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UN 1540 Committee delegation visits Malawi Added 2014-09-16 NEW YORK, 8 August 2014 (Office for Disarmament Affairs) - A delegation of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee has wrapped up a four-day visit to Malawi, that took place at the invitation of the Government.  A member of the 1540...
Statement by Lithuania at the UN Security Council meeting on human rights situation in Ukraine Added 2014-09-16 I would like to thank ASG Simonovic for his briefing. OHCHR and OSCE presence on the ground remain essential. Such missions register and report facts on the ground, identify existing gaps in Government policies and, in the case of OHCHR report,...
Statement by Lithuania at the UN Security Council denate on MONUSCO Added 2014-09-16 Allow me to begin by thanking SRSG Martin Kobler, Special Envoy Mary Robinson, and Major General Joao Manuel Gonçalves Louren for their briefings today and for all their dedicated work aimed at advancing peace, stability, and security in the...
Statement by Lithuania at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine Added 2014-09-16 I thank Mr. John Ging, the Operations Director of Operation of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for his briefing. Perhaps no other crisis has seen so many meetings this year as situation in Ukraine. The number has...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council wrap-up session Added 2014-09-16 Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you for your astute steering of the Council during the month of July. Let me extend our appreciation to you and your team for the patient, professional and diligent work during a demanding and difficult...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council open debate on peacekeeping operations: the UN and regional organisations and its evolution Added 2014-09-16 I thank the Rwandan presidency of UNSC for organizing this timely open debate on UN and regional partnerships, with a focus on Africa. Africa’s regional and subregional organisations have been actively involved in seeking solutions to conflicts on...
UN Security Council adopts resolution on Malaysian airlines downing Ukraine Added 2014-09-16 On 21 July the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution on the Malaysia Airlines flight downed over the territory of Ukraine. The tragic plane crash took place on 17 May in the Donetsk region, which currently is under separatist...
Statement at the Security Council briefing on Ukraine Added 2014-09-16 Mr. President, We are deeply shocked by the yesterday’s downing of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 in Eastern Ukraine. We express our most sincere condolences to Malaysia, the Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia, UK, Germany, Belgium, the...
Statement at the UN Security Council on the postconflict peacebuilding Added 2014-09-16 I thank Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak (Croatia), former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil), present Chair of the PBC, for their briefings. Lithuania highly values the contribution of...
Unanimous adoption of Syrian humanitarian resolution: delivery of cross-border humanitarian assistance should not be hampered Added 2014-09-16 In its explanation of vote on the Resolution 2165 on humanitarian situation in Syria, Lithuania stressed that when a government is no longer in a position to guarantee the safety and the basic needs of its citizens, it must not stand in the...