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Lithuania is halfway through its UN Security Council non – permanent membership term Added 2015-01-02 Throughout  2014, Lithuania, which is halfway through its term of UN Security Council non – permanent membership, has focused on addressing  the conflict in Ukraine, ensuring the rule of law, protecting civilians in armed conflict,...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister: direct negotiation is the only way to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Added 2014-12-31 Lithuania along with the United Kingdom, South Korea, Rwanda and Nigeria abstained in the vote on the draft resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations Security Council on 30 December. The resolution fell short of the...
At the UN Security Council Lithuania urged to seek responsibility for crimes against humanity being committed in North Korea Added 2014-12-24 On 22 December, at the meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN SC), Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė urged the international community to seek responsibility for the...
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 and all other EU Member States did not support Russia's resolution at UN which attempts to manipulate history Added 2014-11-21 The Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism and Other Contemporary Forms of Racism put forward by the Russian Federation was adopted by voting on 21 November 2014 at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 115 states...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister called on international community to fight terrorism more effectively Added 2014-11-20 At high-level United Nations Security Council debate, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas called on the international community to implement counter-terrorism measures more effectively. The United Nations Security Council...
In UN Security Council Lithuania urged Russia to end undeclared war against Ukraine Added 2014-11-13 In the United Nations Security Council session, that addressed the latest developments in Ukraine, on 12 November, Lithuania urged Russia to end an undeclared war against Ukraine. "The conflict in Ukraine is not an internal affair. Not a civil...
Lithuania regrets Russia‘s support for illegal "elections" in east of Ukraine Added 2014-11-01 Lithuania regrets Russia’s decision to block the adoption by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of a press statement on the illegal “elections” in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine to be held by armed separatists on 2...
At the UN Security Council Lithuania urged the international community to condemn organising the illegal “elections” in occupied Donbas Added 2014-10-25 Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė urged the international community to condemn the “elections” in Donbas, Ukraine, being organised on 2 November by the pro-Russian separatists. 
L.Linkevičius calls for not using UN Security Council veto in situations of genocide and crimes against humanity Added 2014-09-26 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius on 25 September attended the UN Security Council’s High-level meeting “Framing the veto in the event of mass atrocities” and called not to use UN Security Council veto in such...