Estonia’s membership and experts in UN bodies

Estonia’s membership in the UN bodies

Estonian experts in UN Expert Groups

 

Estonia’s main upcoming candidacies

  • UN Human Rights Council 2026-2028, elections 2025
  • Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS 2026-28, elections 2025
  • UN Women Executive Board 2027-2029, elections 2026
  • Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) 2027-30, elections 2026
  • Chair of UNGA Third Committee during the 83rd session, 2028-29, elections 2028
  • Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) 2031-2035, elections 2030
  • Elected member of the UN Security Council 2050-2051, elections 2049
  • UN General Assembly President 2052, elections 2052

 

Most important recent memberships

  • Member of UNESCO Committee for the Second Protocol of the 1954 Hague Convention, 2019-2023
  • UN Security Council, elected member 2020-2021
  • Member of the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO), 2019-2022
  • Member of the UNICEF Executive Board, 2020-2022
  • Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), member 2017-2021
  • Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), member 2020-2021
  • Bureau of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects (Regular Process), member 2016-2020 (Law of the Sea)
  • Vice-Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 2018-2019
  • Vice-Chair of the Fifth Committee, UNGA73
  • Rapporteur of the Second Committee, UNGA73
  • Chair of the Second Committee, UNGA72
  • Vice-Chair of the First Committee, UNGA72
  • ECOSOC, member in 2015-2017
  • Vice-Chair of ECOSOC, UNGA70
  • UNESCO Executive Board, member 2013-2017
  • Peacebuilding Commission, member 2017
  • President of UNICEF Executive Board, 2016
  • UNICEF Executive Board, member 2014-2016
  • Member of UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC), 2009-2013
  • Member of UNESCO Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), 2007-2010

 

Most important recent memberships of Estonian experts