Lithuania

Dear President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Over the last two days, in this very room, global leaders welcomed the Pact for t...

We are meeting at a critical moment. Political, economic and cultural divisions are deepening before our eyes. Conflicts, instability and civil unrest are erupt...

Standing before this Assembly of world nations, I wanted to speak about peace and about challenges that the world is facing today — income inequality, pandemics...

This year marks a special anniversary for the independent Lithuanian State. Thirty years ago, the Republic of Lithuania became a State Member of the United Nati...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to address the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. One year ago, nobod...

It is a great privilege for me to address this great institution for the first time on behalf of the Republic of Lithuania. I have come with the message that my...

This November the world will commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The war caused the fall of empires and opened a window for small ...

The topic of this year’s debate invites us to focus on people and our responsibility to ensure their peaceful and sustainable future. However, in today’s world,...

This year we agreed that the general debate would aim to give a universal push to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. I would like to focus on the part...

The seventieth anniversary of the United Nations offers us an opportunity to renew our commitments to the ideals and principles of the Charter of the United Nat...

Today, numerous outbreaks of armed conflict and instability in the world make us look back at the main cause and purpose of the United Nations — to keep peac...

There are two years left until the deadline for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. It is therefore time to review what we have succeeded in ach...

In the past few years, the number of conflicts in the world has again been on the increase. That causes the deaths and injuries of, and a loss of shelter for, ...

Twenty years ago, Lithuania rejoined the international community of sovereign States and became a Member of the United Nations. The unique experience of peac...

I am delighted and privileged to address this Assembly. I believe that this is the right place to discuss the issues of greatest concern to the international...

Today the international community is striving to meet challenges that the founders of the United Nations could not have envisioned some 65 years ago. At the ...

First, I would like to express my great respect to the leadership of the General Assembly as it guides the Organization through global issues and challenges....

It is always inspiring to come to this forum and, time and again, observe that there are many more things that unite rather than divide nations around the gl...

The previous session of the General Assembly created high expectations for reform and comprehensive renewal that would ensure the continued success and relev...

Lithuania welcomes this effort — the most extensive and ambitious ever made — to renew the United Nations. We must ensure that the summit commitments we all hav...