Like others, I thank the Rwandan delegation for organizing this timely debate on United Nations and regional partnerships, with a focus on Africa. Africa’s regional and subregional organizations have been actively involved in seeking solutions to conflicts on the continent, and their cooperation wit…
Lithuania thanks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his efforts to protect civilians and reach a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union later on.
Our eyes are riveted upon Gaza. We condemn the loss of hundreds o…
The international community has been in painful shock since the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in the Donetsk oblast of Ukraine on Thursday. Having heard the statements today, I believe all of us are still in a state of disbelief.
Ukrainian and international investigators and observers of …
We sincerely thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his latest briefing on the situation in the region.
We are deeply concerned about the dramatic escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and the loss in human lives. We deeply deplore the growing number of…
We are deeply shocked by yesterday’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing
777 in eastern Ukraine. We express our sincere condolences to Malaysia, the Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada and the other nations whose citizens were among the…
I thank Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their comprehensive briefings.
Lithuania highly values the contribution of the PBC, the Peacebuilding Fund and the …
Lithuania welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2165 (2014). More should be done to put an end to the suffering of the millions of civilians trapped in the vicious Syrian civil war. There is no higher value than human life. We all must act in order to guarantee that aid is delivered in a pro…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš and Executive Director Fedotov of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for their briefings.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States.
The 2014 pres…
I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his quarterly briefing on the work of the Security Council Committee on Iran. I would also wish to commend the Committee and its Panel of Experts for their important work.
Lithuania strongly believes in the need for a comprehensive, negotiated and l…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretaries-General Ivan Šimonović and Tayé-Brook Zerihoun for their briefings. President Poroshenko’s peace plan offers a fragile hope for a solution to this artificially induced crisis, which has been stoked by Russia’s persistent anti-Ukrainian propaganda as well a…
I thank Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Sahel, for the briefing on the progress towards the implementation of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel region. As this is the first briefing of Ms. Sellassie to the Council, allow me to congratu…
I would like to start by thanking Ms. Fatou Bensouda for her briefing and her nineteenth report to the Council on the situation in Darfur. Both the report and the Prosecutor’s briefing show that the overall situation in Darfur has not improved since she last briefed the Council in December (see S/PV…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this highly pertinent open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing.
Lithuania associates itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union by the Head of its Delegation to the United Nations.
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I would like to begin by thanking Judge Meron, Judge Joensen, Prosecutor Brammertz and Prosecutor Jallow for their comprehensive reports and briefings today.
Lithuania supports and commends the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Crimin…
The people of Ukraine have spoken. Last Sunday, they cast their votes for the future of a united Ukraine in an election
that was widely recognized as free and fair and in line with international standards by numerous international observers. As Ilkka Kanerva, head of the delegation sent to the elec…
On behalf of the Chairs of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning Counter-Terrorism; the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; and the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (201…
I would like to start by thanking Mr. Farid Zarif, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I would also like to thank His Excellency Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, President of Serbia, and Her Excellency Ms. Atifete Jahjaga, President of Kosovo, for their statements.
Let me fi…
I think we all knew what the outcome of today’s voting would be, and yet it is profoundly disappointing and disturbing to see a fourth veto on the situation in Syria, this time on the referral of the Syrian conflict to the International Criminal Court (ICC). We thank France for creating draft resolu…
We warmly welcome Mr. Valentine Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the Security Council, thank him for his report (S/2014/314, annex) and reiterate our support to him.
Lithuania associates itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
Almost 20 …
I have the honour to report to the Security Council pursuant to paragraph 19 (e) of resolution 2140 (2014) on the work of the Committee since its establishment on 26 February to date. With the agreement of Council members, the report comes later than the 60-day time frame stipulated in resolution 21…
