Estonia in UN

Estonia raises the impact of COVID-19 on children in armed conflict at the UN Security Council

Today 7 May, Estonia is organising an informal virtual meeting at the UN Security Council that focuses on the protection of children in armed conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting...

Estonia will hold an Arria-formula meeting on Children and Armed Conflict

Estonia supports humanitarian aid reaching Syria

Estonia considers it vital to protect the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan

Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets was one of the keynote speakers at the UN Commission on the Status of Women event on the topic of the rights of Afghan...

Joint Statement Following Russia’s Arria-formula Meeting on the Situation in Crimea (March 17, 2021)

The following is a joint statement by the Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States Russia held an informal meeting at the UN today to promote a false narrative about its occupation of Crimea, which it...

Estonia convened a UN Security Council meeting on Crimea for the second year

On Friday 12 March, Estonia organised a high-level virtual meeting at the UN Security Council on Crimea. The discussion was opened and chaired by Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets. The meeting...

Foreign Minister at the Security Council: Estonia allocated €50 000 to mitigate the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

Today 11 March, Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets attended a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council on hunger and conflict, organised by the US Presidency of the Council. The...

Estonia holds a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Crimea

On Friday 12 March, a high-level virtual meeting is held at the UN Security Council, initiated by Estonia and co-sponsored by 20 countries, to mark seven years since the annexation...

Foreign Minister Reinsalu: violence and repressions against journalists in Belarus must end immediately

Estonia and four other countries initiated a discussion at the UN on election fraud and human rights violations in Belarus

Yesterday 2 December, on the initiative of Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany and the United Kingdom, a virtual UN side-event was held where Professor Wolfgang Benedek briefed UN member states on an...