United Nations
The high-level meetings of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) will start in New York on Monday 18 September. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will attend ministerial events in New York and have bilateral meetings with their counterparts and with representatives of the UN. Minister Tavio’s programme will also include meetings to promote Finland’s commercial and economic interests in the New York metropolitan area.
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will close its office in Helsinki by the end of 2023. The Social Impact Investing Initiative, managed by UNOPS, was discontinued already at the start of the year due to a corruption case.
Some of the prices of services provided by the Finnish missions and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will rise. The new prices will enter into force on 1 September 2023.
Heads of Finland’s missions abroad and foreign policy leaders will meet again at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission in Helsinki on 21–23 August.
Delivered on July 17th, 2023 in New York by Mr. Juhani Damski, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment.
The UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held in New York on 10–19 July 2023. The Forum will discuss the acceleration of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.
Read the handbook on accessibility provided to you by the Permanent Mission of Finland and International Disability Alliance (IDA).
Comments on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs proposal may be given at lausuntopalvelu.fi until 8 August 2023.
Read the Joint Statement at the UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session 2023, Joint Segment, Item 12, Ethics. Delivered by H.E. Ms. Miia Rainne, Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations, on 14 June, 2023.
Read the National Statement of Finland at UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session 2023, Item 13, Preliminary assessment of the implementation of the World Bank instrument, and oral management response, on 14 June, 2023.