havet, bliver Europa mindre”. Ordene ejer John Donne, engelsk digter og præst. Ordene faldt for mange år siden - for at være helt konkret i 1624. Betydningen af ordene er tidsløse. Ordene bliver fortolket [...] “Intet menneske er en ø”. Så kunne vi fortolke teksten sådan, at det er ikke sundt for et land at isolere sig. Det er godt for Færøerne at være forbundet til Danmark, fordi som et øsamfund er det ligefrem [...] donskum við tykkum í salinum. Og nu på dansk: Tusind tak til præsidiet for at give os nordatlantiske folketingsmedlemmer muligheden for at holde vores taler på vores modersmål. Muligheden vil helt sikkert

who are famed for speaking their mind and for their very highly informed views. We are looking forward to meeting them and listening to what they have to say. It is a great honour for us that they have [...] It is great honour for me to invite two such prominent and distinguished guests welcome to Tórshavn. For us it is a great honour that these two gentlemen have agreed to visit and I sincerely want to thank [...] tighten domestic controls on the sale of weapons. Our other distinguished guest is the former Swedish Foreign Minister and Ambassador, Mr Hans Blix, who may be best known for his role as the United Nations