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Lithuania joins Arms Trade Treaty that enters into force next week Added 2014-12-19 On 18 December Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, deposited the instrument of ratification for the Arms Trade Treaty that will enter into force on 24 December. “Lithuania is very happy to...
Lithuania allocates resources to advance monitoring missions in Ukraine Added 2014-12-16 On 12 December, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs allocated the sum of 103 584 dollars (30 000 EUR) under the Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion programme, making an additional voluntary contribution to advance the OSCE Special...
It is necessary to investigate and ensure accountability for human rights violations in Ukraine, say participants of UN debate Added 2014-12-12 The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations together with non-governmental organizations in the margins of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 December held a roundtable...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister to attend EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels Added 2014-12-12 On 15 December in Brussels, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius will attend the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting. Key issues on the agenda-  Iraq, Syria. The Council will also discuss the situation in Libya, Ukraine,...
In the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council Lithuania stresses importance of new UN Development Agenda Added 2014-12-12 At the EU’s Foreign Affairs (Development) Council meeting on 12 December, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas stressed the importance of the new and comprehensive Post-2015 UN Development Agenda for sustainable development...
Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO presents letters of credence to head of International Organisation of La Francophonie Added 2014-12-11 On 10 December, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to UNESCO, Ambassador Arūnas Gelūnas presented his letters of credence to President Abdou Diouf, Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie.
L.Linkevičius: respect for human rights is integral part of Lithuania’s foreign policy Added 2014-12-10 The Lithuania-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) presented an annual human rights award to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius. The award is presented on the international Human Rights Day, 10 December.
L.Linkevičius: World awaits OSCE Ministerial Council’s concrete decisions contributing to Ukrainian conflict resolution Added 2014-12-05 Grave European security crisis, resulting from Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, is the most important item on the agenda of the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 3-5 December 2014 in Basel.
OSCE Ministerial Council aims to draw international community’s attention to situation in Crimea Added 2014-12-05 In the margins of the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, Switzerland, on 4 December, Lithuania initiated a meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and representatives from eight countries with Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev and Andrew...
Vice-Minister Krivas participated in London Conference on Afghanistan Added 2014-12-05 On 3-4 December, a delegation headed by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas participated in an international conference on Afghanistan held in London.