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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR MURMOKAITĖ AT UNSC DEBATE ON AFGHANISTAN Added 2013-03-19   "We welcome the continued engagement of the political parties and civil society in election-related developments, as the elections of 2014 and 2015 will have a defining impact on Afghanistan’s future transformation", reiterated...
LITHUANIA UPGRADES STATUS OF GENERAL DELEGATION OF PALESTINE IN HELSINKI Added 2013-03-09 On 8 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Nabil Darwish Alwazir, head of the General Delegation of Palestine in Helsinki, and handed over a note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, informing him that the...
LITHUANIA ACCEEDS TO THE CONVENTION ON REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE Added 2013-03-08 On 8 March in New York, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania deposited with the UN Secretary General instrument of accession to the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space.
MISSION DIPLOMATS WELCOME LITHUANIAN DELEGATION TO THE MODEL UN CONFERENCE Added 2013-03-07 Lithuanian mission met with a group of students from the Miami Valley School in Dayton, Ohio, that will be representing Lithuania at the National High School Model United Nations Conference. Lithuania's policies and positions on issues...
AT CSW LITHUANIA CALLS FOR ACTION TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Added 2013-03-07 "Violence against women is one of the most flagrant violations of human rights as it touches women irrespectively of cultural, religious, economic or geographic backgrounds across all countries", said Chancellor of the Ministry of Social Security...
LITHUANIA SHARES ITS EXPERIENCE IN FIGHTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Added 2013-03-06 As the panelist at the EU Side Event on “Trafficking of Women and Girls as a Form of Violence Against Women: the EU’s Response”, during the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Ambassador Raimonda...
LITHUANIA JOINS THE EFFORTS BY LA FRANCOPHONIE TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS Added 2013-03-05 At the high level meeting of la Francophonie on the fight against violence against women, ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė underlined that violence against women and girls constitutes a horrible violation of human rights and has serious consequences...
DAY IN THE PICTURE: EU COMMISSIONER ŠEMETA MEETS UNSG BAN KI-MOON Added 2013-02-25   On 22 February 2013 during his two day visit to New York EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Algirdas Šemėta met with UN SG Ban Ki-moon. Algirdas Šemėta is the former Finance Minister of...
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR MURMOKAITĖ AT THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS FOR THE ARMS TRADE TREATY Added 2013-02-20 In her statement, Ambassador Murmokaitė advocated for explicit norms aimed at preventing transfers, which are likely to be used to perpetrate acts of gender-based and sexual violence, and provisions that would ensure that...
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR MURMOKAITĖ AT SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICTS Added 2013-02-13 "Lithuania joined more than 50 states in signing a letter of January 13, 2013, which called upon the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court" said Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent...