Tag: Espen Barth Eide
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Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs urges Europe to lift sanctions on Syria
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs is urging European states to lift their sanctions on Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister Espen Barth Eide said that sanctions on Syria were imposed against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, and now that he has left, the sanctions should no longer remain in…
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Norway makes a legal move via the United Nations General Assembly to prompt legal opinion from the ICJ on Israel’s ban on UNRWA
Norway has announced that it will request a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly, asking the International Court of Justice to issue a legal opinion on Israel’s ban of UNRWA. Earlier this year, the ICJ had ruled that Israel should allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to Palestinians in Gaza. Malta has condemned Israel’s…
