Carl Bildt presents the Statement of Government Policy on Foreign Affairs
At 09.00 today, 17 February, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will present the Statement of Government Policy on Foreign Affairs in the Riksdag. Read more about the Statement via the link below. Later today, at 13.30, Mr Bildt will chat about Swedish foreign policy on the Dagens Nyheter website.
Economic growth new area in aid and development policy
"Through this new policy, the Government clarifies its view regarding the importance of economic growth as a means of promoting development and reducing poverty. For the first time, a holistic approach is being taken regarding the importance of economic growth, and applies to both Swedish bilateral and multilateral development cooperation," says Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson.
Bildt to travel to Brazil
Today, 10 February, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will begin his visit to Brazil. The programme will begin with a visit to São Paulo, where he will meet representatives of Swedish companies and others. He will then travel to the capital, Brasilia, for talks with Brazil's Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim.
Sweden to send police and prison officers to Haiti
The Government today decided to contribute to the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) by providing three police and four prison officers.
Do you have ideas about how to make the world a safer place?
Then why not take part in the virtual ideas forum, "The Security Jam".
The forum will be taking place on 4-9 February 2010 and will come up with ideas on how the world can become a safer place. These ideas will then be presented to EU and NATO leaders at a special event. Several international experts in the area of security will be taking part in the virtual forum. These include Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, former Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces Håkan Syrén, and former NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
Carl Bildt to Paris for Global Zero Summit
On 2 February Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will travel to Paris to attend an international conference on nuclear disarmament, the Global Zero Summit. Global Zero is a major worldwide initiative against nuclear weapons and the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been invited to attend the conference as main speaker on the afternoon of 3 February.
International Afghanistan conference in London
On Thursday 28 January, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will take part in the international conference on Afghanistan in London. The aims of the conference are to create the conditions for gradually handing over more responsibility to Afghanistan for the stabilisation and reconstruction of the country, to enable disarmament and reintegration of the resistance, who are prepared to lay down their arms, and to strengthen the international community's civilian efforts and secure the UN's role as coordinator of these efforts. Better governance and economic development will be key issues at the conference.
Talks on a strengthened dialogue between Europe, Turkey and the USA
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the German Marshall Fund and Turkish cooperation partners are organising a seminar to take place on 28-30 January under the title 'Regional Flashpoints and Trilateral Strategies' to discuss some of the most important foreign policy challenges of the day - above all the strategic dialogue between Europe, Turkey and the United States.
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On Tuesday 26 January the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Living History Forum will jointly hold a conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Stockholm Declaration on the Holocaust. The speakers include Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Störe.
The conference will be in English and will be webcast.
"Communication and coordination are fundamental"
In normal circumstances Tomas Brundin works with strategic policy relating to democracy and civil society at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Ten years ago he lived in Haiti and for two years led the work of building up a regional office for the Lutheran World Federations development cooperation in the country. Today, 21 January, Tomas is travelling back to Haiti to participate in relief operations after the earthquake.
