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Lithuania's statement at the roundtable discussion "Territorial integrity of Ukraine" Added 2016-03-18 Mr. Minister Kyslytsya, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, First, allow me to thank the Ukrainian Mission for organizing this round table discussion and inviting us to speak. Second, I would like to convey Lithuanian Permanent Representative,...
Statement of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia at the UN General Assembly debate on the UN Secretary-General proposed Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism Added 2016-02-16 Mr. President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of Estonia, Lithuania and my own country Latvia. We align ourselves with the statement of the European Union.  We express our appreciation to you for organizing this timely debate....
Vice-Minister Andrius Krivas: the international community must take immediate and resolute measures to end the Syrian crisis Added 2015-12-18 Andrius Krivas, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the extraordinary high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on 18 December where by unanimously adopting Resolution No 2254 the UN Security Council called for...
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the UN Security Council event on countering the financing of terrorism Added 2015-12-17 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas took part in the high-level event, on 17 December, organised by the United States that is currently holding the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on countering the financing of...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on trafficking in persons in situations of conflict: ISIL and beyond Added 2015-12-17 Madam President, It is no news that armed conflicts, absence of the rule of law, rampant corruption, abuse of ethnic and religious minorities, systematic gross violations of human rights all contribute to human displacement. Smuggling and...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on ICC-Sudan Added 2015-12-15 Madam President, I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today. We commend the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC for its continuous efforts in fulfilling the mandate to investigate...
Minister Linkevičius and UN representatives discuss Lithuanian-UN cooperation Added 2015-12-14 Continuing his visit to New York on 10 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović, the Head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping...
In UNSC Minister Linkevičius called for more active efforts by international community in ending Russia’s initiated conflict in eastern Ukraine Added 2015-12-14 On 11 December 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is currently on a visit to the UN headquarters in New York invited the UN Security Council to devote more attention to the military conflict in Ukraine and take...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine. Delivered by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Linas Linkevičius Added 2015-12-14 Madam President, I thank the Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, [the Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović], John Ging of OCHA and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on peace and security in Africa: Sahel Added 2015-11-25 I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Ms Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, for her briefing on the progress towards implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. Mr. President, As the latest SG...