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At UNSC meeting Lithuania reiterated condemnation of all attempts to destroy Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity Added 2014-05-03 On 2 May at the urgent Security Council meeting on the recent developments in Eastern Ukraine Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations reiterated Lithuania’s condemnation of all attempts to destroy...
Lithuania calls on Russia to follow its commitments under Geneva agreement and to stop threatening the use of force Added 2014-04-30 29 April, New York. “The international community had placed high hopes on international mediation and monitoring efforts and the 17 April Geneva agreement on Ukraine. In fact, the Geneva agreement ended up being yet another document to be signed...
Comprehensive and integrated approach needed to fight conflict-related sexual violence Added 2014-04-28 25 April, New York. „Sexual violence is used as a tactic and weapon of war and impunity prevails. The only way to effectively address this scourge is a comprehensive and integrated approach which entails prevention, early warning, justice and...
Lithuania supports referring the human rights situation in North Korea to international criminal justice mechanism Added 2014-04-18 17 April, New York. “Widespread and gross human rights violations are being committed by the state almost on an industrial scale. In many instances, as stated by the Commission of Inquiry, the violations in North Korea constitute grave crimes...
Lithuania calls on Russia to stop spreading disinformation and expresses support to the work of UN HRMMU Added 2014-04-17 16 April, New York. “Crimea’s annexation and now the destabilization of eastern Ukraine is not about the protection of Russian speaking minorities or alleged Ukraine’s radical extremism. It is about obstructing and preventing the May 25...
Lithuania urges Russia to cease any further actions aimed at destabilizing Ukraine Added 2014-04-14 “Lithuania is deeply concerned with the sharp deterioration of the situation in Eastern Ukraine. External forces and provocateurs continue to fuel separatism and hatred, destabilizing the situation in the Eastern Ukraine,” the Permanent...
UN Security Council members met Crimean Tatars to discuss the human rights situation on the ground Added 2014-04-01 On 31 March the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations organized an informal meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, in Arria-formula, on the human rights and media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine.
UN General Assembly affirms its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity Added 2014-03-28 On 27 March, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted resolution affirming its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister condemns North Korea’s provocative actions Added 2014-03-28 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius strongly condemns North Korea’s launch of two ballistic missiles on 26 March.
Russia refuses to reaffirm its commitments to sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine Added 2014-03-15 Russia vetoed United Nations Security Council resolution reaffirming commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and declaring the invalidity of the March 16...