WorldPresident Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the European Council to consider a proposal to set up a European Border and Coast Guard which will help to ensure an effective response to the migration crisis. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has allocated EUR 10,000 in humanitarian aid to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for children affected by Ethiopia's growing food crisis. On 14 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the EU's Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. The Ministers began their debate by discussing prospects for relations between the European Union and its Eastern neighbours. Issues related to the fight against terrorism and the situation in Libya also dominated the agenda. The pioneering world climate change deal struck in Paris at the weekend could be "a turning point for the future of our planet", said Parliament President Martin Schulz at the opening. He hailed the deal as "global, groundbreaking and trendsetting", but stressed that it must now be put into practice. Joint Statement by Commissioners Malmström and Hogan ahead of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi2015-12-14, 17:48Ahead of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference, Commissioners Malmström and Hogan call all partners to come to the negotiating table in good faith. Lithuania’s Ambassador presents his letters of credence to President of Tajikistan2015-12-13, 13:49In a solemn ceremony at the Tajik Presidential Palace on 10 December, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Vytautas Naudužas presented his letters of credence to the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. Forty years of ACP-EU cooperation, migration, the post-election situation in Burundi, and COP21 were among the topics discussed by the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly at its 30th session, which closed on Wednesday, in Brussels. Continuing his visit to New York on 10 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović, the Head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, and Ambassador Samantha Power, Permanent Representative to the United Nations of the United States, which has assumed the role of President of the UN Security Council for the month of December. On 8-9 December in Washington, D.C., the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held meetings to discuss important issues related to regional and international security, energy security and defense policy. On the eve of Human Rights Day, EU Commissioner, Neven Mimica, announces the first-of-its-kind EU comprehensive Human Rights Defenders mechanism. |
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