Today I have the honour to speak on behalf of the eight Nordic-Baltic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Estonia.
We would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for having convened this debate on such a timely and ur…
First, let me thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary Lowcock for their briefings and their efforts in working for the sake of the Syrian people.
The main takeaway of the briefings is simple. As it is now, the Constitutional Committee is dysfunctional. The Astana format is dysfunctional. S…
I welcome Deputy Foreign Minister Kyslytsya to our meeting today.
I wish to begin by thanking the Russian representative for calling for this briefing today, after having witnessed yet another attack in Luhansk oblast by Russian-supported armed formations. Weapons that were prohibited by the Minsk …
I thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen. I also thank Ambassador King for her briefing as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014).
The situation in Yem…
I thank the briefers for their insightful overviews of the latest developments in Guinea-Bissau.
We were encouraged to see that the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau were held in a generally peaceful atmosphere. However, we urge the parties to refrain from using inflammatory rhetoric and also…
Estonia thanks the Kingdom of Belgium for organizing today’s open debate, as well as all the briefers for their interventions.
If we intend transitional justice mechanisms to truly heal grief-stricken communities, the measures taken need to be comprehensive, coherent, locally owned and based on int…
We thank Belgium for organizing today’s meeting and all briefers for their excellent presentations. We also express our appreciation for the role Belgium plays in strengthening the protection of children in armed conflict, including through its leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Chi…
Estonia supported the adoption of resolution 2510 (2020) to endorse the Berlin Conference conclusions. The positive
momentum achieved in Berlin needed to be enhanced and solidified, and that is what the resolution does. We thank the United Kingdom and Germany for their work and patience in leading …
I thank Secretary- General António Guterres for his statement. I also thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
Estonia welcomes all efforts aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the long-lasting Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We welcome the United States initiative aimed at re…
Before delivering my statement, I would like to express my full support for, and solidarity with, the Permanent Mission of Tunisia and our dear colleague Ambassador Moncef Baati.
Let me start by joining my colleagues in thanking today’s briefers. I also would like to express Estonia’s support for t…
First, I thank the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Prime Minister Edi Rama, for his comprehensive briefing on the priorities of the Albanian chairmanship and for his clear focus on the need to comply with the OSCE’s norms, principles and respo…
First, I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary- General Lowcock for their briefings from the United Nations side.
It is clear that the ceasefire agreements established by the Astana format have unfortunately failed. Instead of peaceful life, the de-escalation areas have tur…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Nakamitsu and Mr. Spleeters for their informative and insightful contributions. Their briefings reaffirm that the Council should maintain its focus on this matter and that there is a need for concerted action.
As the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2019/1011) r…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2507 (2020). We would like to thank the penholder, France.
It is regrettable that we are not unanimous regarding this resolution, whose sole purpose is to curtail the hostile actions of armed groups that seek to undermine peace and security in the Central Afric…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, for his briefing on the latest developments on Libya. Estonia fully supports the United Nations- facilitated political process in Libya and the Special Representative’s work towards that end.
Estonia welcomes the commi…
I thank the Secretary- General for his excellent overview. I warmly welcome the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and thank him for his comprehensive briefing on cooperation between ASEAN and the United Nations. Let me also congratulate Viet Nam on assuming the …
First, I want to thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his very thorough briefing on the difficult humanitarian situation in Syria.
We remain gravely concerned about the developments in the north-west of Syria. The military operations carried out by the Syrian army, and supported by the Ru…
First of all, let me thank Deputy Special Envoy Matar for her briefing, which, among other things, also mentioned the concerns about military operations in Idlib province in the north-west of Syria. As we said this morning (see S/PV.8707), Estonia joins those countries calling for an immediate cease…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary- General Mueller for their briefings. I align myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
The only way to achieve lasting peace and to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the Israelis and the Pale…
I thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Director Rajasingham for their briefings.
Estonia fully supports Mr. Griffiths in his efforts to find a peaceful solution in Yemen. We also commend United Nations agencies for their efforts aimed at improving the humanitarian situation in Yemen and welcome the re…
