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Professor Dalia Leinartė re-elected to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for a third time Added 2020-11-10 On 9 November, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) elections took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Professor Dalia Leinartė, a candidate of Lithuania, was elected for the period 2021-2024...
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with the new Ambassador of Italy Added 2020-11-10 On 10 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Italian Ambassador Diego Ungaro.
Lithuania’s representative elected to the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Added 2020-11-09 On 6 November, Lithuania’s representative Feliksas Bakanauskas was elected to the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) for a period of three years (2021-2023) during the election of the Fifth...
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius bids farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of Afghanistan Added 2020-11-09 On 9 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius virtually bade farewell to Afghanistan's Ambassador to Lithuania Gul Hussain Ahmadi, who resided in Warsaw.
Foreign Vice-Minister Zananavičius: The EU and the U.S. must take the lead in setting international standards Added 2020-11-09 On 9 November, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius took part in a video conference of the EU Trade Ministers, who discussed transatlantic trade relations after the U.S. presidential election.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius attended the Baltic Council in Tallinn Added 2020-11-08 On 6 November, the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Council of Ministers convened for the 26th Baltic Council that was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius.
OSCE Report shows human rights violations in Belarus Added 2020-11-05 On 5 November, the Report on Alleged Human Rights Violations Related to the Presidential Elections of 9 August in Belarus was presented to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Joint Statement Invoking the Moscow Mechanism in Relation to Serious Human Rights Violations in Belarus Added 2020-11-05 At the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 17 September 2020, 17 participating States – Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,...
Lithuania sent a note of protest to Belarus Added 2020-11-04 On 4 November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania sent a note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus in response to information received yesterday on the start of power production in the unsafe Ostrovets nuclear power...
The 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights reminds us of continuing conflicts Added 2020-11-04 On 4 November, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas attended a virtual session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which marked the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights and...