ADDRESS BY THE VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA ASTA SKAISGIRYTĖ LIAUŠKIENĖ TO THE 16th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL. Geneva, 2 March 2011
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Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner,Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my honour to address the Human Rights Council today. I would like to begin by welcoming the United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted yesterday on suspension of the...
SPEECH BY THE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE OF THE OSCE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION “THE LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE PERCEPTION: AN OLD LANGUAGE OF MODERN COMMUNICATION”. Vienna, Austria, 24 February 2011
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Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,
We have invited you here to an exhibition that bears a rather ambitious title: Understanding Lithuanian. Please don’t worry – we don’t mean for you to take a class in Lithuanian.
However, to...
STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE OF THE OSCE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS TO THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY. Vienna, Austria, 24 February 2011
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Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is good to be back with old colleagues and friends from the Parliamentary Assembly. I am particularly pleased to see among you Vilija Abramikiene who has succeeded me as the head of my own Lithuanian...
REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE OF THE OSCE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS BEFORE THE US HELSINKI COMMISSION. Washington, 16 February 2011
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Chairman Smith, Co-Chairman Cardin, Ranking member Hastings, Dear other members of the Commission, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honor and pleasure to appear before the Helsinki Commission. Thirty-five years ago, in 1976, following...
STATEMENT BY H.E. AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA, CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE OF THE ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, AT UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. United Nations, New York, 15 February 2011
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Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to address the Security Council as Chairman–in-Office of the OSCE. With 56 participating States spanning the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian region, the...
REMARKS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ENERGY SECURITY CENTER. The General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Vilnius, 14 January 2011
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Ladies and Gentlemen, My dear Colleagues,And dear guests,
It is a pleasure and honor for me to welcome so many distinguished guests here in the premises of the Lithuanian Military Academy on the occasion of the opening of the Energy Security...
ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE OF THE OSCE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS TO THE OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL "IN FREEDOM WE BELIEVE". Vienna, 13 January 2011
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Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to address the Permanent Council as Chairperson-in-Office as I meet with you for the first time since reconfirming our OSCE commitments in the Commemorative Declaration at Astana.
It is...
WELCOMING SPEECH BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE „A NEW REGION OF EUROPE: PARADIGMS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE BALTIC-BLACK SEA INTERMARUM“. 26 November 2010, Vilnius
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Distinguished participants of the conference,Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my great honour and pleasure to welcome you here today at the international academic conference on regional development paradigms in the Baltic – Black Sea Intermarum.
It...
SPEECH BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS "THE FRONTIERS OF EUROPE: CHALLENGES OF 2011 AND LITHUANIAN CHAIRMANSHIPS". Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., 14 November 2010
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“Where are the frontiers of Europe?”, “What should become of frontiers in Europe?” - These are few of questions that international relations experts debate over and over.
It is a particular pleasure to speak on this subject here, at the...
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LITHUANIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS DALIUS ČEKUOLIS AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY MEETING ON THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN. New York, 4 November 2010
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Mr. President,Lithuania aligns itself with the statement made by Belgium on behalf of the European Union. This debate gives us a good opportunity to renew the international community‘s message of solidarity and support for the Afghan people...