Norway–Sudan relations
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File:Salva Kiir and Erik Solheim-1, by Stein Ove Korneliussen.jpg, Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development, meeting with Salva Kiir Mayardit, then Vice President of Sudan, during a visit to Sudan in 2007]]
Norway – Sudan relations are international relations between Norway and Sudan.
Sudan has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Khartoum.
There are 1,318 Sudanese people living in Norway.[http://www.ssb.no/innvbef_en/tab-2010-04-29-04-en.html Persons with immigrant background by immigration category and country background]. Statistics Norway, 1 January 2010 Most of them are Christian refugees and people from Darfur. Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs discourages people from travelling to Darfur because of the ongoing civil unrest.{{cite news |title=Dit du ikke bør reise |url=http://www.bt.no/forbruker/reise/Dit-du-ikke-boer-reise-990664.html |language=no |work=Bergens Tidende |date=2009-12-25 |accessdate=2010-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228092932/http://www.bt.no/forbruker/reise/Dit-du-ikke-boer-reise-990664.html |archive-date=2009-12-28 }}
Norway is a donor of humanitarian aid to Sudan.{{cite book |author=Wenche Hauge |title=Norwegian peacebuilding policies: lessons learnt and challenges |year=2004 |publisher=Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCSTAAAAIAAJ |isbn=82-7177-733-5 }} Norway played a key role in the negotiations for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.{{cite book |author=Christine Bell |title=On the law of peace: peace agreements and the lex pacificatoria |year=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press | url=http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199226832.do?keyword=lex+pacificatoria&sortby=bestMatches |isbn=978-82-7177-733-3 }}
History
In 2005, Norway helped broker the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and hosted a humanitarian aid conference to raise international money for the Sudan. In 2006 Norway was one of the few European nations that contributed to the United Nations peacekeeping force during the War in Darfur. 170 specialist troops were sent.{{cite news |title=Norway Backs Peacekeeping Force in Darfur |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200609020041.html |work=AllAfrica |date=September 2, 2006 |accessdate=2010-05-18 }} In 2007 Erik Solheim, the Norwegian Minister for International Cooperation visited the Sudan and met with Salva Kiir Mayardit. At a joint press conference it was announced that Norway would provide $US 100 million a year for development.{{cite news |title=Sudanese vice-president to visit Norway next week |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1195B155725BB170&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Sudanese Media Centre in the BBC |date=May 24, 2007 |accessdate=2010-05-18 }} In 2008 Norway said it would provide $US 490 million in humanitarian aid for the period of 2008 through 2011. The announcement was made during a three-day donor conference hosted by Norway.{{cite news |title=Norway sets aside $490 mln in Sudan aid to 2011 |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05869174.htm |agency=Reuters |date=May 5, 2008 |accessdate=2010-05-18 }} The total amount raised at the meeting was US$ 4.8 billion.{{cite news |title=Donors at Norway meeting pledge $4.8B to Sudan |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-07-oslo-sudan_N.htm |work=Associated Press at USA Today|date=May 7, 2008 |accessdate=2010-05-18 }} At the meeting Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha called for increased support. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, the former Norwegian aid minister who helped broker the 2005 peace accord, said the peace effort suffered two setbacks: the death of John Garang in the 2005 plane crash, and the continued fighting in Darfur.
See also
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