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L.LINKEVIČIUS: EUROPE'S RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IS INTENSIFYING Added 2014-03-21 On 20 March in Berlin, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed events in Ukraine and stressed the importance of a unified, clear and strong response of the...
STATEMENT BY THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA AT THE BRIEFING BY THE CHAIR OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE RESOLUTION 1737 (2006) ON IRAN Added 2014-03-20 Madame President, I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his quarterly briefing on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to the resolution 1737 on Iran. I also wish to commend the Committee and its Panel of...
LITHUANIA'S STATEMENT IN PUBLIC MEETING ON UKRAINE Added 2014-03-20 Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations Statement by H.E. Ms. Raimonda Murmokaitė Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations March 19, 2014 Madame President, Last Sunday, a hastily...
FOREIGN MINISTRY'S STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ANNEXATION IN CRIMEA Added 2014-03-19 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania condemns the signing of the agreement between the Russian Federation, Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Ukrainian city of Sevastopol on 18 March 2014 as a serious violation of...
LITHUANIA'S STATEMENT IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON POST-CONFLICT PEACEBUILDING Added 2014-03-19 I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General J. Elliasson and also Ambassador Antionio de Aguiar Patriota and UNDP administrator Helen Clark for their comprehensive briefings. Sustaining and consolidating peace is a central objective of the...
EU FOREIGN MINISTERS APPROVE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESCALATION OF SITUATION IN UKRAINE Added 2014-03-17 Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, unanimously condemned yesterday’s illegal referendum in Crimea on joining Russia and stressed that it...
LITHUANIA'S STATEMENT IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNAMA, AFGHANISTAN Added 2014-03-17 Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations Statement by H.E. Ms. Raimonda Murmokaitė Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations UNSC Debate on UNAMA, Afghanistan March 17, 2014 I would...
RUSSIA REFUSES TO REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENTS TO SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE Added 2014-03-17 Russia vetoed United Nations Security Council resolution reaffirming commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and declaring the invalidity of the March 16...
LITHUANIA'S STATEMENT IN PUBLIC UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SITUATION IN UKRAINE Added 2014-03-13 13 March Security Council open meeting Agenda item: Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136).  Mr. President,  As...
LITHUANIA STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUAL WOMEN AND MEN PARTICIPATION Added 2014-03-12 “Equal participation of both men and women in the political, economic, social and other spheres of life serves as an engine for democracy, smart and sustainable development, inclusive economic growth and prosperity. It contributes to...