On 3 July 2025 in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council will hear a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. In…
At the 4th United Nations (UN) International Conference on Financing for Development, taking place in Seville, Spain, Latvia is calling for joint efforts to find solutions to the challenges of…
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Artjoms Uršuļskis, will represent Latvia at the 4th United Nations (UN) International Conference on Financing for Development, which will…
On 26 June 2025, Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic states (NB8) regarding the intolerable state of…
On 23 June 2025, a global art installation titled Thinking of You was unveiled outside the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg. The installation is dedicated to victims of sexual violence in…
On 26 June 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, will present his first report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. In the discussion…
On 4 June 2025, the Embassy of Latvia in the Netherlands held a discussion, “Invisible in War, Resilient in Peace: Reality for Women with Disabilities in Crisis”. The discussion took place in the…
On 3 June 2025, with broad support from the United Nations member states, Latvia was elected to the United Nations Security Council for the first time in its history (2026–2027). The main goal of…
On 2 June 2025, in Yerevan, Armenia, the Latvian Embassy in Georgia in cooperation with a non-governmental organization, the Center for Strategy and Development, organized a panel discussion …
On Tuesday, 3 June 2025, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will vote on Latvia’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 2026–2027 term. The vote will take…
