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15 February 2016
Address by the Prime Minister at the Annual Conference of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce
17 June 2015
Address by Prime Minister, Mr Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, at Austurvöllur, 17 June 2015
17 June 2014
Address by Prime Minister, Mr Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, at Austurvöllur, 17 June 2014
30 November 2015
COP21 Summit Paris 30 November 2015
18 October 2015
Address by the Prime Minister at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2015
27 September 2015
"A Commitment to Action" The 20th Anniversary commemoration of the Beijing Declaration
27 September 2015
Statement by at the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015
07 May 2015
Island in a Sea of Change - How the Arctic is developing and Iceland managing
30 March 2015
Address by the Prime Minister at the Annual Conference of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce
10 November 2014
The National Day of Germany and the Fall of the Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary
31 October 2014
Opening speech by the Prime Minister at the Arctic Circle Reykjavik
09 September 2014
Policy Statement by the Prime Minister at the opening of the 144th legislative session of the Althingi
25 September 2014
Arms Trade Treaty - Closing remarks by H.E. Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Prime Minister of Iceland
25 September 2014
Address by the Prime Minister at The Icelandic-American Chamber of Commerce annual meeting
23 September 2014
Statement by Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson at UN Climate Summit
01 April 2014
Iceland and Greenland – Collaboration in the North
06 March 2014
Address by the Prime Minister at Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
21 January 2014
“The Arctic – Warming Up for Business”
10 October 2013
Closing Statement by the Prime Minister at the Arctic Energy Summit
19 September 2013
Address by the Prime Minister, Mr Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, at
Iceland Investment Forum
17 June 2013
Address by Prime Minister, Mr Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, at Austurvöllur, 17 June 2013
23 February 2026
HRC61 - HLS Iceland statement - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
29 July 2025
Statement at the United Nations Conference on the Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestine 29 July 2025
24 February 2025
Now is the time for Europe really to step up on Ukraine
16 May 2023
Opening address at the Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe - May 16th 2023
11 May 2023
Address at the IDAHOT+ Forum - May 11th 2023
08 March 2023
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) - March 6th 2023
23 February 2023
Address at Internet for Trust Conference - February 22nd 2023
27 January 2023
Address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - January 26th 2023
11 July 2022
Keynote Speech at The Inaugral Wellbeing Research and Policy Concerence - July 8th 2022
28 June 2022
Opening Session of UN Ocean Conference - June 27th 2022
06 May 2022
International Donors' Conference for Ukraine - May 5th 2022
14 February 2022
One Ocean Summit - February 11th 2022
26 January 2022
Opening Statement on Universal Periodic Review - January 25th 2022
26 October 2021
World Geothermal Congress - October 25th 2021
18 October 2021
Opening Session of the Arctic Circle - October 14th 2021
27 September 2021
UN's Food System Summit - September 23rd 2021
22 September 2021
Address on International Equal Pay Day 2021
18 October 2022
Speech at the opening session of Arctic Circle, 13 October 2022
05 September 2022
Address at the international summit of the Baltic Assembly and the Nordic Council with guests from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
01 September 2022
NORDIC FOREIGN MINISTERS: Making the case for democracy
09 May 2022
Prime Minister's address at a special session of Althingi with the President of Ukraine - May 6th 2022
16 March 2022
Statement at the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen 2022
19 March 2021
Commission on the Status of Women Statement by Katrín Jakobsdóttir
02 March 2021
Opening remarks at the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic
25 November 2020
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
01 October 2020
Prime Minister Statement at the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Beijing+25
22 September 2020
The 75th UN General Assembly 2020 - Prime Minister's Adress
08 March 2020
We are committed to protecting women’s rights - Opinion by the Nordic Prime Ministers on International Women’s Day 2020
03 December 2019
Prime Minister's Address at the Chatham House in London
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