Lithuania wishes to exercise its right of reply in the light of the statement made by the representative of Belarus.
Each country has the right to develop nuclear power as long as its international obligations on nuclear safety are properly addressed and national decisions are taken in the context …
We thank the Uruguayan presidency for convening this open debate on an issue that plagues and exacerbates many contemporary conflicts.
At the outset, we sincerely commend Ms. Zainab Bangura for her hard work and dedication as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Con…
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.
Let me…
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…
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 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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Let me begin by expressing our appreciation to the Spanish presidency for convening this open debate. We commend the Secretary-General’s dedication to promoting the cause of women. I thank Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and her team for their dedicated work. I also thank Ms. Julienne Lusenge, Ms. Yanar …
Allow me to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain for his report to the Council and to commend him for a successful stewardship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
On 20 July, the Security Council unanimously adopted the landmark resolution 2231 (2015) endors…
Lithuania welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2231 (2015), on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed by the European Union (EU), the E3/EU+3 and the Islamic Republic of Iran on 14 July. We strongly believe that this deal, based on Iran’s implementation of essential changes to its nu…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and the High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their briefings.
Today we pay respect and convey our deepest sympathy to all innocent victims and the survivors of the worst crime in Europe since the end of the Second World Wa…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her briefing to update the Council on the referral of the situation in Darfur. My delegation commends the Office of the Prosecutor for its sustained efforts to fulfil the mandate given to the Court by the Security Counci…
I thank Ambassador Skoog of Sweden and Ambassador De Aguiar Patriota of Brazil for their comprehensive briefings and personal commitment to the work of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
Lithuania recognizes the critical importance of peacebuilding as the foundation for sustainable peace and devel…
It is an honour for me to speak today on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic States, namely, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Lithuania. Poland associates itself with this statement.
The number of internally displaced persons in the world remains alarmingly…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his briefing.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States.
As of …
I cordially welcome the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Federica Mogherini, to the Council, and thank her and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for their briefings.
In a world that is getting flatter, cooperation between the United Nations and regional …
I welcome to the Council Deputy Prime Ministers Ivica Dacic of Serbia and Hashim Thaci of Kosovo, and I thank them for their statements. I also thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative and the Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing.
Over the past few years, posi…
Let me start by welcoming you, Sir, as President of the Security Council. I thank Assistant Secretary-General ad interim Toyberg-Frandzen for his briefing.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union (EU).
Before I turn to the situation in the region, …
It is with regret that Lithuania had to abstain in the voting on draft resolution S/2014/916 before the Council today. Our vote should not be understood as an abstention on the solution itself. On the contrary, most elements of the draft resolution constitute a good basis for further collective work…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, for her briefing on the progress towards implementation of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel. I also wish to commend the United Nations Office for West Africa for its dedicated efforts …
