Estonia in UN

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council meeting on GERD

Thank you, Mr President. I would also like to thank the briefers for their insightful briefings. The heightened tensions surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are very concerning. Estonia...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council briefing on UNOWAS

Thank you Mr. President, I would like to thank SRSG Annadif for his briefing on the most recent developments in West Africa and the Sahel region. I would also like...

UN Security Council Press Statement on Haiti

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse. They expressed their condolences to his family and to the...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council meeting on MONUSCO

Mr President, thank you for convening today’s meeting. Estonia joins others in strongly condemning the assassination of Haiti´s President. I thank Special Representative Ms Keita and Ms Kibambe for their...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council briefing on Tigray

I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and acting Under-Secretary-General Rajasingham for their briefings. I welcome the timely holding of the first open Council meeting on the situation in Tigray. The declaration of...

UN Security Council Press Statement on Haiti

The members of the Security Council reiterated their deep concern regarding deteriorating political, security, and humanitarian conditions in Haiti and stressed the primary responsibility of the government of Haiti to...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council briefing on Non-proliferation (Iran/JCPOA)

I thank Under Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Olof Skoog and Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason for their briefings. As we have heard from many of you today, this is a crucial...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina

I thank the Officer-in-Charge of the Europe and Central Asia Division, DPPA, Mr. Hervé Lecoq for the briefing. I would like to start by reiterating Estonia’s full support for a...

Estonia hosted the first-ever formal meeting on cybersecurity in the history of the UN Security Council

Today, Estonia organised the first-ever formal meeting on cybersecurity in the history of the UN Security Council. The high-level virtual meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. In her...

Statement by Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas at UN Security Council VTC Open Debate on Cybersecurity