Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit New York on 7–9 June and launch Finland’s campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council on 8 June. Minister Valtonen will also deliver a speech at the UN Security Council’s Ukraine session and lead the Finnish delegation to the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 9 June.

When I decided to apply for a university internship abroad, it was very clear to me that my first choice would be to do an internship at some Finnish Mission. In the fall of 2025, I applied to several different internships, but the one that particularly caught my attention was an announcement from the Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva regarding a communications internship. Text & Pictures: Irja-Ulriikka Valta