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LITHUANIA MAKES PLEDGES TO UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Added 2012-11-14 First time participant at the UN Pledging Conference, Lithuania has informed of the recent pledges made to UN Women, United Nations Office for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS STRENGTHENING OF THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Added 2012-11-06   On 6 November at the UN General Assembly, during the consideration of the annual report on judicial activities of the International Court of Justice, Lithuania reiterated its support to the strengthening of the role of this principal...
UNGA 67 FIRST COMMITTEE: STATEMENT ON DISARMAMENT MACHINERY Added 2012-11-02 In its statement at the thematic debate on disarmament machinery of the UN General Assembly First Committee, Lithuania expressed regret that the Conference on Disarmament has again been unable to break the longstanding impasse and...
NEW LITHUANIAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL Added 2012-10-29 Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaite, new Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, presented her credentials to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 25 October 2012.
UNGA 67 FIRST COMMITTEE: STATEMENT ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS Added 2012-10-25 At the thematic debate on conventional weapons of the UN General Assembly First Committee, Lithuania expressed its full support to the proposal to convene the Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in March, which...
LITHUANIA STRENGTHENS COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE Added 2012-10-22 On 22 October, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Clément Duhaime, Administrator of the International Organization of la Francophonie, signed a cooperation agreement between the Government of Lithuania and the...
LITHUANIAN COMPLETES UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT FELLOWSHIP Added 2012-10-22 Lithuanian national Ms. Dalia Vitkauskaitė-Meurice was among the representatives of 25 countries completing the 2012 United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme. The participants were awarded certificates of participation...
UNGA 67 FIRST COMMITTEE: STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS Added 2012-10-19 At the thematic debate of the UN General Assembly First Committee, Lithuania emphasized the importance of confidence building measures in pursuing nuclear disarmament, as well as making nonstrategic nuclear weapons a part of arms...
LITHUANIA CALLS UPON UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO STRENGTHEN CO-OPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT Added 2012-10-18 On 17 November at the UN Security Council open debate on peace and justice Lithuania strongly supported the ICC in its role as an impartial arbiter of international justice. Lithuania stressed that its existence signified our common...
LITHUANIA ENCOURAGES DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ORGANISATION AND UNDERLINES CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM SEA-DUMPED CHEMICAL WEAPONS Added 2012-10-02 At the High Level Meeting "Fifteen years of Chemical Weapons Convention" in New York, Lithuania called for adaptation of the Organisation on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as stockpiles of chemical weapons diminish and new threats...