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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES THE NEED FOR SOLIDARITY IN SOLVING UKRAINE'S CONFLICT AT THE SEDONA FORUM IN THE UNITED STATES Added 2014-04-27 “All the means that we took against Russia over Ukraine were too soft and belated. Therefore, I reiterate the need for the EU, NATO, the United Nations and other international organizations to show solidarity. The United States has to...
COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED APPROACH NEEDED TO FIGHT CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE Added 2014-04-26 25 April, New York. „Sexual violence is used as a tactic and weapon of war and impunity prevails. The only way to effectively address this scourge is a comprehensive and integrated approach which entails prevention, early warning, justice...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS REFFERING THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE MECHANISM Added 2014-04-18 17 April, New York. “Widespread and gross human rights violations are being committed by the state almost on an industrial scale. In many instances, as stated by the Commission of Inquiry, the violations in North Korea constitute grave...
LITHUANIA CALLS ON RUSSIA TO STOP SPREADING DISINFORMATION AND EXPRESSES SUPPORT TO THE WORK OF UN HRMMU Added 2014-04-16 16 April, New York. “Crimea’s annexation and now the destabilization of eastern Ukraine is not about the protection of Russian speaking minorities or alleged Ukraine’s radical extremism. It is about obstructing and preventing the...
LITHUANIA-FRANCE POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS FOCUS ON BILATERAL COOPERATION, ISSUES ON INTERNATIONAL AGENDA Added 2014-04-16 On 15 April in Paris, the Political Director of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Dalius Čekuolis met with the Political Director of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jacques Audibert. The meeting focused on events in Ukraine, as well as...
LITHUANIA'S STATEMENT IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY: PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST GENOCIDE Added 2014-04-16 Statement by Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nation UN Security Council briefing Threat to International Peace and Security: Prevention and Fight against Genocide 16 April, 2014 I would like to thank...
UN SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UKRAINE TO BE HELD ON 16 APRIL Added 2014-04-15 On 16 April at 4pm the United Nations Security Council will have a briefingon Ukraine. The Council will be briefed by Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović.  The meeting is called following the request by...
EU FOREIGN MINISTERS APPROVE MACRO-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE Added 2014-04-15 The Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 14 April in Luxembourg, which was also attended by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, approved macro-financial assistance of up to € 1 billion to support Ukraine’s...
LITHUANIA URGED RUSSIA TO CEASE ACTIONS AIMED AT DESTABILIZING SITUATION IN UKRAINE Added 2014-04-14 13 April, New York. “Lithuania is deeply concerned with the sharpdeteriorationof the situation in Eastern Ukraine. External forces and provocateurs continue to fuelseparatism and hatred, destabilizing the situation in the Eastern Ukraine", -...
STATEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA ON THE SITUATION IN EASTERN UKRAINE Added 2014-04-13 We express strong support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We condemn actions of the separatists in the Donetsk region and other eastern regions of Ukraine – in Luhansk and Kharkiv. By means of such actions supported...