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Lithuania Joins Equal Rights Coalition Added 2017-06-08 On 8 June 2017, Lithuania joined the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) that held its meeting at the Netherlands Permanent Mission in Geneva. Malta was admitted as a member on the same occasion. The ERC an organization of now 35 countries that supports...
Lithuanian journalists trained for reporting from conflict zones Added 2017-06-07 On 5 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), organized training for Lithuanian journalists reporting from conflict zones or for journalists who report on conflicts.
16 years ago Lithuania acceded to the World Trade Organization Added 2017-05-31 On 31 May, it turned 16 years since Lithuania acceded to the World Trade Organization, then becoming 141st Member of the WTO. Now the WTO unities 164 states and custom territories. WTO membership means participation in the multilateral rules-based...
1st ASEM conference started today in Vilnius Added 2017-05-25 The 1st ASEM conference “Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work” is held in Vilnius on May 25-26, 2017.
Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga Participates Attends World Health Assembly Added 2017-05-25 On 22-23 May, Lithuanian Minister of Health Dr. Aurelijus Veryga participated in the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva. In his statement at the general debate, the topic of which this year was “Building Better Systems for Health in the Age of...
Lithuania Seeks Re-election to ITU Council and Presents Candidate for Director of Radiocommunications Sector Added 2017-05-22 On 22 May, at the 2017 session of the Council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Permanent Prepresentative of Lithuania to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Ambassador Andrius Krivas presented Dr....
Lithuania Joins the Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists Added 2017-05-18 The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva joined the initiative of the Missions of Austria, Brazil, France, Greece, Morocco, Qatar and Tunisia to promote and...
Lithuanian Diplomat to Lead an Important WTO Committee Added 2017-05-18 On 11 May 2017, Ms. Ieva Baršauskaitė, a diplomat of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations was approved as a new chair of the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures...
Lithuania Makes Recommendations to Philippines Added 2017-05-09 Lithuanian Delegation took the floor in the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Philippines during the 27th session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council on 8 May in Geneva.
Lithuania Makes Recommendations to India Added 2017-05-05 Lithuanian Delegation took the floor in the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of India during the 27th session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council on 4 May in Geneva. Lithuania recommended India to carry out independent...