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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,...
Lithuania's statement at the UN General Assembly meeting on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency Added 2015-11-18 Mr. President, Let me thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano for his presentation of the Agency’s annual report and an update of its activities in 2015. Lithuania is pleased to co-sponsor and will vote...
Lithuania's statement at the UN General Assembly 1st Committee thematic discussion on conventional weapons Added 2015-10-27 Mr. Chairman, Lithuania aligns itself with the statement by the European Union. Each year the violence caused by small arms takes the lives of over half a million people, including nearly 60,000 women and girls. The illicit trafficking,...
Lithuania's statement at the UN General Assembly 1st Committee thematic discussion on nuclear weapons Added 2015-10-21 Mr. Chairman, Lithuania associates itself with the Joint Statement delivered by Australia on behalf of a group of countries on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Allow me to address a few issues of particular importance to my...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on 1737 Committee (Iran sanctions) Added 2015-09-16 Mr. President, Allow me to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain for his report to the Council as Chair of the 1737 Committee, and to commend him and his team for a successful stewardship of this Sanction Committee. On 20 July,...
Lithuania's explanation of vote after adoption of resolution on the attribution mechanism for the chemical weapons attacks in Syria Added 2015-08-07 Madam President, Lithuania voted in favour of and co-sponsored the draft resolution establishing the Joint Investigative Mechanism to identify those involved in the use of chemicals as weapons in Syria. Despite the complete prohibition of...
Lithuania's explanation of vote after adoption of resolution on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Added 2015-07-20 Mr. President, Lithuania welcomes the adoption of the draft resolution on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed by the E3/EU+3 and Iran on 14 July (JCPOA). We strongly believe that this deal, based on Iran’s implementation of...
Lithuania's statement at the adopton of the UN Security Council Resolution on small arms Added 2015-05-22 Colleagues, The draft text in front of you today is the product of   months of work of our mission, which culminated in week-long intense negotiations among the 15 members of the Council as well as multiple bilateral exchanges. I...
UN Security Council adopts resolution on small arms submitted by Lithuania Added 2015-05-22 On May 22, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution, submitted by Lithuania, on small arms and light weapons, underlining the suffering they caused to civilians. Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations...
Lithuania's statement introducing the resolution on small arms and light weapons 2220 Added 2015-05-22 Colleagues, The draft text in front of you today is the product of several months of work of our mission which culminated in week-long intense negotiations among the 15 members of the Council as well as multiple bilateral exchanges. I thank you...