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Lithuania in the UN Security Council: it is necessary to guarantee accountability for downing MH17 Added 2015-07-30 The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution on 29 July in New York that would allow to set up International Criminal Tribunal  to establish responsibility for the crime associated with Malaysia Airlines plane MH17...
Lithuanian representative at the United Nations emphasized Russia's responsibility for instigating tensions in eastern Ukraine Added 2015-06-08 On June 5 at an extraordinary United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė noted that bloody offensive against Marinka village near Donetsk by Russian-backed...
UN Security Council discussed measures to fight foreign terrorist fighters Added 2015-05-29 On May 29, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius chaired a high-level United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on "Terrorist attacks and threat to international peace and security, " that was organized by Lithuania as President of the...
Press Conference by Mr. Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania at the UN Headquarters, 27 May 2015, UN WEB TV Added 2015-05-28 Press Conference by Mr. Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania at the UN Headquarters, 27 May 2015, UN WEB TV http://webtv.un.org/watch/linas-linkevičius-lithuania-press-conference-27-may-2015/4260695947001  
UN Security Council adopted a resolution on the protection of journalists in conflict zones drafted by Lithuania Added 2015-05-28 On 27 May, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution, drafted by Lithuania, on the protection of journalists in conflict zones.  Scaling up efforts of the global community to ensure safety of journalists and media...
UN Security Council adopts resolution on small arms submitted by Lithuania Added 2015-05-23 On May 22, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution, submitted by Lithuania, on small arms and light weapons, underlining the suffering they caused to civilians.
At the UN Security Council debate - calls for fight against proliferation of small arms and light weapons Added 2015-05-14 At the initiative of the Lithuanian Presidency, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on small arms and light weapons on 13 May.
Holding the UN Security Council Presidency in May Lithuania will focus on protection of civilians Added 2015-05-01 On May 1, Lithuania takes over the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. During the month of Presidency Lithuania intends to focus on protection of civilians - safety of journalists in conflict situations, threat posed by small arms...
Lithuanian representative meets with the Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, reiterates that Lithuania does not recognize the annexation of Crimea Added 2015-04-29 On 27 April in New York, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė met with Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, who is participating in the Fourteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on...
At UN Security Council, Lithuanian Permanent Representative voices her concern over the situation in the Middle East Added 2015-04-22 At the United Nations Security Council open debate on the Middle East on 21 April, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė said that the situation in the region had rarely been more dramatic. The worst...