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Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on Libya ICC Added 2014-12-18 I would like to thank Ms Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for presenting her eighth report to the Security Council. We welcome the ongoing investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor, and its efforts aimed at...
ICRtoP: No Protection without Participation: The Responsibility to Include Displaced Women Added 2014-12-18 On October 28, 2014, the Security Council held its annual open debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) focusing on women as refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). The urgency of this matter cannot be understated, as the world reaches...
Lithuanian Statement (Right of reply) at the UN General Assembly 69th session's discussion on the Agenda Item 86: Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency Added 2014-12-18 Madam President, Lithuania exercises its right of reply with regard to the statement delivered by the distinguished representative of Belarus. Countries developing new nuclear energy projects are expected to follow the principles of...
Lithuania regrets Russia‘s support for illegal „elections“ in east of Ukraine Added 2014-12-18 Lithuania regrets Russia’s decision to block the adoption by the United Nations Security Council (UN Security Council) of a press statement on the illegal “elections” in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine to be held by armed separatists on...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council debate on UNAMA, Afghanistan Added 2014-12-18 I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General Nicholas Haysom for his first briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. I extend my delegation’s congratulations to you on assuming the post. We wish...
Lithuania joins Arms Trade Treaty that enters into force December 24, 2014 Added 2014-12-18 On 18 December Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, deposited the instrument of ratification for the Arms Trade Treaty that will enter into force on 24 December. “Lithuania is very happy to...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council open debate on working methods Added 2014-11-17 Madam President, I thank you for organizing this debate and your commitment in guiding the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Matters. This year has been one of the most productive in terms of the Notes of the...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council meeting on situation in Ukraine Added 2014-11-17 Let me thank Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco and Assistant Secretary General Ivan Šimonović for their briefings. We thank the UN and its Human Rights Monitoring Mission for its work and look forward to its continued reporting....
Lithuania's statement at the UN General Assemly 3rd Committee interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Added 2014-11-17 Madam Chair,  Lithuania would like to thank the Special Rapporteur, Ms Rashida Manjoo, for her briefing. Let me take this opportunity to express our full support to your mandate and your work, Madam Special Rapporteur.  Violence...
At the UN Security Council Lithuania urged the international community to condemn organising the illegal “elections” in occupied Donbas Added 2014-11-17 Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė urged the international community to condemn the “elections” in Donbas, Ukraine, being organised on 2 November by the pro-Russian separatists. “The...