The State Administration Database

Department for Multilateral Cooperation

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.2007* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Short name: Avdeling for FN, fred og humanitære spørsmål
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2015* Change of name

Name: Department for UN and Humanitarian Affairs
Short name: Avdeling for FN og humanitære spørsmål

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2020* Change of name

Name: Department for Multilateral Cooperation
Short name: FN

Tasks:
The Department for Multilateral Cooperation has the systemic responsibility for the UN, the IBRD and the Regional Development Banks as well as a number of UN and international organisations. This includes the implementation of Norway’s policies in the UN and the Development Banks through, among other things, participation in the Governing Boards. The Department also has the responsibility for the implementation of the Government’s policies in the fields of human rights, democracy and gender equality as well as humanitarian affairs. The Department is responsible for the Norwegian campaign for a seat in the Security Council 2021-22.
Source: regjeringen.no, 2020

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.