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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...
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 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,...
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...
Lithuania offers human rights recommendations to Belarus Added 2020-11-03 On 2 November, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor at the 36th session of the Working Group of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to address the human rights situation in Belarus.
The Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant is an example of human rights violations Added 2020-10-29 On 27 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius participated in a conference, which was organised in Bucharest (Romania) and focused on the situation in and the future prospects for Belarus.
Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and Canada met in Vilnius Added 2020-10-16 On 16 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne in Vilnius. The Foreign Ministers discussed bilateral cooperation in the fields of...
In Luxembourg, EU Ministers discussed action to combat climate change and COVID-19 coordination Added 2020-10-14 On 13 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg.