Estonia in UN

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson as Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan

Security Council Briefing on the Work of the 1591 Committee In accordance with paragraph 3(a)(iv) of resolution 1591 (2005), I have the honor to brief the Security Council on the...

Statement by Political Coordinator Kristel Lõuk at the UN Security Council meeting on MEPP

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

I thank the Special Envoy Ján Kubiš for his briefing. I would like to express Estonia’s full support to UNSMIL. We welcome the latest developments in Libya’s political process. The...

Statement by Co-penholder Ambassador Sven Jürgenson on the situation in Afghanistan

Security Council Press Statement on Yemen

The Members of the Security Council condemned the escalation in Marib, which places one million internally-displaced persons at grave risk and threatens efforts to secure a political settlement when the...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting Religion, Belief and Conflict

We thank UK for today’s discussion and the briefers for their interventions. Freedom of religion and belief, including the right not to believe and to change one’s religion or belief,...

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...

Estonian National Statement at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution

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...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council VTC briefing on Middle East (Yemen)

Thank you Mr. President, I thank Special Envoy Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General Lowcock and Ms Shawky for their briefings. The continuation of the military escalation is extremely worrying. Considering the unprecedented scale...