I would like to thank Assistant Secretaries-General Oscar Fernandez- Taranco and Ivan Šimonović for their briefings. We thank the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine for its work and look forward to its continued reporting. The monitoring missions of the United Nations and Orga…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this debate and for your commitment in guiding the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Matters. As we know, this year has been one of the most productive in terms of the President’s notes, and we greatly appreciate that. I would a…
Lithuania welcomes this annual opportunity to hear direactly from United Nations Force Commanders about the most pressing challenges in today’s peacekeeping. I thank the Force Commanders for their briefings. Let me also express our appreciation for their service, under increasingly demanding and cha…
As I was listening to the representatives of the countries affected, what struck me basically was that every single country affected that has lost its citizens and whose people are waiting for justice and closure has expressed its full support for the Netherlands-led investigation. Not a single coun…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this critical meeting. Let me also thank Iraq’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Al-Jaafari, for his statement, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nikolay Mladenov for his insightful briefing and dedicated work.
A united and democratic Iraq within th…
I thank the United States presidency of the Security Council for organizing this emergency debate on the unprecedented outbreak of Ebola. Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union.
My delegation commends the leadership of the Secretary-General and the Uni…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ján Kubiš, for his briefing and to express my delegation’s appreciation for his leadership throughout his tenure at the helm of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also thank Ambassador Tanin for h…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his quarterly briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I would also like to commend the Panel of Experts for their meticulous work.
Lithuania has long called for a comprehensive, negotiated…
I would like to start by thanking Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, and her team for their dedicated work on the ground.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
In my national capacity, I would like to stre…
I wish to thank the United States presidency of the Security Council for holding this debate. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her tirelessness dedication in carrying out her work. I also thank all the other bri…
I would like to thank the United Kingdom for organizing this timely briefing on World Humanitarian Day, and the three briefers for their sobering contributions.
With an unprecedented number of level 3 humanitarian crises and over 50 million refugees and internally displaced people in the world, the…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for his extensive briefing. The presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine and their reporting from there remain esse…
Allow me to begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Martin Kobler, Special Envoy Mary Robinson, Minister João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço and Force Commander Dos Santos Cruz for all their dedicated work aimed at advancing peace, stability and security in the Democratic Repub…
I thank Mr. John Ging, Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for his briefing.
Perhaps no other crisis has given rise to as many meetings this year as the situation in Ukraine. The number has, if I am correct, s…
Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your astute steering of the Council during the month of July. Our appreciation goes to you and your team, Sir, for your patient, professional and diligent work during a demanding
and difficult month where multiple crises had to be tackled simultaneously.…
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…
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.
S…
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…
