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I would also like to thank the Director General and all Members for the work and efforts made over the last few months.
I would also like to thank the Director General and all Members for the work and efforts made over the last few months.
It has been a truly multilateral endeavour, transparent, with participation and contributions by all.
It has been a truly multilateral endeavour, transparent, with participation and contributions by all.
Some by showing restraint, leaving their aspirations and proposals for a later date.
Some by showing restraint, leaving their aspirations and proposals for a later date.
Others by moving out of their comfort zones in search of compromise.
Others by moving out of their comfort zones in search of compromise.
Many by standing up for the Multilateral Trading System, making clear that we cannot subject ourselves to the consequences of failure.
Many by standing up for the Multilateral Trading System, making clear that we cannot subject ourselves to the consequences of failure.
State Secretary Morten Høglund during the Norwegian statement at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference.
Statssekretær Morten Høglund holder Norges innlegg under WTOs ministerkonferanse.
(Photo: Camilla Blom, MFA)
(Foto: Camilla Blom, UD)
A few issues remain unresolved, requiring political solutions by Ministers here and now.
A few issues remain unresolved, requiring political solutions by Ministers here and now.
A vast majority of Members, developed, emerging, developing and LDCs, have clearly expressed
A vast majority of Members, developed, emerging, developing and LDCs, have clearly expressed
The decisions we need to take in the next few hours are important to members for various reasons.
The decisions we need to take in the next few hours are important to members for various reasons.
But the main point is, that it brings us back to the multilateral negotiating table.
But the main point is, that it brings us back to the multilateral negotiating table.
When the package is done, we need to look, with fresh eyes, at what can be realistically and usefully achieved.
When the package is done, we need to look, with fresh eyes, at what can be realistically and usefully achieved.
That does not mean discarding our foundation.
That does not mean discarding our foundation.
The WTO captures our common desire to work towards freer, fairer and more open world trade.
The WTO captures our common desire to work towards freer, fairer and more open world trade.
We stand by the Doha mandate.
We stand by the Doha mandate.
The texts from 2008 may no longer be the basis for negotiations, but they remain a source of inspiration.
The texts from 2008 may no longer be the basis for negotiations, but they remain a source of inspiration.
Good ideas will not run away.
Good ideas will not run away.
But the WTO must respond to current challenges.
But the WTO must respond to current challenges.
Otherwise, new initiatives will be pursued elsewhere, eroding the primacy of the multilateral trading system.
Otherwise, new initiatives will be pursued elsewhere, eroding the primacy of the multilateral trading system.
Nor does it mean abandoning our commitment to development.
Nor does it mean abandoning our commitment to development.
Development remains at the heart of this organisation.
Development remains at the heart of this organisation.
Norway donates 6 million US dollars to the WTO Trust Funds.
Norway donates 6 million US dollars to the WTO Trust Funds.
In addition, we are ready to pledge 5 million US dollars in fresh funding to support the implementation of an agreement on Trade Facilitation.
In addition, we are ready to pledge 5 million US dollars in fresh funding to support the implementation of an agreement on Trade Facilitation.
Finally, it does not mean surrendering our ambitions.
Finally, it does not mean surrendering our ambitions.
We should multilateralize bilateral and regional commitments.
We should multilateralize bilateral and regional commitments.
And we should revert to the core elements of the Doha Development Agenda, including market access, subsidies and rules.
And we should revert to the core elements of the Doha Development Agenda, including market access, subsidies and rules.
With a decision in Bali, the negotiating arm of the WTO will start rebuilding its credibility.
With a decision in Bali, the negotiating arm of the WTO will start rebuilding its credibility.
There is a lot of work to be done.
There is a lot of work to be done.
Multilateralism will never be easy.
Multilateralism will never be easy.
Only by producing results, will we be able to convince our stakeholders, once again, that the WTO is a forum where their hopes, interests and aspirations can be realised.
Only by producing results, will we be able to convince our stakeholders, once again, that the WTO is a forum where their hopes, interests and aspirations can be realised.
We should not allow ourselves to rest; we have many years of catching up to do.
We should not allow ourselves to rest; we have many years of catching up to do.
Agreement on Bali package important for world trade
Enighet på Bali viktig for handelssystemets fremtid
Bali, 5 December 2013
Bali, 5. desember 2013
Follow the seminar live on web-TV.
Følg seminaret direkte på nett-TV.
The Ministry has invited independent experts to comment on the reports.
Departementet har invitert uavhengige eksperter til å kommentere rapportene.
The seminar will be held at Oslo Plaza from 11.00-17.00.
Seminaret arrangeres på Oslo Plaza kl.
Detailed program is available here.
11.00-17.00.
Speeches:
Fordrag og forberdte kommentarer:
Session 1: Evaluation of active management of the Government Pension Fund Global
Session 1: Evaluation of active management of the Government Pension Fund Global
Presentation of the Ang/Schaefer/Goetzmann report, Evaluation of active management in the Government Pension Fund Global
Presentation of the Ang/Schaefer/Goetzmann report, Evaluation of active management in the Government Pension Fund Global
Presented by the authors: Andrew Ang, Columbia Business School Stephen Schaefer, London Business School William Goetzmann, Yale School of Management
Presented by the authors: Andrew Ang, Columbia Business School Stephen Schaefer, London Business School William Goetzmann, Yale School of Management
Discussion with invited commentators, Sung Cheng Chih, Espen Eckbo, Trond Døskeland and Bruno Gerard.
Discussion with invited commentators, Sung Cheng Chih, Espen Eckbo, Trond Døskeland and Bruno Gerard.
Session 2: Active management in large, long term funds
Session 2: Active management in large, long term funds
A presentation of Mercer’s reports to the Ministry of Finance on active management Divyesh Hindocha, Partner, Mercer Emma Hunt, Principal, Mercer
A presentation of Mercer’s reports to the Ministry of Finance on active management Divyesh Hindocha, Partner, Mercer Emma Hunt, Principal, Mercer .
A broad evaluation of active management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global
Finansdepartementet styrker forvaltningen av Statens pensjonsfond – Utland
Geneva, 4 March 2008
Geneva, 4 March 2008
A vision of a world without nuclear weapons is a vision of strengthened security – for all of us.
A vision of a world without nuclear weapons is a vision of strengthened security – for all of us.
To sustain our vision and build momentum behind it, concrete and implementable steps must be taken now, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in his speech to the Conference on Disarmament.
To sustain our vision and build momentum behind it, concrete and implementable steps must be taken now, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in his speech to the Conference on Disarmament.
Mr President, It is a great pleasure for me to attend the Conference on Disarmament (CD) at this particular moment in time.
Mr President, It is a great pleasure for me to attend the Conference on Disarmament (CD) at this particular moment in time.
Allow me – since this is the first time I am present at the CD – to make a few comments on the context of our efforts to work towards the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.
Allow me – since this is the first time I am present at the CD – to make a few comments on the context of our efforts to work towards the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.
Last week, in Oslo, we assembled about 100 participants from 29 different countries for a conference focusing on what it would take to revive that notion: what concrete steps can we take to reach our shared vision – in both the short and the long term?
Last week, in Oslo, we assembled about 100 participants from 29 different countries for a conference focusing on what it would take to revive that notion: what concrete steps can we take to reach our shared vision – in both the short and the long term?
The conference was a common undertaking by the Government of Norway, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, led by former US Senator Sam Nunn, and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, led by Former US Secretary of State George Shultz – in cooperation with IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.
The conference was a common undertaking by the Government of Norway, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, led by former US Senator Sam Nunn, and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, led by Former US Secretary of State George Shultz – in cooperation with IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.
We had two days of intense discussions – discussions that included both the idealists and the realists.
We had two days of intense discussions – discussions that included both the idealists and the realists.
It struck me that new common ground is emerging that will enable us to address these critical issues – issues which continue to concern our very existence – but that nevertheless have glided down the scale in terms of international attention and resolve.
It struck me that new common ground is emerging that will enable us to address these critical issues – issues which continue to concern our very existence – but that nevertheless have glided down the scale in terms of international attention and resolve.
Perhaps new generations of political leadership gradually lost the focus on nuclear weapons and the threat of proliferation after the Cold War.
Perhaps new generations of political leadership gradually lost the focus on nuclear weapons and the threat of proliferation after the Cold War.
Perhaps issues such as the fight against poverty, climate change, global health and other key issues of globalisation have taken prominence.
Perhaps issues such as the fight against poverty, climate change, global health and other key issues of globalisation have taken prominence.
Perhaps have we have lacked the imagination to frame the broad and shared security challenge that we all face in the presence of vast arsenals of nuclear weapons: the threat of proliferation and the risk of nuclear technology and material falling into the hands of criminals and terrorists.
Perhaps have we have lacked the imagination to frame the broad and shared security challenge that we all face in the presence of vast arsenals of nuclear weapons: the threat of proliferation and the risk of nuclear technology and material falling into the hands of criminals and terrorists.
My point is this: the paradigm of mutually assured destruction served as an easy way to grasp the concept of cold war.
My point is this: the paradigm of mutually assured destruction served as an easy way to grasp the concept of cold war.
Today, that very concept has become obsolete in the face of a fragmented and complex nuclear threat scenario.
Today, that very concept has become obsolete in the face of a fragmented and complex nuclear threat scenario.
But still, we are far from agreeing on a new unifying concept that can help steer our action.
But still, we are far from agreeing on a new unifying concept that can help steer our action.
We have the treaties – and we need to respect them – but we also need to revise them.
We have the treaties – and we need to respect them – but we also need to revise them.
However, we lack the mobilising roadmap that can marshal the political will and resolve needed.
However, we lack the mobilising roadmap that can marshal the political will and resolve needed.
As Secretary Shultz said in Oslo: this is, above all, a political and diplomatic endeavour.
As Secretary Shultz said in Oslo: this is, above all, a political and diplomatic endeavour.
I heard his message repeated in London last Sunday at a meeting of key decision makers from the US, Russian and European administrations during the last four decades who were gathered to discuss today’s challenges.
I heard his message repeated in London last Sunday at a meeting of key decision makers from the US, Russian and European administrations during the last four decades who were gathered to discuss today’s challenges.
At this meeting, I also had the pleasure of meeting Minister of State Saudabayev, who is present here today.
At this meeting, I also had the pleasure of meeting Minister of State Saudabayev, who is present here today.
Kazakhstan has demonstrated that national security does not depend on the possession of nuclear weapons.
Kazakhstan has demonstrated that national security does not depend on the possession of nuclear weapons.
Both the Oslo and the London meeting revived the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
Both the Oslo and the London meeting revived the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
We should not expect short-term results.
We should not expect short-term results.
But remember that this vision led to a series of major breakthroughs in nuclear disarmament in Reykjavik in 1986, although the process came to a halt around year 2000.
But remember that this vision led to a series of major breakthroughs in nuclear disarmament in Reykjavik in 1986, although the process came to a halt around year 2000.
Look to Latin America: by declaring itself a nuclear-weapons free-zone, a whole continent has escaped the nuclear logic.
Look to Latin America: by declaring itself a nuclear-weapons free-zone, a whole continent has escaped the nuclear logic.
The result for Latin American states was improved security and – equally important – states with scarce resources were able to give priority to extensive development agendas to the benefit of the people.
The result for Latin American states was improved security and – equally important – states with scarce resources were able to give priority to extensive development agendas to the benefit of the people.
I believe this is our key challenge: to recreate the power of the vision of Reykjavik in a way that unites the realists and the idealists.
I believe this is our key challenge: to recreate the power of the vision of Reykjavik in a way that unites the realists and the idealists.
To establish a roadmap that – relying on a representative consensus – identifies the concrete and implementable steps that we need to take.
To establish a roadmap that – relying on a representative consensus – identifies the concrete and implementable steps that we need to take.
So, let me share with you five key principles that emerged from our discussions at the Oslo Conference last week.
So, let me share with you five key principles that emerged from our discussions at the Oslo Conference last week.
I list them as Norway’s input to the work of the CD – to inspire our reflections on concrete steps that can help end the endless deadlocks that have plagued us for all too long.
I list them as Norway’s input to the work of the CD – to inspire our reflections on concrete steps that can help end the endless deadlocks that have plagued us for all too long.
Let us not be derailed by procedural issues.
Let us not be derailed by procedural issues.
Let us put the substantive issues on the table.
Let us put the substantive issues on the table.
First, achieving the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons requires committed leadership at the highest levels.
First, achieving the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons requires committed leadership at the highest levels.
Leaders must engage with key domestic stakeholders, including security establishments, the scientific community, and – in particular – the general public.
Leaders must engage with key domestic stakeholders, including security establishments, the scientific community, and – in particular – the general public.
Second, to sustain our vision and build momentum behind it, concrete and implementable steps must be taken now.
Second, to sustain our vision and build momentum behind it, concrete and implementable steps must be taken now.
And they must be taken unilaterally.
And they must be taken unilaterally.
Negotiations aimed at deep cuts in nuclear arsenals must commence.
Negotiations aimed at deep cuts in nuclear arsenals must commence.
This means reducing the role of nuclear weapons in doctrines and their operational status.
This means reducing the role of nuclear weapons in doctrines and their operational status.
And this means fulfilling the promise of long-sought agreements like the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT), and outstanding commitments made in 1995 and 2000.
And this means fulfilling the promise of long-sought agreements like the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT), and outstanding commitments made in 1995 and 2000.
To ensure necessary confidence in these and other steps, we must be willing to conclude binding agreements that include credible verification mechanisms.
To ensure necessary confidence in these and other steps, we must be willing to conclude binding agreements that include credible verification mechanisms.
International efforts should focus as much on regional conflicts that have not “gone critical”, as on those that have.
International efforts should focus as much on regional conflicts that have not “gone critical”, as on those that have.
Third, moving ahead requires consensus among all states – nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states alike.
Third, moving ahead requires consensus among all states – nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states alike.
No doubt, the states with the largest arsenals have a leadership role to play.
No doubt, the states with the largest arsenals have a leadership role to play.
But our vision will only be achievable if we are able to advance the agenda on non-proliferation and disarmament together, and if we work together on reliable verification mechanisms and collective security arrangements.
But our vision will only be achievable if we are able to advance the agenda on non-proliferation and disarmament together, and if we work together on reliable verification mechanisms and collective security arrangements.
If we draw on a sense of common purpose to achieve cooperation among armed forces, among scientists, among diplomats and among governments, the benefits could be felt in many other fields as well.
If we draw on a sense of common purpose to achieve cooperation among armed forces, among scientists, among diplomats and among governments, the benefits could be felt in many other fields as well.
Fourth, we should be faithful to the principle of non-discrimination.
Fourth, we should be faithful to the principle of non-discrimination.
It is key to effective multilateralism.
It is key to effective multilateralism.
Nuclear weapons confront us with collective dangers.
Nuclear weapons confront us with collective dangers.
We will be well served by non-discriminatory approaches to these dangers.
We will be well served by non-discriminatory approaches to these dangers.
We must recognise that fuel cycle assurances will succeed only if a non-discriminatory approach is taken, one that recognises the right of all states to peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and that is sensitive to the need of all states for energy security.
We must recognise that fuel cycle assurances will succeed only if a non-discriminatory approach is taken, one that recognises the right of all states to peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and that is sensitive to the need of all states for energy security.
It is with in spirit we are promoting a fuel reserve under the aegis of the IAEA.
It is with in spirit we are promoting a fuel reserve under the aegis of the IAEA.
This is one example of a concrete and implementable step that can build momentum for common resolve.
This is one example of a concrete and implementable step that can build momentum for common resolve.
The IAEA estimates that USD 150 million will be needed to make such a reserve operational.
The IAEA estimates that USD 150 million will be needed to make such a reserve operational.
USD 100 million has been obtained.
USD 100 million has been obtained.
Last week Norway pledged USD 5 million – 10% of the remaining USD 50 million.
Last week Norway pledged USD 5 million – 10% of the remaining USD 50 million.
I urge other states to make their contributions.
I urge other states to make their contributions.
Finally, transparency should be at the heart of our global efforts.
Finally, transparency should be at the heart of our global efforts.
Transparency is required of both nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states.
Transparency is required of both nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states.
While transparency is a vital starting point for many of the practical steps we need to take, it also is a means of building the vital elements of trust and confidence, without which our efforts to realise our vision cannot succeed.
While transparency is a vital starting point for many of the practical steps we need to take, it also is a means of building the vital elements of trust and confidence, without which our efforts to realise our vision cannot succeed.
Greater transparency does not necessarily require legal instruments, which could take months or even years to negotiate.
Greater transparency does not necessarily require legal instruments, which could take months or even years to negotiate.
On the basis of these principles, the Chairman’s summary of the Oslo Conference made ten policy recommendations.
On the basis of these principles, the Chairman’s summary of the Oslo Conference made ten policy recommendations.
Let me share the short version of them with you today:
Let me share the short version of them with you today:
National leaders in all states should engage personally, and they should seek to involve key domestic stakeholders – the general public in particular – at an early stage.
National leaders in all states should engage personally, and they should seek to involve key domestic stakeholders – the general public in particular – at an early stage.
The disarmament efforts of our times will be an inter-disciplinary endeavour, and national leaders should also seek to engage experts from all relevant areas including science, diplomacy, politics, law and the military.
The disarmament efforts of our times will be an inter-disciplinary endeavour, and national leaders should also seek to engage experts from all relevant areas including science, diplomacy, politics, law and the military.
The United States and Russia are encouraged to reduce the size of their arsenals significantly so that nuclear weapon numbers are measured in hundreds, not in thousands.
The United States and Russia are encouraged to reduce the size of their arsenals significantly so that nuclear weapon numbers are measured in hundreds, not in thousands.
This should be effected by means of a verifiable, legally binding treaty.
This should be effected by means of a verifiable, legally binding treaty.
It is also important to engage China and other states that possess nuclear weapons, in a strategic dialogue to develop a cooperative approach to nuclear security.
It is also important to engage China and other states that possess nuclear weapons, in a strategic dialogue to develop a cooperative approach to nuclear security.
Non-nuclear-weapon states should cooperate with nuclear-weapon states to develop the technology needed for verifying disarmament.
Non-nuclear-weapon states should cooperate with nuclear-weapon states to develop the technology needed for verifying disarmament.