Estonia in UN

The UN Security Council to discuss the issue of Belarus tomorrow at Estonia’s initiative

Estonia, together with Belgium, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, plans to raise the issue of Belarus at the UN Security Council tomorrow, 11 November. „Estonia has promised to keep...

Explanation of vote on draft resolution on Women, Peace and Security

Estonia is making the current statement in explanation of its vote on the draft UN Security Council resolution contained in document S/2020/1054 of 29 October 2020.   Estonia considers Women,...

UN Security Council Press Staement on Libya

The members of the Security Council welcomed the permanent ceasefire agreement signed by the 5+5 Joint Military Commission on 23 October in Geneva following talks facilitated by the United Nations....

Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack in Kabul Education Center, Afghanistan

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the atrocious and cowardly terrorist attack that took place at the Kabul Education Center, Afghanistan, on 24 October 2020. The...

Estonia contributes €50 000 to alleviate the humanitarian situation of Rohingya refugees 

Yesterday 22 October, an international donor conference on sustaining support for the Rohingya refugee response was held on the initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...

The UN Security Council discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh issue on the initiative of Estonia

Estonia’s first Ambassador at Large for Human Rights and Migration Minna-Liina Lind took office

Foreign Minister Reinsalu spoke to his Armenian and Azerbaijani colleagues

Today, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu spoke on the phone to Zohrab Mnatshakanyan, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, and Ceyhun Bayramov, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, to discuss the conflict in...

Estonia allocates €50 000 to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen

A pledging event was held today during the week of high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and prevent a famine. Estonia...

Estonia raised the attack on Alexei Navalny at the UN Security Council 

Yesterday 10 September, at an open UN Security Council debate on chemical weapons, Estonia condemned the attack on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with the Novichok nerve agent. According to Foreign...