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27.01.2024 Article

Remembering the Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad ended 80 years ago, when Soviet troops liberated what is now Saint Petersburg. The Wehrmacht forces had inflicted terrible suffering on the people of Leningrad for more than two years.

German Ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff laying a wreath in Saint Petersburg in remembrance of the Siege of Leningrad
16.07.2023 Article

Foreign Minister Baerbock in New York – working together for a strong International Criminal Court

The Rome Statute forms the basis for the work of the International Criminal Court. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in New York, Foreign Minister Baerbock will praise what it has achieved while calling for it to be developed further.

Foreign Minister Baerbock at the session of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Ukraine
22.06.2023 Article

Antarctica

Antarctica has a critical role in the global climate system and marine ecosystems. Scientists work on projects ranging from routine monitoring to basic research in more than 40 research stations operating throughout the year.

Emperor penguins
03.05.2023 Article

Space Law

The first comprehensive agreement to regulate the use of space under international law was the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which lays down principles governing countries’ activities in outer space.

Visualisation of the european satellite Envisat in earth's orbit.
20.03.2023 Article

Protecting the world’s oceans – an important success of Germany’s climate diplomacy

Effective provisions for protecting the high seas and therefore two-thirds of the oceans have been lacking to date. However, the UN member states have reached consensus on an agreement to improve the protection of the world’s oceans.

Trash on a beach in Thailand
20.03.2023 Article

Further support for Ukraine – Foreign Minister Baerbock at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels

Foreign Minister Baerbock will meet her EU colleagues in Brussels on Monday to discuss further support for Ukraine, including the supply of ammunition. Other topics on the agenda include the situation in Tunisia, Iran and Afghanistan.

Foreign Minister Baerbock and Defence Minister Pistorius at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels

Press releases

  1. 19.09.2024 Press release

    Statement on the resolution of the UN General Assembly on the ICJ’s advisory opinion regarding the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories

  2. 20.05.2024 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the application for arrest warrants at the International Criminal Court

  3. 26.01.2024 Press release

    Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on the ICJ interim ruling on the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)

  4. 17.11.2023 Press release

    Statement on Germany’s intervention in the proceedings against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice for alleged genocide

  5. 20.09.2023 Press release

    Joint press release by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for the Environment on the BBNJ Agreement

  6. 16.07.2023 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock prior to her departure for New York

  7. 03.05.2023 Press release

    Joint Statement by the Governments of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany on the Dialogue on Holocaust Issues

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