President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the 69th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
This year, world leaders discussed post-2015 Development Agenda and sought ways to respond to new challenges for global peace and security, dealt with ongoing conflicts, fought new forms of terrorism, reduced poverty and social exclusion, ensured human rights, and tackled the issues of global climate change.
In speech of Dalia Grybauskaitė at the general debate of the UN General Assembly, the President called the world leaders' attention to the common responsibility of all countries for global peace. The Lithuanian head of state told about the need of collective efforts for the quickest possible resolution of conflicts in order to ensure a secure and sustainable future of the world.
During her visit to New York, at the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama President Grybauskaitė will attend a meeting at the heads of state level of the UN Security Council. The meeting will aim to pool efforts of all countries to combat international terrorism which is acquiring new forms and poses threats to global security. Lithuania was elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term last year.
At the invitation of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the President together with other heads of state from 130 countries will take part in a summit on climate change issues. In her address at the meeting, the President will call attention of other world leaders to the need to reach a global agreement on climate change and will speak about strengthening energy security.
In New York the President will meet with former Finnish President Tarja Halonen and will participate in a meeting of the Council of Women World Leaders. Members of the Council will discuss women leadership, issues of ensuring gender equality in the world, and will elect a new president of the Council.
The Council of Women World Leaders, established in 1996, comprises over fifty members now. The Lithuanian President became a member of this Council in 2009.
