![]() WorldThe ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) will meet from 1 to 3 December 2014 in Strasbourg (France) to debate the Ebola virus outbreak and terrorism in Africa. The plenary debates will be preceded over the weekend by meetings of the JPA standing committees and the women's forum. The EP is not only the EU's only directly-elected institution, but it also does its best to promote democracy outside Europe. This year marks 30 years of European Parliament involvement in election observation. Last year the Parliament sent delegations to observe elections in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Honduras, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay and Tajikistan. In recent months MEPs participated in missions to Egypt, Tunisia and Ukraine. On Monday, November 24, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will go for a working visit to Ukraine. She will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and attend the seventh session of the Council of Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania and Ukraine. The Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism and Other Contemporary Forms of Racism put forward by the Russian Federation was adopted by voting on 21 November 2014 at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 115 states voting for, 3 against, and 55 abstaining. Lithuania as well as other EU Member States have abstained in the vote and made a very strong Explanation of Vote. Pope Francis will pay an official visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday 25 November. He will deliver a formal address to the Members in in the Chamber. The European Union and Uzbekistan held the eighth round of their Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels on 18 November 2014, as part of the 11th meeting of the Subcommittee on Justice and Home Affairs, Human Rights and related issues. The Uzbek delegation was led by Mr Nigmatilla Yuldashev, Minister for Justice, who was accompanied by Mr Akmal Saidov, Director of the National Centre for Human Rights, and other senior officials. The EU delegation was led by Mr Silvio Gonzato, Director for Human Rights and Democracy at the European External Action Service. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns a terrorist attack of 18 November in a synagogue in Jerusalem's neighbourhood of Har Nof. Ministry offers its heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, their relatives and all the people of Israel. Minister L.Linkevičius: EU supports internal reforms in Ukraine, maintains pressure on Russia2014-11-18, 12:06On 17 November in Brussels, the EU's Foreign Affairs Council meeting addressed the situation in Ukraine. The Ministers discussed the tense security situation in eastern Ukraine, raised the question of extending the EU sanctions on Russia and called for the immediate implementation of internal reforms in Ukraine. Strategy on Lithuania’s Support for Ukraine, providing for a new Marshal Plan for Ukraine2014-11-17, 15:59On 14 November 2014, the joint meeting of the Seimas Committees on European Affairs and Foreign Affairs adopted a Decision on the Fundamental Principles of the Position of the Republic of Lithuania on Ukraine and Lithuania's Support Measures for Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided humanitarian assistance to the residents of eastern Ukraine2014-11-16, 15:48On 14 November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania allocated 175 thousand litas in humanitarian assistance to the residents of eastern Ukraine who have been affected by Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The funds will be transferred to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which provides emergency humanitarian assistance to the forcibly displaced people and the people who have lost their place of residence in Ukraine. |
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