Environmental defenders adopted by the UN
Resolution on environmental defenders adopted by the UN Human Rights Council A Norwegian-led resolution on human rights defenders working with environmental issues was yesterday unanimously…
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Seasonal affective disorder politicians in Nordland adopted summer weather
Seasonal affective disorder politicians agreed to a draft proposal for fine weather during an extraordinary municipal government session in Steigen in Nordland on Thursday. …
125 children adopted from abroad in 2017
125 children were adopted from abroad into Norway in 2017. This is one less than the year before. This is shown from the numbers from…
Norwegian resolution on internally displaced persons adopted in the UN
More than 40 million people are displaced in their own countries. Norway has put forward a resolution on internally displaced persons, which was adopted in…
Fewer overseas children adopted
Fewer overseas children are being adopted in Norway In 2016, there were 349 adoptions in this country, the lowest figure since the 1960s when adoption…
Whaling Commission adopted stricter controls
The International Whaling Commission has adopted a more stringent research monitoring of whales. Norway, Iceland and Japan voted against the proposal, the only countries that…
