The well attended Oslo Launch was opened with a welcoming address by ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Director . Tønnesson related the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics to existing research on peacebuilding and ethics at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ, as well as to ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ’s tradition for research dissemination and independent participation in political debate. The speech was followed by a brief introduction by , Leader of the Security Program at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ, to the project that the Forum of Peacebuilding Ethics springs from. Thereafter, (ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ) outlined the idea of the Forum, and (ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ) presented the .