We join other Council members in thanking the briefers for their insightful overviews.
Last year, during the high-level week of the General Assembly, Prime Minister Hamdok introduced his Government’s ambitious goals to bring peace to the country, lead a successful transition to democracy and restor…
It have the honour and pleasure to introduce the pre-recorded statement by Her Excellency Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
Estonia welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We thank co-penholders Germany and Indonesia for their hard and efficient work. We believe that resolution 2543 (2020) is well balanced and highlights the Co…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings.
The ongoing hostilities in Yemen, which show no signs of de-escalation, are deeply worrisome, as they result in a growing number of civilian casualties and the exacerbation of the humanitarian cri…
We thank all the briefers for sharing their views today. We particularly value the direct experiences shared by Ms. Mayaki.
We also express our gratitude to the Niger for drawing the Security Council’s attention to this topic, including its excellent work, with Belgium, in finding an agreement on t…
We join others in offering our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the recent attack on the Elite Hotel. We also join others in thanking the briefers for their insightful overviews.
It is important that despite the multiple challenges, including the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …
Allow me also to extend my condolences with regard to the attacks near Niamey.
I thank the briefers for their thorough reports on the latest developments and the peacebuilding activities carried out in Guinea-Bissau. I would like to express Estonia’s full support for the work of Special Representat…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Wafa’a Alsaidy and Ms. Raja Almasabi for their briefings.
Estonia fully supports the efforts of Special Envoy Griffiths aimed at reaching an agreement on a nationwide ceasefire, h…
We would like to thank the briefers and to welcome Ms. Claudia Blum de Barberi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, to this meeting.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has highlighted the systemic vulnerabilities and inequalities in implementing the Final Peace Agreemen…
First, I would like to join my colleagues in expressing my sorrow at seeing our dear Dame Karen leaving us. As many people have said, she has been such an inspiration. Her positive and constructive approach to everything we do in the Council has really been such an important lesson for us — especial…
I thank the briefers for their comprehensive overviews and the Chinese presidency for organizing today’s debate. We welcome efforts to move the Security Council more into prevention mode and discuss solutions over symptoms.
The discussion today is very timely in the light of the nearly daily report…
I echo the condolences expressed by the representative of Germany.
We thank the United States and the co-facilitators for all their hard work.
With regard to the current situation in Afghanistan, we believe that resolution 2513 (2020) is well-balanced overall and highlights the main views of the S…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. David Shearer, and Ms. Betty Sunday for their briefings. I also thank the personnel of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for their tremendous work in South Sudan.
Estonia welcomes the encouraging developments in South…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank Belgium for the excellent job it did in February. I also welcome our good colleague the Ambassador of Iraq to the Council and would like also to thank Special Representative Hennis-Plass…
Yesterday morning, our Russian colleagues told us here in this Chamber that the Astana format is working (see S/PV.8734). The same afternoon, however, we witnessed another attack against Turkish troops in Idlib, where at least 33 Turkish soldiers lost their lives. I offer my deepest condolences to o…
Estonians all over the world celebrated their independence day earlier this week — 102 years. However, in the light of what we have just heard in the briefings delivered by Assistant Secretary-General Mueller and Executive Director, it is hard to remain joyful today.
We are all witnessing a tragedy…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for your briefing as well as your leadership in leading the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992), concerning Somalia, including for having organized a visit to Mogadishu last month. Estonia participated in that visit and found it very us…
At the outset, I would like to commend the initiative of Germany in convening today’s important meeting on the issue of non-proliferation. The fiftieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) presents the Council with an opportunity to expr…
I thank the briefers for their insightful overview of the latest developments in Somalia.
It is important that 2020 is used not only to consolidate the progress made thus far but to further it. Dialogue between the Federal Government of Somalia and federal member states is a crucial priority to ach…
I join others in thanking the briefers.
Haiti is facing a continuous political crisis, intertwined with social economic challenges that in turn affect the security situation. A great deal of work has been done, but the challenges remain and need to be addressed. We urge all parties to pursue an ope…
