Estonia in UN

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council meeting on Women, Peace and Security

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....

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council VTC meeting on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria

I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Undersecretary Lowcock for their briefings on both the political and humanitarian situation in Syria. It is certainly regretful that the Syrian Constitutional Committee was...

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...

Joint statement at UN Third Committee Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Ms Anaïs MARIN

Statement delivered by Permanent Representative of Latvia, Mr. Andrejs Pildegovičs  Thank you Madam Chair, Madam Special Rapporteur, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic – Baltic countries –...

Statement by the Foreign Minister of Estonia at High-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Secretary-General Guterres, Excellencies, Dear Members and friends of the UN family, Ladies and gentlemen, The United Nations was established to save future generations from grave suffering and endless wars. When...

Joint Statement on the human rights situation in Belarus at Third Committee Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus 

We support the democratic aspirations of the Belarusian people to choose their own path through free and fair elections; we are inspired by the people’s commitment to determine their own...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council VTC meeting on the Middle East

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...

Statement by Ambassador Sven Jürgenson at UN Security Council briefing on Sudan and South Sudan