Nadarajah Sethurupan

Recognizing the critical importance of forests and land use in mitigating the impacts of climate change, and adapting to those impacts that may be unavoidable, the Kingdom of Norway and …

Bogota — Campaigners say indigenous groups are often sidelined from decisions affecting forests Efforts to save the world’s forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in …

As indigenous leaders of territories that cover major forests in Africa, Asia and Latin America, we welcome the presence here in Oslo of US Secretary of State John Kerry. But …

On June 14, President Obama submitted to Congress for its review an Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Norway Concerning …

In order to say anything about gender and violence – apart from counting the number of men and women who abuse or are being abused – we need to look …

Peace negotiators of the incoming Duterte administration and representatives of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), among them NDF founding chairman Jose Maria Sison, are about to …

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg hopes Donald Trump would show the world a different face if he succeeds in winning the U.S. presidency. “A lot of what Donald Trump says …

Norway’s prime minister has bad news for U.K. Euroskeptics who hope to copy Oslo’s relationship with the European Union if they get their way in next week’s referendum. “They won’t …

The peace talks between FARC rebel leaders and the Colombian government have been in process for over three years in Havana, Cuba. The Colombian government and FARC rebels are getting …

 Lebanon Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, continued his state visit to Norway, and met on Tuesday with his counterpart Borge Brende, as well as with Norwegian Minister of Migration and Integration, …

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing will travel to Europe, June 15–18, including visits to Oslo, Norway and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. On Wednesday, June 15, Pershing …

Norway’s Statkraft is launching a process to sell its partly built Çetin hydropower plant in Turkey, with the deal expected by the end of this year, the state-owned power producer …

A phase-out of coal has long been on the cards. Now, a study by Norwegian energy giant Statoil has shown that it needs to be done quickly if climate targets …

2016 Oslo Forum with the theme of ‘senior conflict mediators, high level decision makers and key peace process actors ‘ started work on Tuesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says only diplomacy and not military approaches can settle the five-year-old crisis in Syria. “The Syrian crisis can be only resolved politically, and a …

Fjord1, one of the leading public transportation companies of Norway, has signed a new building contract with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard for two fully electrical, battery-powered ferries, it said in a …

Norway is poised to adopt a carbon neutral target for 2030, despite resistance from the minority coalition government. In a parliamentary debate on Tuesday morning, opposition lawmakers had a majority …

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Oslo REDD Exchange. And it is with great hope that I see the recent developments in …

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Norwegian side to further promote cooperation with Vietnam in fields of the North European country’s …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in a meeting in Oslo discussed a range of issues, from closer bilateral ties to the regional developments …

With Britain set to vote in a referendum on European Union membership on June 23, attention is turning to possible models for what a post-EU life would look like. Much …

The Saber Strike 2016 international military exercises have begun in Estonia. Approximately 10,000 soldiers will participate, of which 1,500 are from the US. The remaining soldiers come from Estonia, Denmark, …

NCRI – Commenting on the trip by the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister to Norway, Amb. Perviz Khazai, the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Nordic …

Norway is now the world’s leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A new report released today calls on the international …

Ground forces from 13 nations are rehearsing in Latvia and Estonia amassing a large-scale force for a future crisis – from loading prepositioned equipment from caves in Norway onto a …