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12 March 2026Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland intervenes in South Africa case at the International Court of Justice

As a Contracting Party to the Genocide Convention, Iceland intervenes under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court.

28 January 2026Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Joint Statement on UNRWA

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdóttir, has along with her counterparts from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom today issued a Joint Statement on UNRWA.

30 December 2025Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Joint Statement on the Gaza Humanitarian Response

Joint statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on Gaza.

25 December 2025Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Joint Statement on settlements in the Occupied West Bank

We, States of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom condemn the approval by the Israeli security cabinet of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

10 October 2025Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Bilateral visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister to Iceland

Dr. Varsen Aghabekian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine, visited Iceland from 8-11 October at the invitation of Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir.

11 August 2025Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Joint Statement on the situation in Palestine

On 10 August 2025 the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, issued a Joint Statement with seven of her European counterparts on the situation in Palestine.

29 July 2025Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Minister for Foreign Affairs takes part in a high-level conference on the two-state solution

Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, reiterated Iceland’s firm belief in the equal rights of Israelis and Palestinians to self-determination, as well as the conviction that recognizing an independent Palestinian state is the only way forward to build lasting peace and stability in the region, in her address at the United Nations high-level conference on the two-state…

24 February 2025Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Minister puts emphasis on safeguarding human rights and international system in address to UN Human Rights Council

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir today delivered her address to the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. In her speech, Foreign Minister Gunnarsdóttir emphasized the need to safeguard the United Nations and the international system established after World War II.…

17 September 2024Ministry for Foreign Affairs

US Deputy Secretary of State visits Iceland

Increased cooperation between the United States and Iceland, including in the fields of technology and innovation, were among the topics of discussion at a meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Þordís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir and Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States, held at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Reykjavík on Friday.…

02 July 2024Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Nordic statement calling for release of Palestinian clearance revenues and preservation of correspondent banking services between Israel and the West Bank

The Nordic countries are greatly concerned by the withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues which is exacerbating the strenuous fiscal situation of the Palestinian Authority.…

11 June 2024Ministry of Education and Children, Prime Ministers Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland increases contributions to UNRWA

Today, the Minister of Education and Children's Affairs, Ásmundur Einar Daðason attended on behalf of the Prime Minister of Iceland the Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response conference in Jordan.

12 April 2024Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Nordic statement on the opening of the port of Ashdod and the Erez crossing 12 April 2024

The Nordic countries welcome the Israeli government’s announcement that life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gaza can be received in the port of Ashdod, that the Erez crossing will be reopened to facilitate entry to north Gaza, and that humanitarian assistance from Jordan entering through Kerem Shalom crossing in the south will be increased.

05 April 2024Ministry for Foreign Affairs

UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution that addresses the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran put forward by a core group led by Iceland. The resolution renews the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to monitor and report regularly on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.…

19 March 2024Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland disburses annual core contribution to UNRWA

Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided that the payment of Iceland's core contribution to the United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) will be made by 1 April.

08 March 2024Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland’s delegation in Cairo has concluded its work

Today, 72 Palestinians from Gaza with residence permit in Iceland have arrived in Iceland to be reunited with their families. Their passage from Gaza across the Rafah border, which requires approval from the Egyptian and Israeli governments, was facilitated by a delegation from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that has been operating in Egypt for the last few weeks.