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Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on the Middle East (Syria) Added 2015-02-26 I thank the Chinese Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of February for convening this briefing. I also thank Assistant Secretary General for the Humanitarian Affairs Kyung-wha Kang and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council open debate on maintenance of international peace and security Added 2015-02-24 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On 24 October 1945 the United Nations  came into existence  in response to the unspeakable horrors of World War II, which left an indelible scar of the Holocaust on the...
Lithuanian and Chinese Foreign Ministers discuss bilateral trade and implementation of Minsk Agreements Added 2015-02-24 On the eve of the debate of the United Nations Security Council on 22 February in New York, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi discussed strengthening trade relations, in...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing by OSCE Chair Added 2015-02-24 Mr. President, I wish to welcome Minister Dacić to the Council in his capacity as the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. Forty years ago the Helsinki Final Act spelt out fundamental principles governing relations from Vancuver to Vladivostok:...
Minister Linas Linkevičius: let’s not ignore the attempts to redraw the map of Europe Added 2015-02-24 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the UN Security Council open debate on Maintaining International Peace and Security:  reflect on history, reaffirm the strong commitment to the purpose and the...
In New York, L.Linkevičius meets with Foreign Ministers of the UAE, New Zealand and Malaysia Added 2015-02-23 In the margins of the United Nations Security Council’s open debate on 23 February in New York, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and New Zealand. They...
In New York, L.Linkevičius meets with Foreign Ministers of the UAE, New Zealand and Malaysia Added 2015-02-23 In the margins of the United Nations Security Council’s open debate on 23 February in New York, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and New Zealand. They...
Lithuania in the UN Security Council: Minsk Accords must be respected by all parties, including Russia Added 2015-02-20 On 17 February, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously Resolution 2202, which welcomes the Declaration of Ukraine, France, Germany and the Russian Federation on support of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Accords”,...
Lithuania's explanation of vote after adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2202 (2015) Added 2015-02-18 Mr. President, With a heavy heart, Lithuania voted in favour of the resolution. And with a clear understanding of the terrible toll of this unprovoked, imposed war on Ukraine: - more than 20,000 people internally displaced due to the illegal...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council debate on Kosovo Added 2015-02-06 I welcome Mr. Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Hashim Thaci of Kosovo to the Council and thank them for their statements. I also thank...