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Ministry of Finance - News Release No. 14/2003.

ECOFIN ministers from the Nordic and Baltic Sea Countries, i.e. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden, met for their 8th conference on June 4-5 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Statement of Iceland, delivered by H.E. Mr. Thorsteinn Ingolfsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the UN.

United Nations Open-ended Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Gunnar Pálsson, Chair of Senior Arctic Officials.

Change of Government

The President of Iceland approved a proposal by Member of Parliament Davíð Oddsson on the appointment of his fourth cabinet.

Treasury finances January-April 2003, report date: May 22, 2003.

Figures for Treasury finances January-April 2003 are now available.

Commission on Sustainable Development - 11th Session

Statement by H.E. Ambassador, Gunnar Palsson, Chair of Senior Arctic Officials.

Opening Ceremony of the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme

Address by Foreign Minister Halldor Asgrimsson.

Northern Forum 6th General Assembly - The Icelandic Chairmanship Program

Keynote Presentation by Ambassador Gunnar Palsson, Chair of Senior Arctic Officials

The Northern Dimension Environmental Co-operation in the Adjacent Areas

Statement by Bryndis Kjartansdottir, Counsellor, at the Seminar of the Nordic Council of Ministers in St. Petersburg.

Treasury finances January-March 2003, report date: April 23, 2003.

Figures for Treasury finances for January-March 2003 are now available.

Economic outlook : spring. April 2003

Meeting of Senior Arctic Officials

Welcoming words of the Chair of the Arctic Council, Foreign Minister Halldor Asgrimsson.

Open meeting of the Security Council on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait

Statement by H.E. Mr. Thorsteinn Ingolfsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

Arctic co-operation 12 years on: How successful?

Ambassador Gunnar Palsson, Chairman of Senior Arctic Officials, at Wilton Park Conference.

3rd World Water Forum

<p>Statement on freshwater on behalf of the Chair of Senior Arctic Officials.</p>

International Round Table

Indigenous Peoples of the North and the Parliamentary system of the Russian Federation - Address by Ambassador Benedikt Jonsson on behalf of Iceland's Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Open meeting of the Security Council on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait

Statement by H.E. Mr. Thorsteinn Ingolfsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

47th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Statement by H.E. Mr. Thorsteinn Ingolfsson Ambassador Permanent Representative of Iceland to the UN.

CBSS-CSO Special Session

Statements by the Chair of the SAOs, Ambassador Gunnar Palsson.

Transfer of responsibility of Slatina airport from Italy to Iceland

Minister's Address at the ceremony for change of responsibility Italy - Iceland at Slatina airport.

Principal tax rates 2003

This paper describes the principal tax rates applicable to individuals and companies as they stand at the beginning of 2003.

Minister's Report to the Althing

Minister's Report on Foreign Affairs to the Althing.

Committee on Fisheries - 25th Session

Statement of the Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Ambassador Gunnar Palsson.

Open debate of the Security Council on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait

Statement by H.E. Mr. Thorsteinn Ingolfsson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations.

Did Kosovo Herald a New Era for NATO and the United Nations?

A talk delivered by Ambassador Gunnar Palsson, at the University of Iceland.

Treasury finances in 2002. Report date: February 7, 2003.

Figures for Treasury finances in 2002 are now available. Total Treasury revenue amounted to 223.7 billion, increasing by 13.1 billion from the year before or 5.8 per cent.

UNEP Governing Council in Nairobi

Statement of the Chair of Senior Arctic Officials, Ambassador Gunnar Palsson.

The Macro-Economic Impact of the Construction of Power Projects and Aluminium Smelters

The Macro-Economic Impact of the Construction of Power Projects and Aluminium Smelters

OSCE Ministerial Council

Statement by H.E. Mr. Halldor Asgrimsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland. - Porto, Portugal.

Treasury finances in October 2002. Report date: November 21, 2002

Figures for Treasury finances for the first ten months of 2002 are now available. Total revenue amounted to 191 billion kronur, an increase of about 9.5 billion kronur from last year or 5 per cent.

Treasury finances in September 2002. Report date: October 24, 2002

Figures for Treasury finances for the first nine months of 2002 are now available. Total revenue amounted to 168 billion krónur, an increase of about 9.8 billion krónur from last year or 6 per cent.

Chronicle of economic events 2002

Conference on the Northern Dimension

Address by Mr. Halldor Asgrimsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Chairman of the Arctic Council. - Luxembourg.

Economic outlook : autumn. Oct. 2002

Ministry of Finance - News Release No. 31/2002.

Mr. Geir H. Haarde, Icelandic Minister of Finance, has accepted an invitation to serve on the advisory board of the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance at Brandeis University.

Arctic Council 3rd Ministerial Meeting

Round Table Discussion on Future Perspectives: Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs. - Inari, Finland.

1999 - 2002 - Fiscal budget information

News releases, highlights of the budget proposals and powerpoint presentations.

Policy Statement

Policy Statement by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Davíð Oddsson to the Althingi on October 2, 2002.

The Budget Proposal for 2003

The Budget Proposal for the Year 2003 has been translated and is available in Adobe Acrobat format.

News release no. 28/2002. October 1, 2002. The 2003 Fiscal Budget.

Principal tax rates 2002

This paper describes the principal tax rates applicable to individuals and companies as they stand in 2002.

Press release No. 02/45 from the International Monetary Fund. September 28, 2002

The International Monetary and Financial Committee held its sixth meeting in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2002, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.

Treasury finances in August 2002. Report date: September 19, 2002

Figures for Treasury finances for the first eight months of 2002 are now available. Total revenue amounted to 152½ billion kronur, an increase of about 9.7 billion kronur from last year or 7 per cent.

Prime Minister of Viet Nam

Official visit ti Iceland by his Excellency Mr. Phan Van Khai, Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, September 2002.

Welfare for the Future

The publication is Iceland´s National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2002-2020. It defines some of the main goals of the Government in this respect, along with indicators that are intended to help monitoring progress. The publication is available <a href="/media/umhverfisraduneyti-media/media/PDFskrar/Sjalfbarroun_enska.pdf">here on a pdf-format</a>.

57th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Statement by H.E. Mr. Halldor Asgrimsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade at the General Debate. - New York, USA.

Anniversary of the terrorist attack

The Icelandic nation shares thoughts of warmth and sympathy with the people of the United States of America because of the horrific events of a year ago.

Sustainable Development

Address by Mr. Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Northern Dimension and the Arctic Window

Minister's Address at a Conference on the Northern Dimension. - Greenland