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  1. “Special Representative Pramila Patten visited Lithuania just last week and participated in an international and regional discussion on how to ensure effective protection, assistance and prevention systems for survivors of sexual violence in conflict- related contexts. We encourage all Member States to maintain a safe environment that is conducive to women’s full, equal and meaningful participation and leadership in political, peacebuilding and conflict- prevention processes.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

  2. “We reiterate that Russia should be brought to justice for its gruesome acts of torture and sexual violence against Ukrainian women and girls, which amount to war crimes, in addition to its forcible transfers and deportations of Ukrainian children to Russian-occupied areas, the Russian Federation or Belarus and its enabling of their illegal adoption in those areas. Russia must pay for all the damage that its war has caused. The victims deserve justice and redress. Lithuania remains committed to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda both nationally and internationally. We have continued to support the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund since its launch in 2016. Furthermore, we cooperate actively with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

  3. “In the Sudan, women and girls have been subjected to gender-based violence, including sexual violence. As the conflict continues, they have to fight every day for access to life-saving reproductive health and protection services. Russia’s brutal, illegal and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine has taken a tremendous toll on the dire humanitarian situation and has disproportionately affected women and girls. It is a principle enshrined in resolution 1325 (2000) that all the parties to an armed conflict must take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, in particular rape and other forms of sexual abuse.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

  4. “As we commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in some parts of the world those rights are being brutally violated. Lithuania condemns Hamas and its extensive and inhumane terrorist attacks across Israel and mourns the resulting loss of life. At this time our thoughts are with all the innocent victims whose lives have been irreparably affected. Lithuania is appalled by the Taliban’s deliberate and systematic repression of women and girls in Afghanistan. The ban on Afghan women working for non-governmental organizations and United Nations- led organizations has critically affected the delivery of basic services and humanitarian assistance. In addition, the Taliban continue to restrict education for girls, creating inequalities of opportunity for girls and for their dependents in the future.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

  5. “Lithuania aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, and I would like to add the following remarks in my national capacity. This year we are marking the twenty-third anniversary of the landmark resolution 1325 (2000). The women and peace and security agenda plays an essential role in furthering women’s effective, equal, meaningful and full participation and leadership in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and political processes. However, the gap between the global commitments set out in the resolution and the nine subsequent Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security is deepening, owing to the persistently unstable global situation.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

  6. “We maintain that cooperation among national investigators based on universal jurisdiction will enhance the documentation and mapping of crimes committed and assist in identifying those responsible. On 6 May, Lithuania hosted an international conference on legal mechanisms for ensuring accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Participants signed the Vilnius communiqué, which reiterated that impunity for international crimes must end and that individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity must be prosecuted, while encouraging the establishment of an ad hoc international criminal tribunal for investigating and prosecuting the crime of aggression. We will continue our efforts to pursue all legal avenues in order to ensure that accountability prevails.”

    2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052Resumption1 (2022) · source

  7. “Lithuania will vigorously support the activities of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which was established by the Human Rights Council. As the first Member State to refer the situation in Ukraine to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Lithuania will also continue to support the Office of the Prosecutor in its investigation concerning alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine. In March, at the initiative of Lithuania, Eurojust supported Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine in setting up the joint investigative team on alleged international crimes committed in Ukraine. We welcome the decision of the Prosecutor of the ICC to join the team, as well as that of other Member States that joined recently. Fact-finding and evidence-gathering are crucial for fighting impunity.”

    2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052Resumption1 (2022) · source

  8. “The determination of the international community to fight impunity and ensure accountability and justice for all grows stronger with each passing day of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Gruesome reports by United Nations officials, civil society and journalists continue to mount. Speaking of gross violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, we are shocked by the overwhelming and detailed evidence of targeted killings, including of journalists, as well as of sexual and gender-based violence, torture, arbitrary arrests, abductions, forced disappearances, the use of cluster munitions in residential areas and the mass deportations of civilians to Russian territory.”

    2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052Resumption1 (2022) · source

  9. “Russia and its accomplice Belarus bear full responsibility for the far- reaching consequences of this war, ranging from threats to nuclear safety and the potential use of chemical weapons, to the tremendous hardships being caused by global food insecurity. Lithuania continues to condemn the war in the strongest possible terms and will support all efforts to ensure independent and effective investigations into the crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. Russia must comply with the binding order of the International Court of Justice of 16 March and immediately suspend its military operations across the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine. We will use every option to support Ukraine in its efforts before the Court, including through intervention in the proceedings.”

    2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052Resumption1 (2022) · source

  10. “We would like to thank Albania for convening this timely and important open debate. Lithuania aligns itself with the statements made by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of the Marshall Islands on behalf of the Group of Friends of Accountability following the aggression against Ukraine. Accountability is fundamental to the integrity of international justice and a vital prerequisite for international peace and security. It constitutes a core United Nations principle. As of today, 14 weeks have passed since Russia launched its unprovoked, unlawful and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine.”

    2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052Resumption1 (2022) · source