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This article prevents a historical summary of Norway's 1971 role in the normalization of relations between China & Thailand. Norwegian ambassador to Beijing Ole Alegrd met with Thailand's Foreign Affairs Minister Thanat Khoman, who made it known to Alegrdthat Thailand wished to have diplomatic relations with China. Alegrd's performance as diplomatic negotiator in this process is here described by former ambassador Sten Lundbo, who also reveals the effect that the UN General Assembly's resolution to invite China to assume a place in the UN. This development came then as a natural segue to invite China to participate in direct negotiation with Thailand. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were finally established in 1975, thanks largely to the Norway's diplomatic management of the situation, as is described in this article. C. Brunski

Zu den Gefährdungen der internationalen Sicherheit nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges gehört u.a. die Verbreitung von Waffen, die die Menschheit in besonderem Maße bedrohen. Ein entscheidendes Mittel, dieser Gefahr zu begegnen, ist eine wirksame Exportkontrolle. (Aussenpolitk / DGAP)