out of the municipality and into intermunicipal collaboration.
Samtidig har den statlige detaljstyringen økt, og kommunene har de senere år flyttet flere oppgaver ut av kommunen og inn i interkommunale samarbeid.
The politicians’ desire to give the municipalities considerable responsibility may have outweighed their ability to equip the municipalities for these tasks.
Kanskje har politikernes ønske om å gi kommunene stort ansvar, vært større enn evnen til å ruste kommunene for oppgavene.
We want to better equip the municipalities to handle the tasks they already have, as well as prepare them for challenges and new tasks that will come over the next decades,” says Sanner.
Vi ønsker både å sette kommunene bedre i stand til å håndtere oppgavene de har, samt ruste dem for utfordringer og nye oppgaver som kommer i tiårene fremover, sier Sanner.
The Ministry will cover necessary non-recurring costs of mergers according to a standardised model.
Departementet vil dekke nødvendige engangskostnader ved sammenslåingen etter en standardisert modell.
Funding will be given according to the number of municipalities and number of citizens involved in the merger.
Støtten gis etter antall kommuner og antall innbyggere i sammenslåingen.
Merged municipalities may also be awarded reform funds.
Sammenslåtte kommuner vil også kunne få reformstøtte.
The current scheme of amalgamation grants will be continued.
Dagens ordning med inndelingstilskuddet videreføres.
With the current amalgamation grant, the new merged municipality will retain grants as though it was still two (or more) municipalities for 15 years after the merger, until the amalgamation grant is gradually reduced over five years.
Med dagens inndelingstilskudd får den nye sammenslåtte kommunen beholde tilskudd som om den fortsatt var to (eller flere) kommuner i 15 år etter sammenslåingen, før inndelingstilskuddet trappes ned over fem år.
This is a favourable and long-term scheme for the municipalities, which will have ample time to adapt to new framework conditions.
Dette er en gunstig og langsiktig ordning for kommunene, som får god tid på seg til å tilpasse seg nye rammebetingelser.
The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) will be invited to cooperate with the County Governors in these processes at a regional level.
KS regionalt inviteres til å samarbeide med fylkesmennene om prosessene.