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Lithuania made statements on persons with disabilites and children in armed conflicts during HRC session Added 2017-03-09 During the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is taking place on February 27 – March 24, Lithuania made statements during interactive dialogues on persons with disabilities and children and armed conflict.
Linkevičius and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights discuss deteriorating situation of human rights in eastern Ukraine and Russian-occupied Crimea Added 2017-03-01 During the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 28 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and expressed Lithuania’s...
Linkevičius: The Espoo Convention helped reveal problems related to the Astravets NPP to the international community Added 2017-02-28 In a meeting with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Christian Friis Bach on 27 February in Geneva, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius raised issues related to the...
Linkevičius at the Human Rights Council: Let’s focus on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the safety of journalists in armed conflict Added 2017-02-28 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 27-28 February and spoke in the high-level segment. In his address to the Human Rights Council, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister...
Linkevičius urges continued pressure against Russia over human rights violations in Crimea Added 2017-02-28 During the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 28 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius together with the Ukrainian and Latvian Foreign Ministers Pavlo Klimkin and Edgars Rinkēvičs, and the Chairman of...
Minister attends the United Nations Human Rights Council Added 2017-02-27 On 27 – 28 February the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius is attending the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The High-Level Segment of the Human Rights Council takes place annually on the first...
Lithuania pledges to support activities of the Red Cross in Ukraine and Syria Added 2017-02-27 During the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 27 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer. In the meeting,...
Young Piano Prodigies Perform at UNOG to Celebrate Lithuania National Day Added 2017-02-21 On 20 February, Lithuania's National Day was celebrated at the Palais des Nations with a concert of young piano prodigies from Lithuania and Georgia.
On Lithuanian National Day, Diplomats Honor the Memory of Inter-War Lithuanian Prime Minister Added 2017-02-16 On 16 February, the Independence Day of Lithuania, members of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania in Geneva traveled to the French town of Aix-les-Bains to visit the tomb of the prominent inter-war Lithuanian politician and diplomat Ernestas...
Lithuanian experts shared their WTO accession experience in Belarus Added 2017-02-15 On the 13th of February 2017 Lithuanian trade policy experts presented Lithuania's experience in the World Trade Organization accession negotiations to the representatives of governmental and academic institutions of the Republic of Belarus in the...