Linkevičius: We are proud that Lithuania’s representative will head a committee of the United Nations
Today, the Professor at Vilnius University Dalia Leinartė was elected as Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). For the first time in modern history of Lithuania’s multilateral diplomacy, the Lithuanian representative has assumed the charge of the top leadership position in one of the bodies of the United Nations. On that occasion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held a telephone conversation to congratulate the Professor personally.
“This is a huge acknowledgement of your personal and professional success, and of Lithuania’s involvement in addressing the issue of women’s rights. This achievement also raises the bar for us, obliges Lithuania to strengthen its efforts to end violence against women, their discrimination and inequality that is still experienced in various ways,” said the Minister Linkevičius.
Leinartė has been a member of the CEDAW Committee since 2013. She has been the Vice-Chairperson of the CEDAW Committee for the last two years. Following a successful election campaign that was run by Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions abroad, last autumn Leinartė was re-elected to the CEDAW Committee for the term 2017-2020. She received more votes than any other elected member did. The Professor will preside over the Committee for the next two years. Since the establishment of the CEDAW Committee in 1982, the Professor is only the second Eastern European representative elected as Chairperson of the CEDAW Committee.
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