Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
On 18 January, the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom (UK), Eitvydas Bajarūnas, was received by the Speaker of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
On 14 December, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania Ramūnas Davidonis remotely presented copies of his letters of credence to Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain.
Fifteen representatives of the Lithuania's food and beverage industry were presented at the national stand during the Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition (ADIFE) in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is taking place for the first time on 6-8 December at the initiative of the Embassy of Lithuania.
On 6 December, the annual Pledging Conference of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), where countries announced their financial commitments to UNHCR activities in 2023, took place.
On 29 November, the Permanent Missions of Lithuania and Israel, together with the United Nations Refugee Agency, the UN Women, and the World Health Organization, held a discussion in Geneva on health implications of sexual and gender-based violence on survivors.
Support for Ukraine, energy prices, European defence capabilities in the face of Russia's aggression, relations with the United Kingdom — these and other topical issues were discussed by the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jovita Neliupšienė at the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 18 November.
On 7-18 November, the 41st session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council took place, marking the beginning of the 4th cycle for 14 states: Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, the United Kingdom, India, Algeria, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, the Netherlands and South Africa.
On 10 November, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Albania Lina Skerstonaitė, who residing in Athens, Greece, presented her letters of credence to the President of Albania Bajram Begaj.
On 9 November, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Ambassador Darius Staniulis met with the recently appointed President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger.
On 7 November, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Ambassador Darius Staniulis met with the recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
On September 26, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Neilas Tankevičius, presented his Letters of Credence to Director-General Fernando Arias.
On 19 September, the Ambassador of Lithuania Ramūnas Davidonis presented his letters of credence to the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The 63rd General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ended on 22 July 2022. The event, which attracted more than 900 participants, took place on 14-22 July 2022 in Geneva.
On 15 July, the Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania in Geneva Mr. Arūnas Jievaltas made a statement on behalf of the Lithuanian delegation at the 63rd session of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter - WIPO).
On 7 July 2022 in Vienna, at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuania urged Belarus not to violate OSCE commitments to ensure teaching in national minority languages. Belarus adopted new amendments of its Education Code, under which from 1st September 2022 it will no longer provide the education in Lithuanian language in Lithuanian schools in Rymdziuny and Pelesa.
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