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MINISTER LINAS LINKEVIČIUS VISITS UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK Added 2013-03-25 On 25 March Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius kicked off the Lithuania's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2014-2015. The Minister is on a working visit in New York where he is to meet with UN Secretary General...
LITHUANIA JOINS THE CELEBRATION OF THE MONTH OF LA FRANCOPHONIE Added 2013-03-21 On the occasion of the Month of la Francophonie 2013, Permanent Mission of Lithuania in collaboration with Permanent Representation of International Organization of la Francophonie in New York held an exhibition "Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de...
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR MURMOKAITĖ AT UNSC DEBATE ON AFGHANISTAN Added 2013-03-19   "We welcome the continued engagement of the political parties and civil society in election-related developments, as the elections of 2014 and 2015 will have a defining impact on Afghanistan’s future transformation", reiterated...
LITHUANIA UPGRADES STATUS OF GENERAL DELEGATION OF PALESTINE IN HELSINKI Added 2013-03-09 On 8 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Nabil Darwish Alwazir, head of the General Delegation of Palestine in Helsinki, and handed over a note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, informing him that the...
LITHUANIA ACCEEDS TO THE CONVENTION ON REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE Added 2013-03-08 On 8 March in New York, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania deposited with the UN Secretary General instrument of accession to the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space.
MISSION DIPLOMATS WELCOME LITHUANIAN DELEGATION TO THE MODEL UN CONFERENCE Added 2013-03-07 Lithuanian mission met with a group of students from the Miami Valley School in Dayton, Ohio, that will be representing Lithuania at the National High School Model United Nations Conference. Lithuania's policies and positions on issues...
AT CSW LITHUANIA CALLS FOR ACTION TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Added 2013-03-07 "Violence against women is one of the most flagrant violations of human rights as it touches women irrespectively of cultural, religious, economic or geographic backgrounds across all countries", said Chancellor of the Ministry of Social Security...
LITHUANIA SHARES ITS EXPERIENCE IN FIGHTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Added 2013-03-06 As the panelist at the EU Side Event on “Trafficking of Women and Girls as a Form of Violence Against Women: the EU’s Response”, during the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Ambassador Raimonda...
LITHUANIA JOINS THE EFFORTS BY LA FRANCOPHONIE TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS Added 2013-03-05 At the high level meeting of la Francophonie on the fight against violence against women, ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė underlined that violence against women and girls constitutes a horrible violation of human rights and has serious consequences...
DAY IN THE PICTURE: EU COMMISSIONER ŠEMETA MEETS UNSG BAN KI-MOON Added 2013-02-25   On 22 February 2013 during his two day visit to New York EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Algirdas Šemėta met with UN SG Ban Ki-moon. Algirdas Šemėta is the former Finance Minister of...