We have a tiny army and very small reserves of weapons. It is not exactly right to suggest that Lithuania is providing armaments to Ukraine. We have provided medical assistance; we have taken wounded Ukrainian soldiers into Lithuanian hospitals. That is true. However, it has nothing to do with all o…
There is a pattern in this repeated taking of the floor, and usually there is one delegation that ends by taking the floor three or four times. We rarely do that, but this time I have a couple of comments. First, it is not easy for any country, be it Ukraine or any other country, to work on a consti…
Lithuania welcomes the adoption by consensus of resolution 2201 (2015), on Yemen, which we were happy to sponsor. In the past months, the Security Council has not always been at its best, and we have been too slow to act on several occasions. This particular signal that the Council is ready to rise …
Mr. President, I thank you for organizing today’s open debate. I would also like to thank our three briefers for their sobering contributions to our discussion today. My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union.
As others before me have said, women and …
Mr. President, I join my colleagues in expressing my delegation’s appreciation to you personally and to your team for your efficient presidency of the Council during this month. A good part of the work of the Council in January was carried out in the form of open debates and open briefings, includin…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this urgent meeting on the situation in Ukraine. Let me also thank Under- Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing and insights into the current situation.
Lithuania condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on Mariupol and extends its since…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing, and I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting in view of the recent deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine and continuous violations of the Minsk agreements. Both Russia and the Russian-sponsored illegal militant…
It is a great pleasure, Madam, to have you presiding over this important debate, which has also attracted such an impressive number of speakers today. I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ambassador Antonio Patriota of Brazil, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Nobel Peace Pr…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, for their comprehensive briefings. My delegation commends the Chilean presidency of the Security Council for this initiative and welcomes the adoption of presiden…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this open meeting at the request of 10 Member States, including Lithuania. I also thank the Assistant Secretary-Generals Tayé-Brook Zerihoun and Ivan Šimonović for their briefings. Lithuania welcomes this public briefing on the situation in the Democratic People’s Rep…
Mr. President, I wish to convey my delegation’s appreciation to you and your team for an efficient and productive presidency of the Council during this month. We are approaching the end of 2014, arguably the most intensive year the Council has ever had. I wish we could conclude this year with a sens…
Whatever pretexts terrorists may employ to justify their murderous acts, there can simply be no justification for what they do. Terrorism is nothing less but an assault on our very humanity. Horrific events, like the massacre of school children in Peshawar three days ago, reinforce the sense of dram…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his first briefing to the Security Council. I extend my delegation’s congratulations to him on his appointment to this post. We wish him and the entire United Nations family on the ground best success…
I thank the Chadian presidency of the Security Council for organizing this open debate on cooperation between regional and subregional organizations on peace operations, with a focus on the United Nations and African Union (AU) partnership.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made …
I would like to start by thanking Judges Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their informative briefings, and to commend their continuous commitment, and that of their staff, to the important missions being carried out by both Tribunals and the Residual Mechanism.
Last month,…
I have the honour to brief the members of the Security Council in my capacity as 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 work of the Committee and the Panel of Experts s…
I would like to start by thanking the Australian presidency for providing me with this timely and very important opportunity to brief the Security Council on the Counter-Terrorism Committee’s efforts pursuant to resolution 2178 (2014). I recall that the Committee, with the support of its Executive D…
An undeclared war is being waged by Russia against Ukraine. By now, it is barely making the world’s headlines because it is slow and creeping — a few more metres of captured land, a few more explosions, a few more Russian tanks, a few more dead at a time. As Europe marks the twenty- fifth anniversar…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
Latest tragic incidents such as the deadly attack by a Palestinian of 22 October, the shooting of Palestinian teenagers and settler violence are developments of extreme concern. We deplore the loss of lives and call for thorough investigati…
We welcome the Argentine presidency’s convening of this open debate. We thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2014/693) and its recommendations. We also commend the work and dedication of Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of UN-Women, and her team, and thank al…
