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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...
At the UN Security Council debate - calls to fight proliferation of small arms and light weapons Added 2015-05-16 On May 13, Lithuania organised the United Nations Security Council open debate on small arms and light weapons. According to Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, the subject of small arms and...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council open debate on small arms Added 2015-05-13 I shall now make a statement in my national capacity.  Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his report on small arms and light weapons, which underpins today’s discussion. I also thank the UN Commissioner...