Current affairs

State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Ms. Johanna Sumuvuori delivered the Joint Nordic Statement on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden at the Annual Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: “Ensuring the security and dignity of civilians in conflict: Addressing food insecurity and protecting essential services” on May 23, 2023.

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto's keynote address at the Fletcher School Commencement May 21, 2023.

Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit Boston in the United States from 19 to 21 May.

Cedric Tan-Tiongco, Chauffeur and Office Service Attendant is retired after 30 years of service at the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations.

As of 15 May, the email addresses of the staff members at Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and missions abroad will be, as a rule, in the format [email protected] The change is part of the overall harmonisation of the Government’s email addresses.

Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Transport and Communications Minna Kivimäki has been nominated a candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). There are altogether seven candidates for the post.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs completes Finland’s relief effort in Sudan on Thursday 27 April.

Introduction of the ninth report of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM) General Assembly, agenda item ‘Prevention of Armed Conflict’. Read the Statement delivered by Ms. Elina Kalkku, Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations, on behalf of the Nordic Countries on April 25th, 2023, in New York.

The Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations and the International Disability Alliance co-published a Handbook on organising accessible meetings at the United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday 19, April 2023.

“Hitting the ground running” the Twentieth Annual Workshop for Newly-elected Members of the Security Council, hosted by the Government of Finland, was held on 17 and 18 November 2022 at the Greentree Foundation, in Manhasset, New York.