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Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on ICC Sudan Added 2015-06-30 Mr. President, I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her briefing updating on Darfur referral. My delegation commends the Office of the Prosecutor for its sustained efforts to fulfill...
Lithuania’s Statement at the Security Council meeting in Arria format on “Indiscriminate use of Weapons, including barrel bombs, against civilians in Syria: what response from the international community? Added 2015-06-29 We have long lost count of the dead in the Syrian crisis. Quite a while ago, as we reached the 220000 deaths, we simply stopped counting. Probably, a unique case in the history of humanitarian crises. And Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis of...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council debate on Afghanistan, UNAMA Added 2015-06-22 I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General Nicholas Haysom for the briefing. My delegation expresses appreciation for all important work you, UNAMA and all UN family are doing in Afghanistan. Lithuania aligns...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council open debate on children in armed conflict Added 2015-06-19 Mr. President, I would like to thank Malaysia for holding this open debate. I also thank the briefers for their presentations. Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union. Armed conflicts...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on peacekeeping operations Added 2015-06-17 Mr. President, I would like to thank Lieutenant General Yohaness Gebremeskel Tesfamariam (UNMISS), Major General Michael Collesgaard (MINUSMA) and Major General Michael Finn (UNTSO) for their briefings. Lithuania welcomes this yearly...
Lithuania's statement at the 8th session of the conference of state parties to the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities Added 2015-06-09 Five years passed since Lithuania has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. Today we can already make some assessment of what has been achieved in the area of social integration and project...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine Added 2015-06-05 Let me thank you for convening this meeting on a short notice. Under-secretary General Jeffrey Feltman and Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, delivered clear assessment of the reality on the...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council debate on International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Added 2015-06-04 I would like to thank Judges Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their extensive briefings today. Lithuania reiterates its thanks to all the staff of the Tribunals for their work. The upcoming commemoration of the 20th...
Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic countries at the GA meeting on protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development Added 2015-06-04 Madam President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour for me to speak today on behalf of Baltic and Nordic States: Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and my own country Lithuania. Poland associates itself...
UN Security Council discussed measures to fight foreign terrorist fighters Added 2015-05-29 On May 29, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius chaired a high-level United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on "Terrorist attacks and threat to international peace and security" that was organized by Lithuania as President of the UN...