Estonia in the United Nations

• UN Women Executive Board member 2029–2031, elections in 2028
• Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) member 2027–2030, elections in 2026
• Marianne Mikko – Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) member 2027–2030, elections in 2026
• Chair of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (83rd session) 2028–2029, elections in 2028
• Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) member 2031–2035, elections in 2030
• United Nations Security Council elected member 2050–2051, elections in 2049
• President of the United Nations General Assembly 2052, elections in 2052

• Kersti Kaljulaid (former President of the Republic of Estonia) – Co-Chair of the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession, 2023–…; Co-Chair of the High-Level Steering Group of the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) initiative since 2018
• Marianne Mikko – elected member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 2023–2026
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves (former President of the Republic of Estonia) – member of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel, 2022–2024
• Katariina Viik – member of the Bureau of the Working Group of Experts of the third cycle of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment (The Regular Process), 2021–2025
• Marko Künnapu – member of the Bureau of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, 2021–…
• Andres Parmas – Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), 2024–…; member of the Board of Directors, 2022–2024
• Mari Amos – Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on trade in goods used for torture, 2021–…; member of the expert group of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), 2011–2014 and 2015–2018
• Marina Kaljurand – member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 2020–…; member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation since 2018
• Tõnis Saar – member of the Committee on Contributions (COC), 2016–2018 and 2019–2021
• Oliver Loode – member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), 2014–2016
• Henn Ojaveer – member of the expert group for the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment since 2014
• Ivi Normet – member of the Standing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO), 2013–2015
• Linnar Viik – member of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, 2009–2010 and 2012–2013
• Anne-Marie Riitsaar – member of the Group of Governmental Experts to support negotiations on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons (FMCT), 2017–2018
• Hannes Astok – e-Governance Adviser at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2017
• Aivo Adamson – e-Governance Adviser at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2018
• Georg Martin – member of the expert group for the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment until 2014
• Ivar Tallo – Senior e-Governance Expert at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 2007–2009
• Mati Raidma – member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team (since 2001); alternate member of the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), 2006–2009
• Argo Parts (since 2003), Jevgeni Jutkevitš (2004) – members of the UNDAC team

Most Recent Key Memberships

• Katariina Viik – member of the Group of Experts of the third cycle of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including socio-economic aspects, 2021–2025
• Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly (78th session), 2023–2024
• Member of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention, UNESCO), 2019–2023
• Elected member of the United Nations Security Council, 2020–2021
• Member of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO), 2019–2022
• Member of the UNICEF Executive Board, 2020–2022
• Member of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 2017–2021
• Member of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 2020–2021
• Member of the Bureau of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including socio-economic aspects (law of the sea), 2016–2020
• Vice-Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 2018–2019
• Vice-Chair of the Fifth Committee, United Nations General Assembly (73rd session)
• Rapporteur of the Second Committee, United Nations General Assembly (73rd session)
• Chair of the Second Committee, United Nations General Assembly (72nd session)
• Vice-Chair of the First Committee, United Nations General Assembly (72nd session)
• Member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), 2015–2017
• Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations General Assembly (70th session)
• Member of the UNESCO Executive Board, 2013–2017
• Member of the Peacebuilding Commission, 2017
• President of the UNICEF Executive Board, 2016
• Member of the UNICEF Executive Board, 2014–2016
• Member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC), 2009–2013
• Member of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH, UNESCO), 2007–2010

Most Recent Key Memberships of Estonian Experts

• Kersti Kaljulaid (former President of the Republic of Estonia) – Co-Chair of the High-Level Steering Group of the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) initiative, 2018–2021; Global Advocate of Every Woman Every Child (EWEC), 2021–2023
• Urmas Lee – member of the Finance Committee of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), 2020–2023
• Tõnis Saar – member of the Committee on Contributions (COC), 2016–2018 and 2019–2021
• Marina Kaljurand – member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, 2018–2019
• Marina Kaljurand – member of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, 2014–2015; 2016–2017
• Sten-Erik Soosaar – member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), 2020–2022
• Linnar Viik – member of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, 2009–2010; 2012–2013
• Henn Ojaveer – member of the Group of Experts for the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment since 2014
• Mati Raidma (since 2001), Argo Parts (since 2003), Jevgeni Jutkevitš (since 2004) – members of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team
• Mari Amos – member of the expert group of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT, OPCAT), 2015–2018
• Oliver Loode – member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), 2014–2016
• Ivi Normet – member of the Standing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO), 2013–2015
• Georg Martin – member of the Group of Experts for the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, 2011–2014
• Ivar Tallo – Senior Programme Officer for e-Governance at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 2007–2009
• Mati Raidma – alternate member of the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), 2006–2009
• Anne-Marie Riitsaar – member of the Group of Governmental Experts to support negotiations on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons (FMCT)
• Hannes Astok – e-Governance Adviser at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2017
• Aivo Adamson – e-Governance Adviser at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2018