Our journey at the United Nations in pictures
Secretary-General Kofi Annan (1997-
2006) (right) meets Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga,
President of the Republic of Latvia (1999-
2007), Baltic States’ candidate for post of
UN Secretary-General in 2006 election.
UN Headquarters in New York, 8 Mar. 2006.
Photo by Mark Garten, UN Photo.
Flag-raising ceremony at
United Nations Headquarters
in New York.
On 17 Sept. 1991, Latvia became
full-fledged member of UN.
Photo by Milton Grant, UN Photo.
Tapestry Cerība (Hope) by Edīte Pauls-Vīgnere. A gift from Latvia to the UN in 1994. Photo by Gatis Rozenfelds.
President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, addresses the UN General Assembly,
22 Sept. 2023.
Photo by Ilmārs Znotiņš,
Chancery of the President of Latvia.
Latvian peacekeepers at UNIFIL in 2023.
Photo by Christian Donadeo (ITA), UNIFIL/ SHAMA/SW HQ PIO.
Latvia’s UN Youth Delegate Melisa Matvejeva at United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, 2023.
Latvian Foreign Ministry Archive.
Riga Support Center for Ukrainian
Refugees, 21 Mar. 2022.
Photo: Riga City Council.
A development cooperation project
for women entrepreneurs in Namibia,
organised by the Latvian diaspora
organization #esiLV in cooperation
with Riga Business School, 2022.
Latvian Foreign Ministry Archive.
