I have the honour to speak on behalf of Estonia, Latvia and my own country, Lithuania. Our delegations associate themselves with the statement made on behalf of the European Union. I will deliver an abridged version of our statement. The full text will be available on our Missions’ websites.
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I thank you, Mr. President, for having organizing this important debate. Lithuania aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union.
Today’s debate is a reminder once again that an ample knowledge base exists on what is needed to improve the protection of civilian populations b…
I am honoured to speak on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Lithuania. Poland and Bulgaria associate themselves with this statement.
Today the world faces the worst levels of displacement since the end of the Secon…
I thank the French presidency for convening this open debate. I also thank the briefers for their critical contributions and testimonies.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
Primitive yet effective, the use of rape as a tool of war is raging in…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s debate, and all the briefers for their important contributions and insights.
The protection of civilians was one of the main priorities of Lithuania’s membership on the Security Council, on which we organized two debates and an Arria Formula m…
My delegation welcomes the initiative, Madam President, to hold this open briefing on Yemen. I thank all of the briefers for their valuable contributions, which once again remind us of the deep and abysmal crisis that Yemen is in. To expect a military solution or a surrender of the other side is to …
I would like to thank the United States presidency for organizing today’s meeting on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), and Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for his briefing.
Regrettably, in 2015 we had yet again a year marked by an upsurge in extreme violence on the part of terrorists around…
I would like to welcome Ambassador Saikal of Afghanistan to the Council and to thank Special Representative Nicholas Haysom for his brutally truthful assessment of the situation.
We stand by the people of Afghanistan and its National Unity Government. The deteriorating situation in the Hindu Kush c…
Our meeting today and the adoption of resolution 2254 (2015) mark an important step towards the settlement of the most brutal conflict of this century. The peace process that started in Vienna is long overdue, as a human tragedy continues to take place inside Syria and keeps spilling over its border…
My delegation would like to commend the presidency for steering the negotiations that led to the adoption of resolution 2253 (2015) and for organizing this timely debate. We hope that this innovative format, with the participation of senior officials in charge of the subject matter, will become a tr…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to present the outgoing Chairs’ views on the work done in steering the Council’s subsidiary bodies. I have had the privilege to set up and preside over two sanctions committees: the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013…
I would like to thank the Ambassador for his report and efforts in steering the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) during this crucial year.
Lithuania welcomes the fact that, since agreement was reached on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vien…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today.
We commend the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC for its continuing efforts to fulfil the mandate to investigate the crimes under the Rome Statute committed in Darfur. We have often reiterate…
I have the honour to brief the members of the Security Council in my capacity as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013), concerning the Central African Republic. In my statement, I intend to highlight the main findings of the final report of the Pa…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Assistant Secretary- General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović, John Ging of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Ambassador Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring …
I thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their contributions to this debate.
Serious and grave violations of human rights serve as a warning sign of instability and conflict, especially in the absence of account…
I thank Judges Carmel Agius, Vagn Joensen and Theodor Meron and Prosecutors Serge Brammertz and Hassan Bubakar Jallow for their extensive briefings on the implementation of the completion strategy for both ad hoc Tribunals. I also take this opportunity to extend our appreciation to Ambassador Cristi…
At the outset, allow me to thank the delegation of Germany for facilitating the negotiations on the draft resolution (A/70/L.23) on the situation in Afghanistan. We look forward to its unanimous adoption.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
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I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel for her briefing and for her dedicated work on the ground.
As the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/866) indicates, the Sahel region continues to face grave security, development and socioeconomic challenges. Close coordi…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his report on the future of United Nations peace operations (S/2015/682), in which he proposes ways forward to implement the recommendations submitted by the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations. We appreciate the presi…
