Right of peaceful protest strengthened by UN

"I congratulate the three winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. This is an important recognition of the role they have played in ensuring women’s safety and right to participate in peace-building work,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Ambassador Per Ludvig Magnus on September 27 visited the office of Green Belt Movement in Nairobi to convey Norwegian tributes to the late professor Wangari Maathai.

"Securing the rights of sexual and gender minorities is a sensitive issue, which gives it all the more reason to discuss it openly in order to promote awareness and tolerance", said Norwegian ambassador Per Ludvig Magnus when addressing an audience at the Storymoja Hay Festival.