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2013

19.03.2013
Statement of H.E. Mr. Margus Kolga, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN at the UN Security Council debate on the Situation in Afganistan
21.02.2013
Address on Estonia’s foreign policy to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia 21.02.2013
15.01.2013
21st Century Security Challenges and Future Possibilities

2012

12.12.2012
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet in the name of Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Friends of Syria group in Marrakech
12.09.2012
Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Urmas Paet, Minister of Foreign Affairs at the seminar “10 Years of the International Criminal Court: A Focus on Victims”, 10.09.2012, Tallinn
23.08.2012
Audronius Ažubalis, Urmas Paet, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Guido Westerwelle: For a European Culture of Trust
25.06.2012
Statement by Estonian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters and Other International Organisations in Geneva Mr. Jüri Seilenthal at UNDP Executive Board Annual session
29.02.2012
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Panel discussion on the right to freedom of expression on the Internet
29.02.2012
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 19th Human Rights Council in Geneva
23.02.2012
Statement by H.E. Tiina Intelmann, Ambassador-at-Large for International Criminal Court, at the United Nations Security Council under agenda item: “Women, peace and security”
21.02.2012
Address on Estonia’s Foreign Policy to the Riigikogu on Behalf of the Government of Estonia
19.01.2012
Statement by H.E.Tiina Intelmann, Ambassador-at-Large for International Criminal Court, President of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court
18.01.2012
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the conference on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

2011

09.12.2011
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Internet Freedom Conference in the Hague
13.10.2011
Opening remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 18th BSSSC* Annual Conference
04.10.2011
Estonian Statement at the 62nd Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
22.09.2011
Statement by Ms. Eve-Külli Kala, Estonian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency
15.09.2011
After 20 years. By Audronius Ažubalis, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Urmas Paet
08.06.2011
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Norway and Estonia (Latvia and Lithuania) in Oslo
07.06.2011
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 16th Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Ministerial Session in Oslo
06.06.2011
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Budapest: "Working Together on Cyber Security Threats"
16.05.2011
Opening remarks by MFA Secretary General Mr. Alar Streimann at the regional meeting of OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) National Authorities in Tallinn
11.05.2011
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 121st Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
08.02.2011
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia 8 February 2011
27.01.2011
Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Holocaust Remembrance Day in Klooga

2010

19.11.2010
Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Young Atlanticist Summit in Lisbon
11.11.2010
Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the international conference on "Woman, Peace and Security – the Afghan view" in Tallinn
19.10.2010
Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Estonian Day at the 2011 World Expo in Shanghai
11.10.2010
Opening remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Energy Security Conference in Tallinn
22.09.2010
Estonia's Statement at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna
21.09.2010
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the United Nations Summit on Millennium Development Goals in New York
17.07.2010
Statement by Foreign Minister Mr. Urmas Paet at the OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting in Almaty
01.07.2010
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Economic and Social Council Substantive session of 2010 high-level segment General Debate
27.05.2010
Speech by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the XVIII EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
20.05.2010
Opening Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the conference "Opportunities for Green Industry in Estonia"
11.05.2010
Estonia's Statement at the 120th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
06.05.2010
Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
31.03.2010
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the International Donors' Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti
03.03.2010
Estonia's statement at the 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
03.03.2010
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 13th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
11.02.2010
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia 11 February 2010
20.01.2010
The speech of Foreign Minister Urmas Paet in the think tank Demos Europa in Warsaw

2009

01.12.2009
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
08.09.2009
Sea, saunas, beer and a chance to revive the Baltic region
07.07.2009
Keynote speech by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the ECOSOC High-Level Segment in Geneva
08.06.2009
Foreign Minister Paet's Opening Remarks at the Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations Seminar
04.06.2009
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 16th Council of the Baltic Sea States Ministerial Meeting
26.05.2009
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 9th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi
12.05.2009
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 119th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
24.04.2009
Marina Kaljurand: “Reliable transit of energy and its role in securing stable economic development and international cooperation”
24.03.2009
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the plenary session of the ABA meeting in Riga
26.02.2009
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia

2008

04.12.2008
Paet's Speech at the 16th OSCE Ministers' Conference in Helsinki
11.07.2008
Address by Foreign Minister at the German Council on Foreign Relations
08.04.2008
Address by Mr. Urmas Paet the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Estonia
21.02.2008
Address by Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia
23.01.2008
Lecture given by Margus Laidre in Estonian Second Life embassy
23.01.2008
Ambassador Margus Laidre's lecture "Remembering the Future".

2007

23.11.2007
Remarks by Estonian Foreign Minister Mr Urmas Paet: European Neighbourhood Policy - towards a Europe of common values
23.11.2007
Address by Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the 13th Baltic Council of Ministers
03.09.2007
Address By Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet:Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy
14.06.2007
CELEBRATING 85 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP: IDEALS IN PRACTICE. Address by Minister Urmas Paet in Heritage Foundation
13.06.2007
Address By Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet
11.05.2007
Address by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet
20.02.2007
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu "Overview of Estonia's Foreign Policy"
12.02.2007
Today and History

2006

07.12.2006
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu
06.12.2006
Why Turkey and the EU must become closer
31.10.2006
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet "Europe, thinking forward" in the Institute of European Affairs in Dublin
31.10.2006
Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet in Estonian-Irish business seminar in Dublin
27.10.2006
Address by Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet in Moldova State University
26.09.2006
Address by Mr. Sven Jürgenson, Undersecretary for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia to the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
20.06.2006
Statement by the Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet at the First Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
09.06.2006
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet - Significance of the Northern Dimension
06.06.2006
Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy
09.05.2006
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu at the Second Reading of the Law for the Ratification of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe
09.03.2006
The Way to Save More Lives
08.02.2006
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on the first reading of the Ratification of the Constitutional Treaty for Europe

2005

16.12.2005
Statement by H.E. Mr. Mart Laanemäe, Undersecretary of the Estonian Foreign Ministry at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong
13.12.2005
Urmas Paet: Main Guidelines of Estonia's Foreign Policy
06.12.2005
Statement by Estonian Foreign Minister Mr. Urmas Paet at the 13th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
25.11.2005
Report by Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet on the activities of the Baltic Council of Ministers in 2005
02.11.2005
Speech by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet "Which policy agenda for Europe? A perspective from Estonia"
01.11.2005
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Estonian-Scottish Business Seminar
31.10.2005
Urmas Paet: More Than a Decade of Purposeful Economic Policy
23.09.2005
Address by Mrs Tiina Intelmann, the Ambassador of the Estonian Permanent Representation to United Nations at the UN General Assembley
20.06.2005
Act on the Ratification of The State Border Treaty Between The Republic of Estonia and The Russian Federation and the Treaty on the Delimitation of Maritime Areas of Narva Bay and the Gulf of Finland between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federat
20.06.2005
Address by Mr. Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia
07.06.2005
Urmas Paet: Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy
12.05.2005
Lecture by Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the European Commission Representation in Sweden
08.05.2005
Prime Minister's speech at the reception for the Diplomatic Corps dedicated to the end of World War II in Europe
08.05.2005
Address by Prime Minister Andrus Ansip in Klooga, Estonia
29.04.2005
Remarks by Undersecretary Mart Laanemäe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the 5th joint session of the Baltic Assembly and the Nordic Council
28.04.2005
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Joint Session of the Baltic Assembly and the Nordic Council
04.04.2005
Address by Foreign Minister Rein Lang at the celebrating of the first anniversary of Estonia’s NATO accession
04.02.2005
Address by the Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the international conference
24.01.2005
Address by the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Estonia Kristiina Ojuland to the Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs

2004

18.12.2004
Address by Ambassador Raul Mälk at the 10th Baltic Council in Riga, Latvia
07.12.2004
Statement by Mr. Sven Jürgenson, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia at the twelfth OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
07.12.2004
Kristiina Ojuland: Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy
19.11.2004
Address by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the Conference "European Neighbourhood Policy": A Wall or a Bridge?
29.09.2004
Speech by the Prime Minister Juhan Parts in Natolin
28.09.2004
Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristiina Ojuland at the event "Dialogue with a new Member State: Estonia" in Vienna
23.09.2004
Address by the Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland concerning Violence against Women
27.08.2004
Address by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the Conference "New Europe 2020"
08.06.2004
Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy
07.04.2004
Address by the Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the Institute of European Affairs in Dublin
05.04.2004
Address by Estonian Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the European Institute in Bucharest
02.04.2004
Address by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the flag-raising ceremony at NATO Headquarters
16.03.2004
Address by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
02.03.2004
Presentation by Ms Kristiina Ojuland in Sofia, Bulgaria
20.02.2004
Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristiina Ojuland at St Antony's College, Oxford

2003

01.12.2003
Statement by Ms. Kristiina Ojuland, Foreign Minister of Estonia, at the 11th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
04.11.2003
Main Guidelines of Estonia's Foreign Policy
20.10.2003
Kristiina Ojuland: The Baltic Sea Region – A Motor for European Development?
11.09.2003
Statement by Mr Priit Kolbre at The Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference
08.09.2003
Kristiina Ojuland: Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region
11.06.2003
Communiqué at 12th Ministerial Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States
11.06.2003
Statement by Ms Kristiina Ojuland Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia at the CBSS 12th Ministerial Session
05.06.2003
Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristiina Ojuland to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia
15.05.2003
Statement by Mrs Kristiina Ojuland, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia at the 112th Ministerial Meeting of the Committee of Ministers
29.04.2003
Address by Kristiina Ojuland Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia at the French Institute of International Relations
25.03.2003
Speech by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson in Estonian Foreign Ministry
24.03.2003
Presentation of NATO Secretary General in Estonian Foreign Ministry
19.03.2003
Statement by Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mrs Marina Kaljurand to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
29.01.2003
Address by Kristiina Ojuland Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia to the Austrian Chamber of Commerce 29 January 2003

2002

20.12.2002
Main Guidelines of Estonia's Foreign Policy
07.12.2002
Statement by Mr. Harri Tiido, Deputy Under-Secretary of the Estonian Foreign Ministry at the 10th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
16.11.2002
Address by Ms Kristiina Ojuland: TINY TIGERS WILL ALWAYS BE TIGERS
06.11.2002
Ms Kristiina Ojuland: Identity through Integration
23.10.2002
Ms Kristiina Ojuland: An EU of 25 and Estonia's Role in It
09.10.2002
Remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Kristiina Ojuland at the presentation of Estonian assistance to the town of Česky Krumlov
26.09.2002
Foreign Minister Kristina Ojuland’s Opening Address for the Seminar Ethnic Minorities in Estonian Society - Equal Treatment and Integration
20.09.2002
Speech by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the UN Genral Assembly
12.09.2002
Speech of Prime Minister Siim Kallas, at the concert “In Memoriam”, September 11th, 2002
18.06.2002
Estonia as a Litmus Test for Europe's Future
13.06.2002
Main Guidelines of Estonia's Foreign Policy
07.06.2002
Remarks by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the European Business Summit
23.05.2002
Lecture by Harri Tiido, Deputy Undersecretary of Estonian Foreign Ministry:
15.05.2002
Remarks by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
03.05.2002
Statement by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the 110th Ministerial Meeting of the Committee of Ministers in Vilnius
12.04.2002
Address by Estonian Foreign Minister Mrs Kristiina Ojuland at the Danish Institute of International Affairs
11.04.2002
Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland’s Report to the Riigikogu Concerning the Status of Euro Integration Discussions
05.04.2002
Statement by Estonian Foreign Minister Ms. Kristiina Ojuland to the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
22.03.2002
Statement by Estonian Foreign Minister Ms. Kristiina Ojuland in Monterrey
08.03.2002
Statement by Kristiina Ojuland at the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Vilnius 10 group
06.03.2002
Statement by Ms. Kristiina Ojuland at the 11th Ministerial Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States

2001

03.12.2001
Statement by Minister Ilves at the Ninth OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Bucharest
12.11.2001
Statement by Minister Ilves at the IV WTO Ministerial Conference in Qatar
25.10.2001
Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy