Mona Juul

In January, Norway Leads the Security Council Under a New Government

Stéphanie Fillion
• January 4, 2022

Norway holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council in the country’s 2021-2022 term only once — in January — so it is aiming to make the best of this moment. “We have to make sure to put our…

Categories: Gender Violence, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency

Two High-Profile Norwegian Diplomats Are Criticized in a Government Audit

Dulcie Leimbach
• June 29, 2021

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lost control over how the International Peace Institute, a New York City think tank formerly financed by Norway, spent the money, an investigation by the country’s Office of the Auditor General found. The…

Categories: Human Trafficking, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, UN Diplomats, UN Special Envoys

Terje Rod-Larsen, a Norwegian Diplomat, Quits a New York Think Tank Amid Links to Jeffrey Epstein

Dulcie Leimbach and Barbara Crossette
• October 29, 2020

Terje Rod-Larsen, the president of the prestigious International Peace Institute since 2005, resigned Thursday, according to a statement released by the Manhattan-based think tank on Oct. 29, 2020. Rod-Larsen is a renowned Norwegian diplomat, politician and former United Nations…

Categories: Security Council, UN Diplomats

COVID-19

India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway to Join the UN Security Council

Stéphanie Fillion
• June 17, 2020

An almost empty General Assembly Hall, masks of all types and colors and diplomats rejoicing to see their colleagues that they probably have seen only on their computer screens for months marked this year’s General Assembly elections at the…

Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council, US-UN Relations

COVID-19

Canada, Ireland and Norway Wrap Up Their Campaigns for Security Council Seats as New Voting Methods Are Proposed

Stéphanie Fillion
• May 4, 2020

CHICOUTIMI, Canada — The Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, Marc-André Blanchard, told a Canadian newspaper in March “now is not the time to campaign for a Security Council seat,” as world diplomacy is being disrupted by the coronavirus…

Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council

At Norway’s New Mission to the UN, a Love for Nature Revealed

Sonah Lee-Lassiter
• July 9, 2019

Moments after entering the Norwegian consulate and mission to the United Nations in New York, you may be surprised to hear a hum of varying tones. It’s the sound of a hanging textile piece that a Norwegian artist, Pearla…

Categories: Climate Change, UN Diplomats

Canada, Ireland and Norway, Now Vying for the 2020 UN Security Council Vote

Stéphanie Fillion
• March 27, 2019

Jockeying for a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council starts early — way early. Three countries are already vying for the two open seats in the regional group known as Weog — Western Europe and Others —…