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Lithuania elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first time ever Added 2021-10-14 On 14 October in New York, the UN General Assembly elected Lithuania to the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2022-2024 term. 178 UN member states expressed their support to Lithuania. Until now, the country has been an observer state of the UN...
UN Group of Friends co-chairs release joint statement on the detention of journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega Added 2021-06-08 On June 8, Lithuania, together with the co-chairs of the United Nations Group of Friends for the Protection of Journalists, France and Greece, and members of the Group released the Joint Statement  on the detention by the Belarusian...
Lithuania's Acting Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius highlighted the obligation of the states to ensure the safety of journalists Added 2020-12-09 On 9 December, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in a virtual ministerial roundtable on the safety of journalists. The event took place in the course of the 2 days of the World Press Freedom Conference...
Minister L. Linkevicius adresses Human Rights in Belarus at the UN Security Council Aria meeting Added 2020-09-04 On 4 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius made a statement at the Security Council  Aria-formula meeting to discuss human rights in Belarus.
Statement of the Nordic and Baltic States on the adoption of UNGA resolution “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia” Added 2020-09-03 Written statement subbmitted  by the Nordic and Baltic States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden on the adoption of UNGA resolution “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from...
Statement of the Republic of Lithuania at the UN Security Council Open VTC on Peace Operations and Human Rights Added 2020-07-08 Written statement submitted by the Republic of Lithuania for the UN Security Council Open VTC on Peace Operations and Human Rights.
Statement of the Republic of Lithuania at the UN Security Council Open VTC on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict Added 2020-05-27 Written statement submitted by the Republic of Lithuania for the UN Security Council Open High-Level  VTC on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic States at the UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on Human Rights Situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine Added 2020-03-06 Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden at the UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on Human Rights Situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea...
Statement of Lithuania at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security Added 2019-10-29 National statement delivered by Ambassador Audra Plepytė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on ““Towards the successful implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda:...
Lithuanian representative elected as Chair of Meeting of States Parties to Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Added 2019-06-25 On 25 June, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, Ambassador Audra Plepytė was elected as Chair of the fifth Meeting of States parties to the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. A....