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Lithuanian representative elected to UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Added 2018-06-13 On 12 June at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Lithuanian representative, Professor Jonas Ruškus was re-elected to serve a second term on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Having won the largest...
Minister L. Linkevičius encouraged women to become more involved in settlement of global conflicts Added 2018-06-09 On 7 June, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius participated in the plenary session of the Summit of Women Political Leaders held in the Seimas  which aimed to discuss political leadership in the face of global threats.
Lithuania's representative elected as Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the UNHRC for the first time Added 2018-06-06 On 5 June, Professor Dainius Pūras, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health was elected as Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the...
OECD Accession Agreement with Lithuania signed Added 2018-06-04 On 30 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the OECD's annual Ministerial Council meeting in Paris. In the meeting, the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė and the OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria...
Linkevičius: Basis of strength of Baltic states is in unity Added 2018-06-04 On 1 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended a conference at Stanford University to celebrate the 100th anniversary of independence of the Baltic states. The conference was organized by the Association for the...
Linas Linkevičius underlined the significance of a consistent policy of EU sanctions Added 2018-05-30 On 29 May, while on his visit to France, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius participated in the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Annual Council Meeting with his speech Russia/Ukraine: Time to move beyond sanctions.
Baltic countries and Sweden are united by common values Added 2018-05-29 Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, paid a visit to Stockholm on the invitation of Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, on 26 May where he took part in the Baltic Day, a cultural event organised by the Lithuanian,...
Ambassador A. Plepytė presents her letters of credence to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Added 2018-05-25 On 23 May, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, Ambassador Audra Plepytė presented her letters of credence to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Irwin LaRocque in Georgetown, capital city of Guyana.
Minister Linkevičius meets with the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the United Nations Rosemary A. Di Carlo and Head of UN Peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacroix Added 2018-05-21 During the visit to New York on 17-18 May 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the United Nations Rosemary A. Di Carlo and the Head of UN Peacekeeping...
Minister Linkevičius retorts to Russia's representative, who lectures about the importance of respecting the norms of international law Added 2018-05-18 On 17 May, at the invitation of the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the UN Security Council Open Debate on Upholding International Law within the Context of the...