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+/-Oct 6 2008An EU civilian observer mission was initiated in Georgia this morning.By:
On Tuesday 1st October the EU observer mission in Georgia began its field operations, in line with the EU's commitment to send a civilian observer mission by 1 October at the latest.
+/-Sep 26 2008Council of Europe Ministers for Foreign Affairs discuss the conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation By:
On 24 September 2008, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Council of Europe member states and the Secretary General met in New York
+/-Sep 25 2008Ewa Björling comments on UN report on direct investmentsBy:
On Wednesday, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) presented its annual report on direct investments in the world.
+/-Sep 25 2008Carl Bildt and Jonas Gahr Støre discuss freedom of expressionBy:
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and his Norwegian colleague Jonas Gahr Støre are hosting a discussion today on freedom of expression at the International Peace Institute in New York.
+/-Sep 23 2008Gunilla Carlsson to be awarded an MDG 3 Champion Torch for her work for the UN Millennium Development GoalsBy:
Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson is being awarded an MDG 3 Champion Torch for her work to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, which is one of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
+/-Sep 23 2008Carl Bildt to visit the United States By:
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt is going to New York on 21-27 September and will attend the General Debate of the UN General Assembly.
+/-Sep 18 2008Sweden to send civilian observers and logistics support to GeorgiaBy:
The Government decided today that Sweden will contribute personnel and equipment to the EU civilian observer mission in Georgia.
+/-Sep 17 2008Gunilla Carlsson's speech to African ambassadors in StockholmBy:
Speech on August 27, 2008 by Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation
+/-Sep 17 2008Sweden proposes rapidly negotiated climate trade agreement By:
On Sunday 14 September, the EU trade ministers met in Brussels for their regular six-monthly policy dinner. Sweden's Minister for Trade, Ewa Björling, who was one of the evening's main speakers, sought in her address to gain support for a new, rapidly negotiated free trade agreement for climate- and environment-riendly goods, services and technologies - in the form of an Environmental Technology Agreement (ETA).
+/-Sep 17 2008Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the murder of Folke BernadotteBy:
On Sunday 14 September, the EU trade ministers met in Brussels for their regular six-monthly policy dinner. Sweden's Minister for Trade, Ewa Björling, who was one of the evening's main speakers, sought in her address to gain support for a new, rapidly negotiated free trade agreement for climate- and environment-riendly goods, services and technologies - in the form of an Environmental Technology Agreement (ETA).
+/-Sep 17 2008The Government signs UNIFEM campaign By:
Today, UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi is in Stockholm to meet Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality Nyamko Sabuni and others.
+/-Sep 16 2008New strategy for cooperation with MozambiqueBy:
Today, the Government adopted a new strategy for development cooperation with Mozambique for the period 2008-2012. The appropriation for Mozambique will amount to SEK 750 million per year.
+/-Sep 16 2008The OSCE and the Council of Europe: need for assessment of human rights situation in GeorgiaBy:
Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb of Finland and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden met today in Brussels as chairs of the OSCE and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe respectively, together with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, and the Director of the Office of the Secretary General of the OSCE, Paul Fritch.
+/-Sep 7 2008Swede elected to UN CommitteeBy:
On September 4, in New York, Swedish judge Krister Thelin was elected to the UN Human Rights Committee. The Committee monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights from 1966.
+/-Sep 5 2008International seminar on ChadBy:
On Thursday and Friday this week, Sweden has hosted an international seminar on Chad at Krusenbergs Herrgård in Uppland.
+/-Sep 5 2008Sweden demands cease fire and withdrawal of Russian troopsBy:
Russia's Chargé d'Affaires in Sweden, Michail Skupov, was summoned today to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs where he was notified of Sweden's serious view of Russia's conduct in Georgia.
+/-Sep 5 2008Swedish election observers to BelarusBy:
Yesterday the Government decided to send 18 election observers and two statisticians to Belarus prior to the parliamentary election on 28 September. Three of the observers will soon be travelling to Belarus to be in place well in advance of the election.
+/-Sep 5 2008Political prisoners in Belarus freedBy:
The three last remaining political prisoners in Belarus have been freed. Former presidential candidate Alexander Kozulin was pardoned on Saturday by President Alexander Lukashenko and on Wednesday Sergei Parsyukevich and Andrei Kim were released from prison.
+/-Sep 5 2008Sweden to send military observers and logistics support to GeorgiaBy:
At an extra cabinet meeting today, the Government decided to make equipment available to the OSCE mission in Georgia via the Swedish Rescue Services Agency.
+/-Sep 5 2008Agreement reached on more effective development assistance - Gunilla Carlsson pleased with final declaration in AccraBy:
Recipient countries will have greater responsibility. Donor countries must get better at delegating work and reducing micromanagement. Sweden's own reform agenda has contributed to greater international efforts.
+/-Jul 31 2008WTO parties must take responsibility for continued negotiationsBy:
"After the collapse of the WTO talks yesterday, the parties to the talks must take their responsibility and think about how the Doha Round can be moved forward.
+/-Jul 31 2008Unique opportunity missed in Doha RoundBy:
"It appears that the WTO negotiations have collapsed. The Government regrets the fact that the WTO member states have not managed to reach an agreement," says Minister for Trade Ewa Björling.
+/-Jul 31 2008Sweden increases its support to the Palestinian National AuthorityBy:
Today the Government decided to earmark SEK 50 million for direct support to the Palestinian National Authority.
+/-Jul 31 2008Minister for International Development Cooperation wants continued focus on BurmaBy:
During the international donors conference in Burma in May 2008, it was decided that the UN and ASEAN - in consultation with the government in Burma - would carry out an extensive needs analysis for the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. The report was released this week at an ASEAN summit in Singapore.
+/-Jul 28 2008Sweden plays leading role in UN peacebuilding work in Burundi By:
Today Sweden will assume the Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission's work in Burundi. The chairmanship means that Sweden will strengthen its commitment to sustainable peace and development in Africa.
+/-Jun 26 2008New Swedish strategy for development assistance to SudanBy:
The Government today adopted Sweden's new strategy for development cooperation with Sudan for the period 2008-2011. The aim of the strategy is to contribute to peaceful development, respect for human rights, democratic governance, lasting reconciliation and national unity in Sudan.
+/-Jun 26 2008Andreas Carlgren visiting USA By:
Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren is visiting Washington DC, USA on Monday and Tuesday 23-24 June. Mr Carlgren will discuss the international climate negotiations with the presidential candidates' advisers, senators, members of congress and the current administration.
+/-Jun 18 2008Sweden contributing 3 million to peace efforts in SomaliaBy:
Sweden is contributing SEK 3 million to support the continuing peace efforts in Somalia under UN leadership. After mediation by the UN, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberalisation of Somalia (ARS) were able to agree on a ceasefire on 9 June.
+/-Jun 17 2008Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty to be discussed in StockholmBy:
On Wednesday 11 June, the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), Tibor Tóth, will come to Stockholm. He will discuss the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) with Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and Ambassador Henrik Salander.
+/-Jun 17 2008Meeting in Stockholm on how to relieve the pressure on the European Court of Human RightsBy:
On 9-10 June 2008 there will be an international expert meeting in Stockholm on the European Court of Human Rights.
+/-Jun 17 2008Swedish operation in Chad to be extendedBy:
The Government will today submit a proposal to the Riksdag to extend the Swedish contribution to the EU military operation in Chad and the Central African Republic. The Bill proposes that the Swedish operation be extended to October 2008.
+/-Jun 17 2008Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's participation in the international conference on IraqBy:
On Thursday 29 May Sweden will be the host country for the first Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm (the ICI Conference).
+/-Jun 17 2008Sweden prepared to increase development assistance to Sudan By:
"Peaceful and lasting development in Sudan requires the full implementation of the peace agreement between northern and southern Sudan. Sweden is prepared to raise its level of support to Sudan over the coming years in order to live up to the needs of the country," comments Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson in connection with a donors' meeting on Sudan under the leadership of the UN and the World Bank, currently underway in Oslo.
+/-Apr 16 2008Sweden gives extra support to UN to counter effects of rising food pricesBy:
The Government is to make an extra contribution of SEK 70 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help counter the immediate effects of escalating food prices.
+/-Mar 17 2008Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt to visit KosovoBy:
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will travel today to Pristina, where he will be the first foreign minister to visit the Republic of Kosovo since the country declared its independence.
+/-Mar 17 2008Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt to visit Kosovo and Macedonia By:
Tomorrow, 7 March, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will travel to Macedonia. On Saturday 8 March, Mr Bildt will continue on to Pristina, where he will be the first foreign minister to visit the Republic of Kosovo since the country declared its independence.
+/-Mar 17 2008Swedish Minister for Integration and Gender Equality Ms Nyamko Sabuni to make a speech in the UNBy:
Minister for Integration and Gender Equality Ms Nyamko Sabuni will take part in the meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW52) in New York from 25 to 27 February. She will make a speech at the high level debate on Monday 25 February.
+/-Feb 22 2008Nordic Side eventBy:
Seminar at CSW 52 Date: February 26, 2008 Time: 15.00-16.45 Place: Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium Counteracting men's violence against women Honour-related violence and oppression and measures to combat trafficking in human beings for sexuel purposes
+/-Jan 21 2008Swedish accession to the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their PropertyBy:
Today the Inquiry on State Immunity in Swedish Law delivered its report "Immunity of States and their Property" (Swedish Government Official Reports SOU 2008:2) to Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. The report proposes that Sweden ratify the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property and that the Convention be incorporated into Swedish law.
+/-Jan 21 2008UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour to visit StockholmBy:
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, will visit Stockholm on 14-15 January. Ms Arbour will meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality Nyamko Sabuni.
+/-Jan 21 2008Norway and Sweden withdraw offer to UN on forces to DarfurBy:
The Norwegian-Swedish offer to provide a joint engineering unit to the UN and African Union's joint peace operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has been withdrawn. The reason for this is Sudan's opposition to the force.
+/-Jan 21 2008Sweden to invest a further SEK 8 billion in AfricaBy:
Sweden has contributed to a record-breaking topping up of the World Bank fund for the poorest countries, the International Development Association (IDA) to the tune of USD 25 billion. Last week, Sweden and other donor countries decided to give a similar boost to the African Development Fund's resources by donating over USD 8.5 billion.
+/-Jan 21 2008Swedish greenhouse gas emissions are decliningBy:
Swedish emissions fell by 1.7 per cent between 2005 and 2006. The emissions have decreased by nearly nine per cent from 1990 levels. This means that Sweden has reduced its emissions by 12.7 per cent more than agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. This is shown by data on Swedish greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2006 that the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency delivered to the Government today.
+/-Jan 21 2008Sweden increases aid to the Palestinian peopleBy:
"The Government is increasing aid to the Palestinians by an additional SEK 90 million. Sweden is currently one of the single largest donors to the Palestinian people and our ambition is to continue as such in the future as well. The increase means that Sweden's total aid will amount to some SEK 670 million in 2007 and close to SEK 700 million in 2008.

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