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STATEMENT BY LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR AT UNSC WRAP-UP MEETING Added 2014-05-01 Statement by Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, 30 April 2014 Implementation of Note S/2010/507, UNSC Private meeting Madam President, May I commend you and all the team of Nigeria for the...
LITHUANIA CALLS ON RUSSIA TO FOLLOW ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER GENEVA AGREEMENT AND TO STOP THREATENING THE USE OF FORCE Added 2014-04-30 29 April, New York. “The international community had placed high hopes on international mediation and monitoring efforts and the 17 April Geneva agreement on Ukraine. In fact, the Geneva agreement ended up being yet another document to be...
SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IS A VITAL ELEMENT OF RULE OF LAW, SAYS LITHUANIA’S REPRESENTATIVE Added 2014-04-29 „Security sector reform may sound technical, yet its direct impact on both security and millions of livelihoods is obvious. Its need becomes very real soldier or a police officer whose only calling should be to serve his country with...
PARTICIPANTS OF THE MARCH OF THE LIVING HONOUR HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS Added 2014-04-28 On 28 April, Monday, Lithuania hosted the 6th March of the Living, which is dedicated to Yom HaShoah - the Holocaust Remembrance Day - in Israel and in many other countries, and commemorates the tragedy of the whole of humanity, honours the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES THE NEED FOR SOLIDARITY IN SOLVING UKRAINE'S CONFLICT AT THE SEDONA FORUM IN THE UNITED STATES Added 2014-04-27 “All the means that we took against Russia over Ukraine were too soft and belated. Therefore, I reiterate the need for the EU, NATO, the United Nations and other international organizations to show solidarity. The United States has to...
COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED APPROACH NEEDED TO FIGHT CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE Added 2014-04-26 25 April, New York. „Sexual violence is used as a tactic and weapon of war and impunity prevails. The only way to effectively address this scourge is a comprehensive and integrated approach which entails prevention, early warning, justice...
Lithuania establishes diplomatic relations with the Republic of Liberia Added 2014-04-23 On 23 April, in New York, H.E. Ms. Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, and H.E. Ms. Marjon V. Kamara, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations, signed...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS REFFERING THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE MECHANISM Added 2014-04-18 17 April, New York. “Widespread and gross human rights violations are being committed by the state almost on an industrial scale. In many instances, as stated by the Commission of Inquiry, the violations in North Korea constitute grave...
LITHUANIA CALLS ON RUSSIA TO STOP SPREADING DISINFORMATION AND EXPRESSES SUPPORT TO THE WORK OF UN HRMMU Added 2014-04-16 16 April, New York. “Crimea’s annexation and now the destabilization of eastern Ukraine is not about the protection of Russian speaking minorities or alleged Ukraine’s radical extremism. It is about obstructing and preventing the...
LITHUANIA-FRANCE POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS FOCUS ON BILATERAL COOPERATION, ISSUES ON INTERNATIONAL AGENDA Added 2014-04-16 On 15 April in Paris, the Political Director of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Dalius Čekuolis met with the Political Director of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jacques Audibert. The meeting focused on events in Ukraine, as well as...