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Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

Heiko Maas took over as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs on 14 March 2018.

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Over 100 resolutions later: A look back over two years in the UN Security Council

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22.11.2017 Article

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27.01.2021 Article

Combating piracy: Germany intends to accede to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia

Attacks on ships in Asia also threaten free trade routes, which is why Germany is seeking to expand international cooperation to combat piracy. A further project set out in the Federal Government’s policy guidelines for the Indo-Pacific, which were adopted in the autumn, is thus being realised.

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26.01.2021 Article

“A quantum leap for peace” – strengthening the UN Peacebuilding Fund 

The UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund supports efforts to build peace around the world. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas are today chairing a Replenishment Conference for the Peacebuilding Fund to cover its requirements over the coming years.

For the next two years, Germany will pay at least 50 million euro into the Fund.
26.01.2021 Article

UN High-level Dialogue on Energy 2021: Germany assumes global responsibility in the area of the energy transition

In September, the UN states will debate the issue of strengthening renewable energies. In the run-up to this event, Germany is assuming responsibility for the theme “global energy transition”.

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Federal Foreign Office press releases

  1. 27.01.2021 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Maas on the extension of the New START Treaty between the United States and Russia

  2. 27.01.2021 Speech

    Statement by Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel: “2021 in the Middle East – Lockdown, Breakdown or Breakthrough?”

  3. 26.01.2021 Press release

    Joint Communiqué: High-Level Replenishment Conference for the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund

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