We welcome Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi of Kosovo to the Security Council and we thank them for their statements. We also thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Farid Zarif for his briefing.
Every three months over the past two years, Cou…
We are almost at the end of another busy month — busy, yet skillfully facilitated by a presidency with a clear sense of purpose, efficiency and transparency. This month the Council focused its discussions on a number of issues that Lithuania finds particularly pertinent.
We held the first-ever brie…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Nations System Coordinator on Ebola, Mr. David Nabarro, and the Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, Mr. Anthony Banbury, for their comprehensive briefings and for their leadership and tireless efforts in coordinating the Un…
At the outset, allow me to thank Germany and other States for preparing the draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/69/L.20). Lithuania looks forward to its adoption by consensus.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
This year has presen…
Lithuania would like to make a statement in explanation of its position after the adoption of resolution 69/12 on cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Time and again, we have seen the important role that regional organizations can play in pr…
Lithuania exercises its right of reply with regard to the statement delivered by the representative of Belarus (see A/69/PV.37). Countries developing new nuclear energy projects are expected to follow the principles of transparency and responsibility. Each country has the right to develop nuclear en…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate and I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union.
The surge of violent extremism has reached an unprecedented scope. The Islamic State in Iraq …
I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for the update. I also thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, for their stat…
