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Apr 2013

10.04.2013
The Complex Relationship between R2P and the ICC: Can it Succeed?

Mar 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

Feb 2013

21.02.2013
Address on Estonia’s foreign policy to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia 21.02.2013

Jan 2013

15.01.2013
21st Century Security Challenges and Future Possibilities

Dec 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

Sep 2012

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

Jun 2012

28.06.2012
Statement by Estonian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters and Other International Organisations in Geneva Mr. Jüri Seilenthal at the 54th meeting of the UNHCR Standing Committee
27.06.2012
Statement by Estonian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters and Other International Organisations in Geneva Mr. Jüri Seilenthal at UNFPA Executive Board Annal sessioon 2012
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

Feb 2012

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

Jan 2012

18.01.2012
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the conference on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

Oct 2011

31.10.2011
GENERAL POLICY DEBATE OF THE 36th GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO
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

Jun 2011

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"

Feb 2011

08.02.2011
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia 8 February 2011

Jan 2011

27.01.2011
Remarks by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the Holocaust Remembrance Day in Klooga

Nov 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

Oct 2010

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

Jul 2010

19.07.2010
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Mr. Urmas Paet at the OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting

May 2010

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

Mar 2010

31.03.2010
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the International Donors' Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti

Feb 2010

11.02.2010
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia 11 February 2010

Dec 2009

01.12.2009
Statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

Jul 2009

07.07.2009
Keynote speech by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the ECOSOC High-Level Segment in Geneva

Jun 2009

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

May 2009

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

Apr 2009

24.04.2009
Marina Kaljurand: “Reliable transit of energy and its role in securing stable economic development and international cooperation”

Mar 2009

24.03.2009
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at the plenary session of the ABA meeting in Riga

Feb 2009

26.02.2009
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia

Dec 2008

04.12.2008
Paet's Speech at the 16th OSCE Ministers' Conference in Helsinki

Sep 2008

23.09.2008
Address by the Minister of Defence Margus Hanson as Acting Foreign Minister to the Riigikogu 15 June 2004

Jul 2008

11.07.2008
Address by Foreign Minister at the German Council on Foreign Relations

Apr 2008

08.04.2008
Address by Mr. Urmas Paet the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Estonia

Feb 2008

21.02.2008
Address by Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu on behalf of the Government of Estonia

Jan 2008

23.01.2008
Lecture given by Margus Laidre in Estonian Second Life embassy
23.01.2008
Ambassador Margus Laidre's lecture "Remembering the Future".

Nov 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

Sep 2007

03.09.2007
Address By Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet:Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy

Jun 2007

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

May 2007

11.05.2007
Address by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet

Feb 2007

20.02.2007
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu "Overview of Estonia's Foreign Policy"

Dec 2006

07.12.2006
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet to the Riigikogu

Oct 2006

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

Sep 2006

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

Jun 2006

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

May 2006

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

Feb 2006

08.02.2006
Address by Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on the first reading of the Ratification of the Constitutional Treaty for Europe

Dec 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

Nov 2005

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

Sep 2005

23.09.2005
Address by Mrs Tiina Intelmann, the Ambassador of the Estonian Permanent Representation to United Nations at the UN General Assembley

Jun 2005

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

May 2005

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

Apr 2005

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

Feb 2005

04.02.2005
Address by the Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the international conference

Jan 2005

24.01.2005
Address by the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Estonia Kristiina Ojuland to the Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs

Dec 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

Nov 2004

19.11.2004
Address by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the Conference "European Neighbourhood Policy": A Wall or a Bridge?

Sep 2004

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

Aug 2004

27.08.2004
Address by Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland at the Conference "New Europe 2020"

Jun 2004

08.06.2004
Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy

Apr 2004

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

Mar 2004

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

Feb 2004

20.02.2004
Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristiina Ojuland at St Antony's College, Oxford

Dec 2003

01.12.2003
Statement by Ms. Kristiina Ojuland, Foreign Minister of Estonia, at the 11th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

Nov 2003

04.11.2003
Main Guidelines of Estonia's Foreign Policy

Oct 2003

20.10.2003
Kristiina Ojuland: The Baltic Sea Region – A Motor for European Development?

Sep 2003

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

Jun 2003

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

May 2003

15.05.2003
Statement by Mrs Kristiina Ojuland, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia at the 112th Ministerial Meeting of the Committee of Ministers

Apr 2003

29.04.2003
Address by Kristiina Ojuland Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia at the French Institute of International Relations

Mar 2003

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

Jan 2003

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

Dec 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

Nov 2002

16.11.2002
Address by Ms Kristiina Ojuland: TINY TIGERS WILL ALWAYS BE TIGERS
06.11.2002
Ms Kristiina Ojuland: Identity through Integration

Oct 2002

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

Sep 2002

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

Jun 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

May 2002

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

Apr 2002

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

Mar 2002

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

Dec 2001

03.12.2001
Statement by Minister Ilves at the Ninth OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Bucharest

Nov 2001

12.11.2001
Statement by Minister Ilves at the IV WTO Ministerial Conference in Qatar

Oct 2001

25.10.2001
Main Guidelines of Estonia’s Foreign Policy
18.10.2001
Security in a Changing World
04.10.2001
Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Slovakia, Romania and Sloven

Aug 2001

27.08.2001
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Re-establishment of Estonian-Danish Diplomatic Relations
24.08.2001
From Tragedy to Destiny: Estonia’s Place in the New Atlantic Order

May 2001

11.05.2001
Statement by Minister Ilves at the Ministerial Meeting of the Council of Europe

Apr 2001

04.04.2001
Welcoming Address by Minister Ilves at the Northern Dimension Business Forum

Feb 2001

05.02.2001
Constructing a New Europe

Jan 2001

18.01.2001
Discussion of Eurointegration matters in the Riigikogu
15.01.2001
Speech by Minister Ilves at the Commemoration of Estonian Foreign Ministry colleagues deported and killed by the Soviets

Oct 2000

25.10.2000
e-Estonia and the new Europe
12.10.2000
Developments in the Main Directions of Estonia's Foreign Policy

Sep 2000

20.09.2000
Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Hannover
18.09.2000
Fundamental differences rooted in European history
13.09.2000
Statement by Minister Ilves at the 55th Session of the UN General Assembly

Aug 2000

31.08.2000
The Northern Dimension in the light of EU enlargement

Jun 2000

08.06.2000
Main guidelines of Estonia’s foreign policy