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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...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on Iran sanctions Added 2015-12-15 Madam President, Let me thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain) for his report and efforts in steering the Committee during this crucial year. Lithuania welcomes the fact that since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was agreed...
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...
Art installation ‘The Globe’ by Ray Bartkus officially presented at UN Headquarters Added 2015-12-14 The art installation ‘The Globe’ by Ray Bartkus was officially presented at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on 10 December. The installation was commissioned to mark Lithuania’s non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council...
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 ambassador to UN: illicit arms trade has devastating impact to the world's most endangered species Added 2015-11-30 On 30 November 2015 Lithuania and Angola organized an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council in Arria formula on the impact of illicit arms trade to poaching in Africa.
Invitation to Arria formula meeting on the impact of illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons to poaching in Africa Added 2015-11-25 Permanent Missions to the UN of Lithuania and Angola convene an Arria formula meeting of the UN Security Council on the impact of illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons to poaching in Africa. The meeting will be held on November 30,...