United Nations
Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, New York
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit the United States from 7 to 9 December.
Read the Joint Nordic Statement on the situation in Afghanistan delivered by H.E. Ms. Elina Kalkku, Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations on 10 November, 2022.
Recent crises underline the importance of development cooperation as a key instrument of foreign and security policy, according to Finland’s Development Policy Results Report submitted to Parliament on 9 November.
Finland will support the grain shipments of the World Food Programme (WFP) from Ukraine to Somalia. At the same time, Finland will increase its humanitarian assistance to the Horn of Africa, where more than 20 million people are in need of urgent food aid.
Finland’s human rights record will be examined in the Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 9 November. The review gives UN Member States the opportunity to ask Finland questions about our human rights record and give Finland recommendations. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will head Finland’s interministerial delegation.
Read the Statement for General Debate and Introduction of Draft Resolution A/C.4/77/L.8 on “Comprehensive review of special political missions” on behalf of the co-facilitators Finland and Mexico, delivered by Mr. Tapio Pyysalo, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations on November 11th, 2022.
Read the Nordic Statement at United Nations General Assembly 77th Session, Sixth Committee, Agenda item 71: Report of the International Criminal Court delivered by H.E. Ms. Elina Kalkku, Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations on October 31, 2022.
Joint statement on behalf of the Nordic Countries was delivered by the State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ms. Johanna Sumuvuori on October 20th, 2022.
Read the Statement on behalf of the NB8 countries delivered by H.E. Mr. Andrejs Pildegovičs, Permanent Representative of Latvia, at the General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine on 10th October, 2022.
Read the National Statement of Finland at the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly 77th Session delivered by Minister-Councellor, Mr. Antti Vaaras, Deputy Permanent Representative for the Conference on Disarmament.
