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AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIRST COMMITTEE LITHUANIA CONDEMNS THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS Added 2013-10-25 At the thematic debate on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mr. Artūras Gailiūnas, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and international organisations in Geneva, stressed that the use of chemical weapons is a serious...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND INDIAN DELEGATION DISCUSS THE ADVANCEMENT OF BILATERAL TIES AND COOPERATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Added 2013-10-24 On 24 October, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas met with the delegation of diplomats from India’s Ministry of External Affairs, who are paying a visit to Lithuania. The delegation is led by Rahul Chhabra, Joint...
AT UNGA COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT LITHUANIA CALLS TO REVIVE THE UN DISARMAMENT MACHINERY Added 2013-10-22 During the UN General Assembly First Commitee thematic debates on Disarmament Machinery, Mr. Artūras Gailiūnas, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN in Geneva, called to address the enlargement of the Conference on...
MORE EFFORT IS NECESSARY FOR THE UPCOMING VILNIUS SUMMIT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2013-10-21 At the EU’s Foreign Ministers meeting on 21 October in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius stressed that partner countries had to make more progress and that the EU had to take into account aspirations...
AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIRST COMMITTEE LITHUANIA ENCOURAGES TO LOOK FOR COMMON GROUND IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Added 2013-10-19 In her statement for the Nuclear disarmament cluster of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, Lithuanian Permanent Representative amb. Raimonda Murmokaitė stressed that it is important to focus not...
AT SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY, LITHUANIA UNDERLINES THE SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS Added 2013-10-19 At the UN Security Council open debate on Women, Peace and Security Lithuanian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Mrs. Rita Kazragienė stressed that greater attention must be paid to providing better support for victims, including by...
LITHUANIA WINS A SIGNIFICANT DIPLOMATIC VICTORY – THE COUNTRY IS ELECTED A NON-PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL Added 2013-10-18 At the 2013 United Nations Security Council election, which was held on 17 October in New York during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Lithuania received a  majority and won a non-permanent seat on the Security Council...
AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS LITHUANIA PRESENTED ITS PROGRESS ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Added 2013-10-17 At the UN General Assembly Third Committee on Human Rights, Lithuania underlined that adequate access to education and equal opportunities, maximizing the development of education coverage for children and young adults, remains one of the key...
AT GA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE LITHUANIA CALLS FOR HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GENDER EQUALITY Added 2013-10-15 Statement by the Republic of Lithuania at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on advancement of women.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND HIS 41 COUNTERPARTS CALL FOR UNIVERSAL ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY Added 2013-10-10 On 10 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and his counterparts from 41 countries signed a joint call to abolish the death penalty. “The death penalty is not only an intolerable affront to human dignity,...