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Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Tarybos narė 2014 - 2015

Lietuva Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Taryboje 2014–2015

Lithuania at the United Nations Security Council 2014–2015

Vilnius, 2016

Išleista Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerijos užsakymu / Published on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Rengėjai / Prepared by Dainius Baublys, Mindaugas Gabrėnas

Lietuvos narystės JT Saugumo Taryboje logotipo dizaineris Giedrius Laurušas (Kūrybinės komunikacijos studija „RIC creative“) Lithuania‘s membership in the UN Security Council logo designer Giedrius Laurušas (Creative Communication Studio RIC creative)

ISBN 978-609-437-330-5 © Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija, 2016 © Leidykla „Eugrimas“, 2016

TURINYS CONTENTS

Ministro įvadas / Minister‘s Foreword 6 / 7 Lietuva Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Taryboje / Lithuania at the United Nations Security Council

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Lietuvos atstovų pasisakymai JT Saugumo Taryboje / Statements by representatives of Lithuania at the UN Security Council

EUROPA / EUROPE 19 Ukraina / Ukraine 19 Kosovas / Kosovo 93 Bosnija ir Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina

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ARTIMIEJI RYTAI / MIDDLE EAST 114 Artimieji Rytai, įskaitant Palestinos klausimą / Middle East, including the Palestinian question

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Sirija / Syria 134 Irakas / Iraq 147 Jemenas / Yemen 149 AFRIKA / AFRICA

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Vakarų Afrika / Western Africa 153 Rytų Afrika / Eastern Africa 154 Centrinė Afrika / Central Africa 160 Sahelis / Sahel 162 Didžiųjų Ežerų regionas / Great Lakes Region

168

Ebola 170

AZIJA / ASIA 176 Afganistanas / Afghanistan 176 Šiaurės Korėja / North Korea 192 LOTYNŲ AMERIKA / LATIN AMERICA 197 Haitis / Haiti 197 BENDRADARBIAVIMAS TARP JT IR REGIONINIŲ ORGANIZACIJŲ / COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UN AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

204

Europos Sąjunga / The European Union

204

ESBO / OSCE 209 Afrikos Sąjunga / The African Union 213 TEMINIAI DEBATAI / THEMATIC DEBATES 216 Teisės viršenybė, civilių apsauga / Rule of Law and the Protection of Civilians

216

Moterys, taika ir saugumas (1325), vaikai konfliktuose / Women, Peace and Security (1325) and Children in Armed Conflict

232

TARPTAUTINIAI TEISMAI IR TRIBUNOLAI / INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS 252 NEPLATINIMAS, GINKLŲ KONTROLĖS KLAUSIMAI / NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS CONTROL

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Neplatinimas / Non-Proliferation 274 Šaulių ginklai / Small Arms and Light Weapons

278

Irano branduolinė programa / Iran’s Nuclear Programme

285

Sirijos cheminių ginklų programa / Syria‘s Chemical Weapons Programme

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GRĖSMĖS TARPTAUTINEI TAIKAI IR SAUGUMUI / THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

300

TERORIZMAS IR SMURTINIS EKSTREMIZMAS / TERRORISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM 326 TAIKOS ATKŪRIMAS IR TAIKOS PALAIKYMAS / PEACEBUILDING AND PEACEKEEPING 342 JT SAUGUMO TARYBOS DARBO METODAI IR MĖNESINĖS VEIKLOS APIBENDRINIMAI / WORKING METHODS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND MONTHLY WRAP-UPS 367 SANKCIJOS / SANCTIONS 399 JT SAUGUMO TARYBOS PAGALBINIAI ORGANAI / UN SECURITY COUNCIL SUBSIDIARY BODIES

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LIETUVOS NARYSTĖS JT SAUGUMO TARYBOJE ATSPINDŽIAI SOCIALINĖJE ŽINIASKLAIDOJE / LITHUANIA‘S MEMBERSHIP OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN SOCIAL MEDIA

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Įsimintinos akimirkos / Memorable moments

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Priedai / Annex 476 1. Kelias į Lietuvos narystę JT Saugumo Taryboje: istoriniai dokumentai / The Road to the Lithuanian Membership of the UN Security Council: Historical Documents 476 2. Įsimintinos JT Saugumo Tarybos rezoliucijos / Memorable UN Security Council Resolutions 3. Lietuvos komanda JT Saugumo Taryboje / The Lithuanian Team at the UN Security Council

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MINISTRO ĮVADAS

XXI amžiaus antro dešimtmečio iššūkiai taikai ir saugumui visame pasaulyje nepalietė tik atokiausių kampelių. Nuo 1945 m. kurta Jungtinių Tautų taikos ir saugumo sistema susidūrė su egzistenciniais iššūkiais: pagrindiniai Jungtinių Tautų Chartijos principai paminti Ukrainoje, karai ir žlunganti valstybių sistema Artimuosiuose Rytuose ir Šiaurės Afrikoje, nevaldoma migracija, neregėti teroro mastai visame pasaulyje. Mūsų narystė Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Taryboje 2014–2015 metais tapo dideliu išbandymu valstybės brandai, gebėjimams apginti ver-

tybes ir principus. Lietuvos darbo Saugumo Taryboje strateginis atskaitos taškas visada buvo nuolatinis siekis tarptautiniuose santykiuose įtvirtinti pagarbą žmogaus teisėms, demokratijos vertybėms ir valstybių lygiateisiškumui. Mes gynėme teisės viršenybę, stengėmės apsaugoti civilius, ypač moteris ir vaikus, konfliktuose, reikalavome gerbti tarptautinės humanitarinės teisės normas. Rėmėme pastangas kovoje su seksualinio smurto kaip karo priemonės naudojimu. Siekėme, kad žurnalistų saugumas konfliktuose nebūtų tik žodžiai. Dirbome, kad būtų užkirstas kelias neteisėtai šaunamųjų ginklų prekybai. Mūsų diplomatinės pastangos spręsti taikos ir saugumo klausimus atsispindi šiame dokumentų rinkinyje. Nenuostabu, kad didelė skelbiamų tekstų dalis susijusi su konfliktu Ukrainoje. Ciniška ir brutali agresija prieš šią šalį, neteisėta Krymo aneksija apnuogino egzistencinį tarptautinės saugumo sistemos trapumą. Tai paskatino tarptautinę bendruomenę siekti vienybės ir ginti bendrąsias vertybes: suverenumą ir teritorinį integralumą. Tai buvo mūsų valstybės pareiga Saugumo Taryboje. Per konfliktus Centrinėje Afrikos Respublikoje, Jemene, Pietų Sudane, Sirijoje, Ukrainoje ir kituose karštuose taškuose labiausiai nukentėjo civiliai gyventojai. Puikiai suprasdami, kad Saugumo Taryba nėra visagalė sustabdyti smurtą prieš nekaltus žmones, visuomet pasisakėme už būtinybę ją reformuoti. Veto teisė Tarybos nuolatinėms narėms buvo suteikta ne kaip privilegija, o

MINISTER‘S FOREWORD

Only a few most remote corners of the world remained untouched by the challenges of the 2010s that put global peace and security at risk. The system of peace and security that has been developed by the United Nations since 1945 faced existential threats: the fundamental principles of international law and the UN Charter violated in Ukraine, wars and a collapsing state system in the Middle East and North Africa, uncontrolled migration, unprecedented outbreak of terror attacks worldwide. Our 2014-2015 membership of the United Nations Security Council became one of the greatest challenges that our diplomatic service has been confronted with since the restauration of Lithuania‘s independence. Lithuania’s work at the Security Council was guided by our unwavering commitment to protect human rights, promote democracy and enhance cooperation among sovereign and equal states, based upon primacy of international law. We spoke for the rule of law, advocated for better protection of civilians, in particular women and children, and demanded that international humanitarian law be respected. We stood firmly against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. We sought to ensure that pledges to protect journalists in conflict zones are translated into concrete actions. We worked to prevent illicit trade in arms. Our diplomatic efforts to address the issues of peace and security are reflected in this collection of documents. It is not surprising that a large part of the

published material is related to the conflict in Ukraine. The cynical and brutal aggression against this country and the illegal annexation of Crimea laid bare the existential fragility of the international security system. This prompted the international community to stand up in defence of its most fundamental principles: sovereignty, territorial integrity and freedom. That was our country’s primary task and duty on the Security Council. Civilians are the prime victims of the conflicts in the CAR, Syria, South Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen and other hot spots around the world. While well aware that the Security Council is not all-powerful and too often fails to prevent the outbreak of violence against innocent people, or bring conflicts to an end swiftly and for good, we have always spoken out for the Council‘s reform. Veto power was accorded to the Council‘s permanent members not as a privilege but as a tremendous responsibility. Our position was very clear: in situations where the threat of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes is imminent, the use of the veto right should be suspended. The barbaric attacks carried out by Daesh and other terrorist groups against Christians and other religious and ethnic communities in the Middle East were, and unfortunately still are, a great source of concern for Lithuania. As a Council member, we engaged actively on the issue of the refugee crisis caused by unprecedented migrant flows coming from the Middle

kaip didelė atsakomybė, todėl nusikaltimų žmoniškumui ir plataus masto žiaurumų prieš civilius gyventojus atvejais mes visuomet raginome susilaikyti nuo veto naudojimo. Lietuvai didžiulį nerimą kėlė teroristų grupuotės „Islamo valstybė“ ir kitų grupuočių barbariški išpuoliai prieš krikščionis ir kitas religines bei etnines bendruomenes Artimuosiuose Rytuose. Kaip Saugumo Tarybos narė, Lietuva aktyviai reagavo į neregėto masto krizę, kilusią dėl iš Artimųjų Rytų ir Šiaurės Afrikos valstybių į Europą plūstančių pabėgėlių. Taip pat daug dirbome, kad stiprėtų Jungtinių Tautų ir Europos Sąjungos partnerystė. Saugumo Tarybos veiksmingumas slypi vienybėje. Toliau ne tik stiprinome ryšius su savo strateginiais partneriais JAV, Jungtine Karalyste, Liuksemburgu ar Prancūzija, bet glaudžiai dirbome ir su Australija, Čile, Jorda-

nija, Malaizija, Naująja Zelandija, Pietų Korėja ir kitomis valstybėmis. Nepaprasti diplomatinio darbo metai Saugumo Taryboje sustiprino mus. Suteikė neįkainojamos patirties. Vis didesnis Lietuvos įsitraukimas į Jungtinių Tautų taikos palaikymo operacijas yra svarbus įrodymas, kad pastangos nebuvo bergždžios. Noriu nuoširdžiai padėkoti visiems, kurių atsidavimas darbui ir profesionalumas užtikrino istorinę pirmosios Lietuvos narystės Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Taryboje sėkmę – Lietuvos Respublikos nuolatinės misijos Jungtinėse Tautose vadovei ambasadorei Raimondai Murmokaitei, visai jos vadovaujamai komandai, Vilniuje veikusioms Užsienio reikalų ministerijos koordinacinėms pajėgoms, vadovaujamoms ambasadoriaus dr. Oskaro Jusio, taip pat visiems mūsų diplomatams, kurie prisidėjo prie šios sėkmės.

Linas Linkevičius Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministras

East and North Africa. We advocated for strengthening the strategic partnership between the United Nations and the European Union, which was reflected in the first-ever Presidential Statement on this issue, adopted under the Lithuanian Presidency of the UNSC in February 2014. The effectiveness of the Security Council lies in its unity. We worked closely with our strategic partners – the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg – as well as other Council members, including Australia, Chile, Jordan, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea. The two extraordinary years of diplo matic work on the Security Council have made us stronger. They have provided in valuable experience. Lithuania’s growing

interest in the United Nations peacekeeping operations is an important evidence of the seriousness of our efforts. I would like to extend my most sincere gratitude to everyone whose dedication and professionalism ensured that the historical honour accorded to Lithuania to serve on the United Nations Security Council for the first time ever was an impressive achievement. In particular, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė and her entire team, and also the UNSC coordination group at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vilnius under the leadership of Ambassador Dr Oskaras Jusys, as well as all of our diplomats who contributed to this great success.

Linas Linkevičius Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

LIETUVA JUNGTINIŲ TAUTŲ SAUGUMO TARYBOJE 2013 m. spalio 17 d. Jungtinių Tautų Generalinėje Asamblėjoje vykusiuose rinkimuose Lietuva buvo išrinkta Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Tarybos (toliau – JTST) nenuolatine nare 2014-2015 metų kadencijai. Lietuva surinko 187 balsus – daugiausiai iš tais metais į JTST kandidatavusių valstybių. Lietuva šiam svarbiam Jungtinių Tautų organui pirmininkavo du kartus – 2014 metų vasarį ir 2015 metų gegužę. Be to, Lietuvai pirmininkauti dvejų metų laikotarpiui buvo paskirti keli pagalbiniai Tarybos organai – Kovos su terorizmu komitetas (CTC), Centrinės Afrikos Respublikos (CAR) sankcijų komitetas ir Jemeno sankcijų komitetas. Pirmojo Lietuvos pirmininkavimo JTST metu pagrindinis dėmesys buvo skirtas teisės viršenybės, civilių apsaugos ginkluotuose konfliktuose, JT ir regioninių organizacijų (ES, ESBO) bendradarbiavimo klausimams. Vasario mėnesį Lietuva surengė Europos Sąjungos vyriausiosios įgaliotinės baronienės Catherine Ashton ir tuometinio ESBO pirmininko Šveicarijos prezidento ir užsienio reikalų ministro Didierio Burkhalterio pristatymus JTST, per kuriuos pirmą kartą buvo atkreiptas dėmesys į padėtį Ukrainoje. Glaudžiai bendradarbiaudama su Europos Sąjungos atstovybe JT, Lietuvos delegacija parengė ir pirmą kartą JTST istorijoje susitarė dėl Tarybos pirmininko pareiškimo apie Saugumo Tarybos ir Europos Sąjungos

strateginį bendradarbiavimą. Vis labiau aštrėjant Sirijos konfliktui, pirmininkaujant Lietuvai buvo priimta svarbi rezoliucija dėl humanitarinės pagalbos Sirijoje. Paskutinę Lietuvos pirmininkavimo JTST dieną (vasario 28-ąją) Lietuvos prašymu Ukrainos klausimas buvo įtrauktas į Tarybos darbotvarkę, sušauktas pirmasis padėčiai Ukrainoje skirtas posėdis. 2014 m. pradžia buvo sunkus, bet Lietuvos vaidmenį JTST apibrėžęs laikotarpis. Krymo aneksija, o vėliau karas Ukrainoje padidino europinių klausimų dalį JTST darbotvarkėje nuo 6 iki 16,6 procento. Viešai Taryba įvykius Ukrainoje svarstė 21 kartą, buvo surengta nemažai uždarų konsultacijų ir Arria formulės susitikimų. Siekdamos sutelkti tarptautinę bendruomenę prieš neteisėtą Krymo aneksiją ir Rusijos remiamų nelegalių karinių grupuočių vykdomą karą Rytų Ukrainoje, taip pat viešinti šiurkščius žmogaus teisių pažeidimus Rytų Ukrainoje ir Kryme, daugiausia JTST posėdžių dėl Ukrainos sukvietė Lietuva, Jungtinė Karalystė ir JAV. Lietuva prisidėjo ir rengiant JTST rezoliuciją dėl Ukrainos teritorinio vientisumo, kurią Rusija vetavo. Kovai su Rusijos skleidžiama įvykių Ukrainoje interpretacija ir norėdami užtikrinti glaudesnius ryšius Saugumo Taryboje ir Jungtinėse Tautose, Lietuvos diplomatai subūrė Ukrainos draugų grupę.

LITHUANIA AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL

On 17 October 2013, Lithuania was elected for non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period of 2014-2015, with a total of 187 votes, the largest number of votes received by candidate countries that year. As a nonpermanent member, Lithuania twice presided over the Council, in February 2014 and May 2015. During the two years on the Council, Lithuania also chaired three subsidiary bodies of the UNSC – Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Central African Republic (CAR) Sanctions Committee and the Yemen Sanctions Committee. During its first Presidency of the Security Council in February 2014, Lithuania focused on the issues of the rule of law, protection of civilians, and cooperation between the UN and regional organisations (EU, OSCE). As President of the UNSC, Lithuania organised briefings by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton and the OSCE Chairman in-Office, Swiss President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter. It was during the latter briefing that the conflict in Ukraine was first raised in the Council. In close cooperation with the EU delegation to the UN, the Lithuanian delegation drafted and submitted for adoption the first ever Presidential Statement (PRST) regarding the strategic cooperation between the UNSC

and the EU. As the crisis in Syria continued to escalate, an important resolution on humanitarian access in Syria was adopted during the month of February. On the last day of Lithuania’s Presidency, at Lithuania’s request, the conflict in Ukraine was included into the UNSC agenda, and the first meeting on the situation in Ukraine was held. This shaped the role of Lithuania on the Council. The annexation of Crimea, followed by an outbreak of war in Ukraine, significantly accelerated the pace of the Council’s work. It also increased the share of European issues on the Council agenda from 6% to 16.6%. In the course of 2014, the Security Council held 21 public meetings on the situation in Ukraine, as well as a number of closed consultations and Arria-formula meetings. Most of those meetings were convened by three countries – Lithuania, the United Kingdom and the USA, who sought to rally international support against the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and draw a spotlight on to the war waged by Russia-supported illegal militant groups in Eastern Ukraine, which were also responsible for gross human rights violations and abuses carried out in the territories under their control. Lithuania was one of the authors of a UNSC draft resolution on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which was vetoed by Russia. To counter the Russian narrative of the events

Dėl kiekvieno viešo Tarybos posėdžio Ukrainos klausimu organizavimo tekdavo įnirtingai derėtis. Itin atkaklios derybos vykdavo dėl JT Generalinio Sekretoriaus pavaduotojo žmogaus teisių klausimams Ivano Šimonovičiaus dalyvavimo JTST posėdžiuose, kam nuolat prieštaravo Rusijos delegacija. Siekdama sutelkti dėmesį į padėtį Kryme, 2014 m. balandžio mėnesį Lietuva surengė JTST šalių Arria formulės susitikimą su Krymo totorių lyderiu Mustafa Džemiliovu ir žurnaliste iš Simferopolio Valentina Samar. 2014 m. rudenį Rusijai pradėjus abejoti būtinybe dar metams pratęsti Europos Sąjungos Althea misijos mandatą Bosnijoje ir Hercegovinoje, Lietuvai, kaip rotuojančiai Bosnijos ir Hercegovinos kontaktinės ir parengiamosios grupės pirmininkei, teko sudėtingas uždavinys parengti Althea mandato pratęsimo rezoliuciją. Rusija pagrasino neremti kruopščiai Lietuvos rengto JTST rezoliucijos projekto ir lapkričio pradžioje išplatino savąją rezoliucijos versiją. Po ilgų derybų Lietuvos pateiktas rezoliucijos projektas buvo priimtas 14 JTST valstybių narių balsavus už ir vienintelei Rusijai susilaikius. 2014 m. rugsėjo 24 d. Saugumo Tarybai pirmininkaujanti JAV surengė JTST šalių vadovų susitikimą dėl užsienio teroristų kovotojų, kuriam pirmininkavo JAV Prezidentas Barakas Obama. Posėdyje, kuriame dalyvavo LR Prezidentė Dalia Grybauskaitė, vienbalsiai priimta ambicinga JTST rezoliucija 2178, tapusi pirmuoju tarptautiniu įsipareigojimu užkirsti kelią užsienio teroristų kovotojų finansavimui, samdymui, judėjimui ir propagandinei veiklai. Svarbus vaidmuo įgyvendinant šią rezoliuciją teko ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės vadovaujamam JTST Kovos su terorizmu komitetui (CTC). 2014 metų pabaigoje devynios JTST

narės, tarp jų ir Lietuva, pasirašė laišką, kad į Tarybos darbotvarkę būtų įtrauktas klausimas dėl žmogaus teisių padėties Korėjos Liaudies Demokratinėje Respublikoje. Pirmasis toks svarstymas įvyko jau gruodžio mėnesį. 2014 m. JTST nagrinėjo 49 darbotvarkės klausimus, buvo surengtas rekordinis skaičius susitikimų – net 430 susitikimų, (76-iais daugiau nei 2013 metais), iš kurių 200 buvo viešų, 167 konsultacijos, 7 Arria formulės susitikimai ir 7 interaktyvūs dialogai. Susitarta dėl 63 rezoliucijų, 28 pirmininkaujančios šalies pareiškimų, 138 pareiškimų spaudai. 8 susitikimai buvo surengti ministrų lygiu. Trys JTST rezoliucijos buvo atmestos: Rusija vetavo rezoliuciją dėl referendumo Kryme, Kinija ir Rusija bendrai vetavo rezoliuciją dėl pranešimo Tarptautiniam Baudžiamajam Teismui apie padėtį Sirijoje, o priimant rezoliuciją dėl Artimųjų Rytų taikos proceso nesurinkta pakankamai ją palaikančių balsų. 2015 m. Saugumo Tarybos narių nesutarimai dėl karo Ukrainoje apsunkino JTST diskusijas tokiais klausimais kaip atsakomybė už padarytus nusikaltimus, žmogaus teisių ir tarptautinės humanitarinės teisės pažeidimai, sankcijos, konfliktai Burundyje, Darfūre, Pietų Sudane ir kitur. Šalys, ignoravusios Ukrainos suverenumo ir teritorinio vientisumo pažeidimus, diskusijose dėl humanitarinės pagalbos Sirijoje, valdžios pajėgų vykdomų nusikaltimų konfliktų zonose, šiurkščių žmogaus teisių pažeidimų, karo nusikaltimų ar taikdarių atsakomybės už seksualinį išnaudojimą nuolat pasisakydavo dėl būtinybės gerbti tų šalių suverenumą. Situacija Artimųjų Rytų regione blogėjo. Saugumo Taryba pratęsė humanitarinės pagalbos Sirijoje mandatą, bet humanitarinių organizacijų veikla šioje šalyje nepage-

in Ukraine and to strengthen coordination on the issue, Lithuanian diplomats formed an informal group of friends of Ukraine. Each public meeting on Ukraine required significant efforts to overcome resistances, especially with regard to briefings by UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović, which were all met by strong criticism and objections of the Russian delegation. To highlight human rights situation in Crimea, in April 2014, Lithuania convened an Arria-formula meeting with the participation of the leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev and a journalist from Simferopol, Valentina Samar. In the autumn of 2014, Russia began expressing doubts regarding the mandate of the European Union Force Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a rotating Chair of the contact and drafting group on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania faced a difficult task in drafting a resolution on the extension of the Althea mandate. Russia opposed the draft submitted by Lithuania and in early November distributed its own version of the resolution that put further implementation of the Dayton Agreement into question. As a result of intense negotiations, the Lithuanian draft of the resolution was adopted by 14 positive votes and one abstention, that of the Russian Federation. On 24 September 2014, the US in its capacity as the President of the Security Council, convened a Head of State Level Council meeting on foreign terrorist fighters. At the meeting, Lithuania was represented by President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Under the chairmanship of US President Barack Obama, the Heads of State of the fifteen members unanimously adopted resolution 2178, which became the first international commitment to prevent the financing, recruitment, movement and propaganda activities of foreign terrorist fighters. The UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee, chaired over by

Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the UN Raimonda Murmokaitė, had an important role in the implementation of this resolution. At the end of 2014 nine UNSC members, including Lithuania, signed a joint letter calling to put the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the Security Council agenda. The first deliberation of this question took place in December. In 2014, the UN Security Council considered 49 agenda items and held a record number of meetings, some 430 in total, of which 200 meetings were public, 167 in the form of consultations, seven Arria-formula meetings, and seven interactive dialogues. Eight Council meetings were held at a ministerial level. The Council adopted 63 resolutions, 28 presidential statements (PRSTs), and 138 press statements. Three resolutions were vetoed down: Russia vetoed the resolution on the referendum in Crimea, China and Russia jointly vetoed the resolution of the referral of Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC), while a resolution concerning the Middle East Peace Process failed to receive the required number of votes. In 2015, disagreements among the Security Council members on the war in Ukraine impacted the overall working atmosphere in the Council, especially when discussing issues of impunity, human rights and international humanitarian law violations, sanctions, conflicts in Burundi, Darfur, South Sudan and other issues. Countries which were silent on violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity were using the argument of state sovereignty in discussions on humanitarian access in Syria, abuses by government forces in conflict zones, gross violations of human rights, war crimes or the peacekeepers’ responsibility for sexual abuse. The situation in the Middle East remained dramatic. Extension of the mandate on humanitarian access in Syria did not bring the

rėjo; apsiaustose teritorijose žmonės badavo. Rugsėjį Rusijos kariniai veiksmai Sirijoje dar labiau pablogino humanitarinę padėtį. JT Generalinio Sekretoriaus specialusis atstovas Staffanas de Mistura gavo JTST pritarimą pradėti Ženevos derybas dėl politinio Sirijos konflikto sureguliavimo. Po Daesh smogikų surengtų skerdynių Paryžiuje, JTST priėmė rezoliuciją dėl kovos prieš šią teroristinę grupuotę. Artimųjų Rytų taikos procesas ir toliau buvo paralyžiuotas, padažnėjo smurto atvejų. Saugumo Taryba priėmė pareiškimą spaudai dėl smurto protrūkio Jeruzalėje, ilgą laiką brandinta Prancūzijos iniciatyva dėl Artimųjų Rytų taikos proceso derybų atnaujinimo buvo atidėta. Konflikto Jemene sukelta krizė pasiekė neregėtus mastus. Saugumo Taryba vienbalsiai patvirtino E3/ES+3 (Prancūzija, JK, Vokietija ir ES+ JAV, Rusija ir Kinija) ir Irano susitarimą dėl branduolinės programos ir rengėsi panaikinti sankcijas. Po keturių mėnesių konsultacijų ir derybų JTST pritarė europiečių pateiktai rezoliucijai, suteikusiai mandatą kovoti su žmonių prekeiviais Viduržemio jūroje. JTST intensyviai svarstė pasiūlymus dėl taikos kūrimo ir taikos operacijų peržiūrų. Taryboje atsirado naujų klausimų: dėl prekybos ginklais ir brakonieriavimo, žurnalistų apsaugos (Lietuva), klimato kaitos (Naujoji Zelandija), socialinių iššūkių (Čilė), migracijos (Jungtinė Karalystė), jaunimo, prekybos pagrobtomis kultūros vertybėmis (Jordanija), Ebolos viruso (JAV). Antraisiais narystės JTST metais Lietuva intensyviai siekė, kad Ukrainos klausimas išliktų svarbus Tarybos darbotvarkėje, taip pat daug dėmesio skyrė atsakomybės už padarytus nusikaltimus, neteisėtos prekybos šaulių ginklais ir jų poveikio civiliams gyventojams, civilių apsaugos konfliktuose, taip pat žurnalistų apsaugos, kovos su

terorizmu, efektyvesnių sankcijų taikymo klausimams. 2015 m. vasario mėnesį, po itin sunkių derybų, Saugumo Taryba vienbalsiai pri ėmė Rusijos pateiktą rezoliuciją 2202, kuria buvo įtvirtinti Minsko susitarimai dėl konflikto Ukrainoje. Lietuva palaikė rezoliuciją, bet atsisakė būti jos bendraautore. 2015 m. liepos 29 d. Lietuva ir kitos 10 JTST narių balsavo už rezoliuciją įsteigti nepriklausomą tribunolą lėktuvo MH17 katastrofai tirti. Rusija šią rezoliuciją vetavo ir kartu atmetė Nyderlandų saugos tarnybos ataskaitą dėl šios katastrofos priežasčių. 2015 m. Lietuva ir Rusija reguliariai derėjosi dėl JTST posėdžių darbotvarkės, pranešėjų ir pareiškimų spaudai (Lietuva surengė 4, Rusija, Malaizija ir Prancūzija – po vieną Tarybos posėdį dėl Ukrainos). Misija antrus metus iš eilės surengė Arria formulės susitikimą su Krymo totorių atstovu Mustafa Džemiliovu, Lietuvos kvietimu Niujorke lankėsi įkaite Rusijoje laikytos ukrainietės lakūnės Nadios Savčenko sesuo. 2015 m. gegužę Lietuva antrą kartą pirmininkavo Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Tarybai. Kaip Tarybos pirmininkė, Lietuva surengė interaktyvų dialogą su ES vyriausiąja įgaliotine Federica Mogherini nelegalaus žmonių gabenimo Viduržemio jūroje klausimais; kasmetinį JTST narių ir ES Politinio ir saugumo komiteto ambasadorių susitikimą; taip pat dvejus atvirus debatus (šaulių ginklų ir žurnalistų apsaugos konfliktuose klausimais; pastarajam pirmininkavo Užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius). JTST pirmininkaujanti Lietuva taip pat surengė atvirą posėdį dėl užsienio teroristų kovotojų, kuris pirmą kartą JTST istorijoje vyko šalių Vidaus reikalų ministrų lygiu (jam taip pat pirmininkavo Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras). Suderėtos dvi rezoliucijos: dėl neteisėtos prekybos šaulių ginklais povei-

much needed improvements. Starvation was wide spread in the besieged areas. Russia’s military activities in Syria which started in September 2015 contributed to a further worsening of the situation. UNSC continued to express support for the efforts of Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Staffan de Mistura to launch Geneva peace talks on Syria. Following November 13 2015, Paris attacks, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution against Daesh. The Middle East Peace Process remained paralysed with periodic eruption of violence. UNSC issued a press statement on Jerusalem, the long contemplated French-led peace initiative in the Middle East was postponed. The conflict in Yemen caused a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. The Security Council unanimously approved the E3/EU+3 and Iran agreement on its nuclear programme and started legal preparations for sanctions to be lifted (resolution 2231). Following four months of intensive negotiations, the UNSC approved a draft resolution submitted by Council’s EU members granting a mandate to tackle human traffickers in the Mediterranean Sea. The UNSC carried out discussion on the reviews of UN peacebuilding architecture, peace operations and the implementation of UNSC resolution 1325. New issues came into the spotlight of the Council, including: the protection of journalists and trade in small arms and poaching (Lithuania), climate change (New Zealand), social challenges (Chile), migration (United Kingdom), youth (Jordan), Ebola (USA), trafficking in stolen cultural items (Jordan). During the second year on the Council, Lithuania sought to maintain the conflict in Ukraine on UNSC agenda, initiating a number of meetings on the matter, also focusing on the issues of accountability, illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and their impact on civilian populations, protection

of civilians and journalists in conflicts, combatting terrorism, and improving sanctions effectiveness. In February 2015, after extremely difficult negotiations, the UNSC unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by Russia on the implementation of the Minsk Agreements (resolution 2202). Lithuania supported the resolution, but refused co-sponsor it. On 29 July 2015, Lithuania and other 10 UNSC members voted in favour of a resolution establishing an independent MH17 tribunal. Russia vetoed this resolution, at the same time rejecting the report by the Dutch security service on the causes of the MH17 catastrophe. In 2015 Lithuania and Russia held regular tense negotiations on Council’s agenda, speakers and press statements (Lithuania convened four, Russia, Malaysia and France – one UNSC meeting). As in the previous year, Lithuania again organised an Arria-formula meeting with the representatives of Crimean Tatars, including Mustafa Dzhemilev. At Lithuania’s invitation, the sister of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, held hostage in Russia, visited New York. In May 2015, Lithuania held the Pre sidency of the Council for a second time. During the month, Lithuania organized an interactive dialogue on human smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea between members of the Security Council and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. Lithuania also chaired the annual meeting between UNSC and EU’s Political and Security Committee ambassadors, held two open debates (on small arms and light weapons and the protection of journalists in armed conflict; the latter chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius) and a high level open briefing (on foreign terrorist fighters, also chaired by Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs), which was the first ever meeting of the Council at the level

kio civilių gyventojų saugumui (2220) ir dėl žurnalistų apsaugos (2222). Taip pat priimtas pirmininkaujančios šalies pareiškimas dėl praktinių rezoliucijos 2178 (užsienio teroristų kovotojai) įgyvendinimo aspektų. Lietuvai pirmininkaujant JTST iš viso buvo priimtos 4 rezoliucijos ir 1 pirmininkaujančios šalies pareiškimas. 2015 m., po dvejų metų pertraukos, Lietuva surengė neformalų JTST interaktyvų dialogą su Tarptautinio Baudžiamojo Teismo prokurore dėl padėties Libijoje. Lapkričio mėnesį Lietuva kartu su Angola surengė JTST šalių Arria formulės susitikimą dėl neteisėtos šaulių ginklų prekybos, brakonieriavimo Afrikoje ir konfliktų finansavimo sąsajų. 2014–2015 metais vieni svarbiausių JTST veiklos klausimų buvo moterų ir vaikų apsauga karinių konfliktų metu, smurtas prieš moteris, seksualinė prievarta kaip karo priemonė. Lietuvos delegacija tvirtai pasisakė už pagarbą žmogaus teisėms ir kovą prieš nebaudžiamumą, žmogaus teisių pažeidimus, ragino kovoti už teisingumą ir atsakomybės už padarytus nusikaltimus stiprinimą. Lietuvos delegacija surengė Arria formulės Tarybos susitikimą dėl žmogaus teisių apsaugos JT taikos palaikymo misijose. Lietuva siekė, kad JTST pripažintų Tarptautinio Baudžiamojo Teismo, kaip vienintelio pastovaus tarptautinio baudžiamojo teismo, indėlį kovoje su nebaudžiamumu konfliktų metu ir stiprintų bendradarbiavimą su šiuo teismu. Antrieji metai Saugumo Taryboje Lietuvai buvo ne mažiau intensyvūs ir darbingi. 2015 metais JTST nagrinėjo 45 darbotvarkės klausimus, surengė daugiau nei 420 susitikimų, iš kurių 245 buvo vieši, 151 konsultacijų pobūdžio, 17 Arria formulės susitikimų ir 6 interaktyvūs dialogai. 2015 m. JTST priėmė 64 rezoliucijas, 26 pirmi-

ninkaujančios šalies pareiškimus ir 128 pareiškimus spaudai. Įvyko 12 ministrų lygio susitikimų. Lietuva aktyviai siekė efektyvesnio sankcijų režimų įgyvendinimo ir kitų JTST pagalbinių organų veiklos stiprinimo. Lietuvos vadovaujami komitetai buvo tarp aktyviausiai veikusių JTST pagalbinių organų. Centrinės Afrikos Respublikos (CAR) sankcijų komitetas buvo intensyviausiai dirbęs geografinis sankcijų komitetas, o Kovos su terorizmu komitetas – aktyviausias iš visų JTST pagalbinių organų, pralenkęs daugybę metų iki tol darbingumu garsėjusį Al Qaeda sankcijų komitetą. Lietuva, kaip šių komitetų pirmininkė, nuolat ieškojo naujų veiklos formų, pasižymėjo skaidrumu ir skyrė daug dėmesio tiek šalims, kurioms taikomos sankcijos, tiek jų kaimynėms ir regionams. 2015 m. rugpjūčio 24–28 d. CAR sankcijų komiteto pirmininkė ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė apsilankė Centrinėje Afrikos Respublikoje. Kaip Kovos su terorizmu komiteto (CTC) pirmininkė, ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė 2015 m. pradžioje inicijavo pirmąjį komiteto istorijoje aukšto lygio politinį vizitą į terorizmo krečiamą Sahelio regioną (Malį ir Nigerį). Lietuva skatino tarpusavyje bendradarbiauti CTC ir kitus sankcijų komitetus, stiprino jų ir kitų JT padalinių, taip pat susijusių organizacijų (Interpolo, ICAO, PSO ir kt.) ryšius. Pirmininkaujant Lietuvai, komiteto veikla pasižymėjo skaidrumu: surengta apie dešimt atvirų pristatymų JT narėms, taip pat keletas specialių susitikimų (2015 m. liepą susitikimas Madride dėl užsienio teroristų kovotojų ir gruodį Niujorke – dėl interneto ir socialinių tinklų naudojimo terorizmo tikslais prevencijos). Pirmininkaudama CTC, Lietuva taip pat akcentavo moterų vaidmenį kovoje su smurtiniu ekstremizmu.

of Ministers of the Interior. The two open debates resulted in resolution 2220 on the human cost of illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, and resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists in conflict. A Presidential Statement on intensified action against the threat of foreign terrorist fighters was adopted after the high level meeting of Ministers of the Interior. A total of four resolutions and one presidential statement were adopted during Lithuania’s Presidency of the UNSC. In 2015, after a two-year hiatus, Lithuania organised an informal interactive dialogue between members of the UNSC and ICC Prosecutor on the situation in Libya. In November Lithuania highlighted the issue of small arms by organising together with Angola the Arria-formula meeting on links between illicit trade in small arms and poaching in Africa. During Lithuania’s tenure on the Security Council, the protection of women and children in conflict zones, violence against women, and use of sexual violence as a weapon of war remained among the most important issues tackled by the UNSC. In these discussions, the Lithuanian delegation was a staunch suppor ter of respect for human rights and putting an end to impunity for human rights violations, justice and accountability for crimes to humanity and war crimes. The delegation of Lithuania organised the UNSC Arria-formula meeting on the protection of human rights at UN peacekeeping missions. Lithuania sought the UNSC recognition of the contribution of the ICC as the only permanent international criminal court in fighting impunity and called for strengthening cooperation with the Court. Lithuania’s second year on the Council was as intensive as the first one. In 2015 the UNSC discussed 45 agenda items, held over 420 meetings, including 245 public meetings, 151 closed consultations, 17 Arria-formula

meetings and 6 interactive dialogues. The UNSC adopted 64 resolutions, 26 presidential statements, and 128 press statements. In 2015 twelve Security Council ministerial meetings were held. Lithuania was actively engaged in improving the work of the sanctions regimes and other subsidiary bodies of the Security Council. In 2015 the CAR Sanctions Committee chaired by Lithuania was the most active geographical subsidiary body, while the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was the most active committee among all UNSC subsidiary bodies, leaving behind the Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee, which was known for the particularly heavy workload. Lithuania introduced a variety of innovations in the work of the Council’s subsidiary bodies, promoted transparency in its working methods and reached out to the countries under sanctions regimes, neighbouring countries, and regional actors. On 24-28 August 2015, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė as Chair of the CAR Sanctions Committee, visited Central African Republic. Lithuania sought to improve interaction between the CTC and other sanctions committees as well as with the various entities within the UN system and other related organisations (Interpol, ICAO, WHO etc.). The format of public meetings of CTC was increasingly used: nearly 10 open briefings to wider UN membership, and several special meetings, including in July 2015 on foreign terrorist fighters in Madrid and in December 2015 on the prevention of the use of internet and social networks for terrorism in New York. For the first time in the history of CTC, its Chair, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė organised a high-level political visit to the Sahel region (Mali and Niger). As Chair of CTC, Lithuania also sought to give more focus to the role of women in countering violent extremism.

LIETUVOS ATSTOVŲ PASISAKYMAI JUNGTINIŲ TAUTŲ SAUGUMO TARYBOJE STATEMENTS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF LITHUANIA AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL Daugiau nei 500 viešų Lietuvos pozicijų, kalbų ir pareiškimų, nuskambėjo narystės Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Taryboje (JTST) laikotarpiu. Karai, ebolos protrūkiai, civilių aukos, teroristiniai išpuoliai, kultūrinių objektų naikinimas Sirijoje, M23 sukilėlių ginklų sudėjimas, numuštas virš Donbaso MH17 lėktuvas, perversmai Malyje ir Burkina Faso, raketų bandymai Korėjos pusiasalyje, zarino panaudojimas Sirijoje – šie įvykiai realiu laiku atsidurdavo JTST akiratyje. Neretai socialinė žiniasklaida, nevyriausybinių organizacijų pranešimai buvo pirmieji informacijos šaltiniai paskatinę veiksmus, derybas ir sprendimus Saugumo Taryboje ir JT sekretoriate. Šiame rinkinyje trumpi socialinės žiniasklaidos intarpai papildo Lietuvos oficialių pozicijų kontekstą, padeda suprasti kas dažnai diplomatiškai nutylima arba minima tarp eilučių. Over 500 public statements and positions made by Lithuania in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Wars, terrorist attacks, civilian victims, Ebola outbreaks, destruction of cultural heritage in Syria, shot down MH17 plane over Donbas, coups d‘état in Mali and Burkina Faso, missile tests in the Korean peninsula, sarin use in Syria – all these events were timely in the focus of attention of the UNSC. Frequently, social mass media, press releases by non-governmental organisations were the first sources of information that induced actions, negotiations and decisions at the UNSC and UN secretariat. Short inserts of social mass media in this collection supplement the context of the official positions of Lithuania, helps to understand what is diplomatically kept in silence or mentioned between the lines.

EUROPA / EUROPE Ukraina / Ukraine Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės pasisakymas JTST posėdyje dėl padėties Kryme, 2014 m. kovo 3 d. Statement by Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Represen tative of Lithuania to the UN, at a UNSC briefing on the situation in Crimea, March 3, 2014.

Lithuania strongly condemns the clear violation by the Russian Federation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The military actions we are witnessing on the Crimean soil defy the fundamental principles of international law, the Helsinki Final Act, the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, the Treaty on

Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine of 1997, and the legal framework regulating the presence of the Russian Black Sea fleet in Crimea. This blatant breach of the Charter of the United Nations has no place in the twenty-first century, and for too many in our part of the world evokes the memories of the darkest pages of the twentieth century. It is a threat to international peace, security and stability, and must be qualified clearly as such. Such violations of international law must also entail international responsibility. Nothing — none of the events — in Ukraine merits a military invasion such as we are witnessing from the Russian side. The will of the Ukrainian people to pursue a path of democratic transformations and rebuild the rule of law in their country must be respected. We call on

avenues should be utilized with a sense of great urgency, including through bilateral contacts, to move away from the brink of war. We stress once against the inadmissibility of the threat or use of force in international relations. We call on the international community to stand united in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and the Russian Federation to withdraw its forces back to their permanent bases and to refrain from any further intervention or interference in Ukraine. Let me stress that the international community has a wide array of instruments that can and must be used to resolve existing differences and de-escalate the situation through political dialogue and consultations, especially as all of the major regional and international organizations — the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe and others — are offering their mediation and good offices to this effect. The presence of Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and OSCE representatives on the ground testify clearly to that. We welcome the proposal of the OSCE to send a monitoring mission to Crimea and other regions of Ukraine. We urge the Russian Federation to respond positively. In the light of the international efforts, Russia cannot continue forging ahead with military invasion, especially as Ukraine has repeatedly offered consultations with Russian counterparts. Consultation mechanisms are also foreseen in the Budapest Memorandum and must be used to de-escalate the situation. All of these

territorial integrity. Efforts to destabilize the situation, as well as to stoke radical action and separatism in Crimea and elsewhere in Ukraine, are highly dangerous. We commend the restraint shown by the new Government of Ukraine and its determination not to give in to provocation. We support the efforts of the SecretaryGeneral to defuse the crisis and welcome the proposals, as I said before, to send monitoring missions. We would welcome any other bodies and missions that may help to ease the situation. We urge the Russian Federation to respond to these efforts and to seize the opportunity before it is too late.

http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/security-council/europe/watch/ ukraine-security-council-7125th-meeting/3288592741001 (Nuo 34:18 iki 37:40)

EUROPA / EUROPE Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės pasisakymas JTST posėdyje dėl padėties Kryme, 2014 m. kovo 10 d. Statement by Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, at a UNSC closed consultations on the situation in Crimea, March 10, 2014

I thank Under Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing. Lithuania would like to refer to the strong condemnation by the European Union Heads of States of the unprovoked violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by the Russian Federation and their call on the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw its armed forces to the areas of their permanent stationing. The ongoing military activities by the Russian Federation in Crimea, Ukraine, constitute a serious threat against the territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine and are in violation of the UN Charter. Russia’s actions violate the principle of non-intervention and non-interference in the internal affairs of States, as well as the spirit and letter of the Helsinki Final Act, based on non-use of force, inviolability of frontiers and peaceful settlement of disputes. They constitute an act of aggression, which involves invasion into the territory of another state, military occupation, blockade of ports and the use of armed forces in contravention to the conditions provided for by the Agreement on Black Sea Fleet. As a signator y of 1991 the Alma Ata Declaration, the 1994 Budapest Me morandum, the 1997 Agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the Status and

Conditions of the Presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the Territory of Ukraine, as well as the 1997 Treaty on friendship, goodneighbourliness and cooperation between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation clearly and repeatedly recognized Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty- and is thus in violation of its own obligations arising from bilateral treaties with Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada of the Crimea does not have any competence to call for a refe rendum on the constitutional structure of the Ukrainian state. Even the Constitution of Crimea, unambiguously states that “Crimea shall be an integral part of Ukraine”. The hastily organized “referendum” in the Crimea region of Ukraine on joining the Russian Federation, has thus no legal standing whatsoever. It is an illegitimate unilateral action will violates Ukraine’s Constitution. Any such acts must be considered null and void as they contradict the international law, the Constitution and the laws of Ukraine. We call on all countries to make it clear that they will not recognize the “referendum” and its outcome. Furthermore, the questions to be sub mitted at this referendum intentionally provide only secessionist options, leaving no choice whatsoever to anyone who cares for the integrity of the Ukrainian state. The choices are – literally, secede or secede. Blatant propaganda, pressures exerted on Ukrainian population and Ukrainian military, continuous provocations with an aim to elicit violent responses, the hurried referendum and the total takeover of the media by pro-Russian

forces are causing increasing concerns among Crimea’s diverse population. Crimean Tartars in particular- the original inhabitants of Crimeaare deeply worried about the prospects of Crimea’s annexation to Russia. Ukrainian Jewish committee’s general director visiting Jerusalem dismissed Russian claims about escalating antisemitism saying “there is no danger to Jews in Crimea”, said Edward Dolinsky at a press conference in Jerusalem. The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors is alarmed about the situation in Crimea and noted that “relations between ethnic groups on the peninsula are characterized by a growing climate of fear” — not because of some inbuilt conflict in Crimean society but as a result of pro-Russian forces and Russia’s increasing interference in Ukraine’s affairs. The past days have seen an onslaught against media freedom in Crimea by proRussian forces: the terrestrial signals of Ukrainian television stations Inter, Briz, 1+1, 5 Channel, 1st national, STB, Chernomorskaya TV have all been cut, and replaced with Russian channels. The Internet connection of Crimean Tatar ATR channel is also down. A number of journalists have been threatened, assaulted and physically attacked. These

media freedom restrictions together with attacks and intimidation of journalists should stop immediately. We cannot commend enough the in credible restraint and moral fortitude of the Ukrainian people and military in the face of increasing escalation of violence and provocation- this restraint speaks volumes of their readiness and commitment to pursue a peaceful resolution of this situation. Ukrainian side is also open to all international monitors and inspections and ready to cooperate in all possible formats, to ensure that the rights of all are guaranteed. They are open and have nothing to hide. In this regard, repeated blocking by proRussian forces of entry of international OSCE observers to Crimea, harassment of UN Special Envoy that led to cancellation of his mission to Crimea are deeply disturbing. We urge Russian Federation to support all UN and OSCE initiatives to launch international monitoring mechanisms in Ukraine. We urge Russian Federation to restore dialogue with Ukrainian authorities. The solution to the crisis in Ukraine must be based on the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, as well as the strict adherence to international law.

Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės pasisakymas JTST posėdyje dėl padėties Kryme, 2014 m. kovo 13 d. Statement by Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, at a UNSC briefing on the situation in Crimea, March 13, 2014 As Under-Secretary-General for Political AffAs Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Feltman noted in his statement, this is the sixth time since 1 March that we have met to address the crisis caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine.

In the meantime, the Heads of State of the European Union have condemned the unprovoked violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by the Russian Federation, and called on the later to immediately withdraw its armed forces to

EUROPA / EUROPE their areas of permanent stationing. That call was reinforced by a similar statement issued by the leaders of the Group of Seven and the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) to stress the illeg ality of the referendum in Crimea and call on all actors to refrain from supporting unconstitutional activities. As a leader and a patriot, ex-President Yanukovych should have put Ukraine first and done everything within his power to normalize the situation. He should have led the implementation of the oft-cited 21 February agreement, which he signed very unwillingly and which Russia refused to co-sign, as eloquently pointed out by the French Ambassador. Instead, Yanukovych abandoned his country and fled, exposing it to partition and annexation. Under those circumstances, the Uk rainian Rada, whose legitimac y have never and cannot be challenged, appointed a new Prime Minister in accordance with the Ukrainian Constitution and by the overwhelming majority of votes, enabling the formation of a unity Government that is fully representative of the ethnic and geographical diversity of the Ukrainian population, as was also pointed out by our colleague from the United States. We commend the incredible restraint and moral fortitude of the Ukrainian Government, its people and its military in the face of the continuous escalation of provocations and a massive propaganda onslaught. It speaks volumes on the Prime Minister’s readiness and commitment to pursuing the peaceful resolution of the current crisis. Never has a referendum been set up so hurriedly, and even that very short time frame was cut still shorter in a clear violation of Ukraine’s Constitution and also the constitution of Crimea, which

unambiguously states that Crimea shall be an integral part of Ukraine. The original inhabitants of Ukraine, Crimean Tatars, have spoken loudly against the referendum and Crimea’s secession and have reaffirmed their desire to see their homeland as part of Ukraine. But their voices will not count, nor will the voices of many other ethnic groups inhabiting Crimea, including Ukrainians themselves, because the referendum is specifically designed to endorse secession. There is simply no other option but to say yes to partition. Notably, in the meantime, Russia is fasttracking legislation that will facilitate the annexation of Crimea — or any piece of any other country, for that matter. One can only imagine the shudders that is sending across the entire region, whose memories of the recent Soviet occupation and invasions are still very much alive. As a signatory of the 1991 Almaty Declaration, the 1994 Budapest Me morandum, the 1997 Agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the Status of Conditions of the Presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the Territory of Ukraine and the 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Co operation and Par tnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation has repeatedly recognized Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Furthermore, as a signatory of the Budapest Memorandum, it has undertaken the obligation to protect and guarantee Ukraine’s sovereignty, inviolability and territorial integrity, in exchange — as has been pointed out — for Ukraine’s relinquishing its nuclear-weapons arsenal. The blatant breach of bilateral obli gations and international law by Russia is undermining the very foundation of international law as well as regional and international peace and security. We strongly call on all States to make it clear that they will not recognize the referendum

and its outcome. Nothing that has been said, including by the Russian Ambassador — nothing on Earth — warrants or justifies Russia’s actions and those of the pro-Russian forces in Crimea. Whatever concerns — legitimate concerns — may be raised about the conditions of ethno-linguistic minorities, they could have and still can be readily addressed through existing regional and international instruments. The Council of Europe has plenty of mechanisms to that effect and is ready to engage; so do the OSCE and the United Nations. Let those organizations do their job, just as they have done with success on multiple other occasions, especially since Ukraine has repeatedly invited monitors and repres entatives of those organizations and declared its openness to be visited, assessed, inspected and monitored. Ukraine has nothing to hide. But its opponents do. Why else would certain forces try to do everything in their power to isolate Crimea before the illegal referendum? The pro-Russian forces propped up by the ever-growing Russian military presence on the peninsula have repeatedly denied access to OSCE teams, to Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Robert Serry, who was harassed and denied entry twice. Crimean Ukrainians are attacked and accused of being occupiers in their own country, taunted en masse as fascists and Nazis, simply for no other reason but being Ukrainian. Crimean airspace is closed to flights, except those from and to Moscow. Water ways are blocked, electricity and supplies to Ukrainian forces cut. Ships are sunk at water entries to the peninsula, trenches dug and, as reported by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, landmines are being laid. Land access is monitored by so-called unidentified Russian-speaking

men who are armed to the teeth. Crimea’s information space has also been blocked. All Ukrainian information channels and the local Tatar network have been clamped down and replaced by Russian channels transmitting continuous anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Journalists have been threa tened, assaulted and kidnapped. It is in that context of Crimea’s isolation, gunpoint tactics by pro-Russian forces and extreme levels of anti-Ukrainian hysteria that the illegal referendum is to take place this coming weekend, paving the way to Crimea’s annexation by Russia. The crisis is deeply troubling. Besides violating the underlying principles of international law and of a country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, it also has a highly explosive human dimension. The anti-Ukrainian propaganda and a barrage of lies risk unleashing the most dangerous demons of hatred, with potentially devastating consequences for the region and international security as a whole. We call on the Russian Federation to stop the warmongering and its dan gerous propaganda campaign aimed at its neighbours, and to use whatever little time remains for open dialogue and the participation of international mediation. While it is still possible, we appeal to the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops to their regular locations, accept the primacy of international law and reaffirm its respect for the Charter of the United Nations, engage in direct dialogue with Kyiv without any further delay, revert to existing mechanisms of crisis resolution, and accept the initiatives of the United Nations, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and whatever other initiatives there are that are aimed at preventing further escalation and launching international monitoring mechanisms. The solution to the crisis in Ukraine can be based only on the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of the

EUROPA / EUROPE country, as well as on strict adherence to international law and international standards of behaviour. If this chance is missed, the consequences for the international order are difficult to assess, and the full responsibility

for them will be Russia’s to bear. The window of opportunity, as our British colleague has referred to it, is still open. It is up to Russia to keep it open, or to shut it in the face of the international community.

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Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės pasisakymas po balsavimo dėl 42 JT narių kosponsoriuoto JTST rezoliucijos projekto, kuriuo “referendumas Kryme” būtų pripažintas neteisėtu, 2014 m. kovo 15 d. Statement by Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, delivered after the vote at the UNSC on a draft reso lution that was co-sponsored by 42 UN Member States which would have defined the occupation of Crimea as illegal, March 15, 2014 My delegation is profoundly troubled by Russia’s veto of the draft resolution (S/2014/189) on the illegality of the referendum in Crimea, and we are worried about its consequences for the future of peace and security in the region and internationally. On 31 May 1997 in a ceremony at the monument of the Liberator Soldier in Kiev, the late President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, during his historic visit to Ukraine solemnly declared, “Ukraine is an independent country, and we will hold this promise sacred”. Russia “does not lay claim on any part of Ukraine or on any of its cities”. And yet, in defiance to the Budapest Memorandum, whereby the Russian Federation reaffirmed its obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, contrary to the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation of 1997, which affirms

that both countries agree to respect each other’s territorial integrity and confirm the viability of the borders existing between them, and in violation of the obligations and commitments undertaken by Russia during its accession to key regional and international organizations, Ukraine is about to be carved up. While the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and individual world leaders have been trying hard in the

past few weeks to get Russia to engage with Ukrainian authorities in order to avoid a veritable crisis over Crimea, and while the Ukrainian authorities repeated their readiness to accept international monitors and mediation efforts, Russian troops and equipment were being amassed in Crimea, accompanied by aggressive anti-Ukrainian propaganda and hurried anti-constitutional acts by the Crimean Parliament to prepare the ground for an illegal referendum and eventual annexation of Crimea by Russia. Tomorrow a farce of a referendum will be held, in flagrant violation of the Ukraine and Crimean Constitutions and international law. The historical inhabitants of the penin sula, the Crimean Tartars, who see their future in and with Ukraine, said they would boycott this illegal happening. All others who care for the sovereignty and indivisibility of the country, including Crimea’s Ukrainians, will be left voiceless by this hastily concocted plebiscite, because the “yes” option to Crimea’s future in Ukraine is simply not on the ballot. Our Russian colleague has spoken about self-determination and the independence of Crimea. Let me quote the self-proclaimed Prime Minister of Crimea, Aksyonov: “No, we will not have independence”, he said to the press, adding, “Crimea should join Russia”, and it may happen in the next week or so. It is in that context that the Council has voted for a draft resolution condemning the illegal referendum in Crimea, saying yes to the nonuse of force in relations between the States; yes to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability and political independence of Ukraine, and by way of extension, of any

sovereign State. My country’s yes to the draft resolution is a yes to non-aggression, to a nation’s free choice of its destiny and its alliances, to democracy, to the rule of law and to the internationally accepted rules of behaviour based on the norms and principles of international law. Today’s veto is not business as usual. By vetoing the draft resolution, built on the core tenants of the Charter of the United Nations, which clearly states that “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent for the Purposes of the United Nations” and that “The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, shall, first of all, seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements or other peaceful means of their own choice”, the Russian Federation is challenging the very principles on which this Organization, the United Nations, is built and which supported the international system for the past seven decades. We deplore this veto. The world cannot allow a repetition of 1956, 1968 or 2008 in Europe. We call on all Member States and regional and international organizations not to recognize the results of the referendum in Crimea and not to recognize any alteration of the status of Crimea carried out in clear and obvious violation of the Constitution of Ukraine, a United Nations founding Member. We call on Russia to disown the il legal referendum in Crimea. International

EUROPA / EUROPE observers, monitors and mediators have been invited by the Ukrainian Government and must be allowed to do their job. We also urge Russia to reaffirm its treaty obligations vis-à-vis Ukraine, including respect for its sovereignty, territorial integrity and political

independence, and to withdraw without delay its armed forces to the areas of their permanent stations. Only political dialogue and full respect of the Charter of the United Nations and international law can put an end to the crisis and prevent further bloodshed.

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Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės pasisakymas JTST posėdyje dėl padėties Ukrainoje, 2014 m. kovo 19 d. Statement by Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Represen tative of Lithuania to the UN, at a UNSC briefing on the situation in Ukraine, March 19, 2014

I would like to thank Deputy SecretaryGeneral Eliasson and Assistant SecretaryGeneral Šimonović for their briefings and our colleague from Ukraine for his statement. Last Sunday, a hastily crafted illegal referendum took place in Ukraine’s Crimea — a referendum held in a region cut off from its mainland and the rest of the world by another country’s armed forces and under a heavy barrage of aggressive antiUkrainian propaganda. Representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe and key United Nations national and regional organizations with outstanding experience in human rights monitoring and the

organization and observation of elections were all prevented from entering Crimea. The plebiscite was organized in a record short period of time, probably a first in the practice of referendums, without nation wide preparations or consultations. Not a single credible international observer was present to verify and ascertain that this hurried referendum was free and fair. Those facts alone are sufficient to raise alarms about the quality of the referendum and its fraudulence. At the same time, notably, while representatives of major international organizations, monitors and observers were prevented from entering Crimea, more than a 100 so-called “independent referendum

observers”, as our French colleague has stated, who were well-established hard-line nationalists, Nazi sympathizers, deniers of the Holocaust, anti-semites, deniers of the massacre of Srebrenica and Islamophobes — hardly a company to keep for those who claim to protect Europe, Ukraine and Crimea from fascism — were able to observe and to “ascertain” that allegedly the referendum was fine and fair. The indigenous Tatar population, for whom Crimea is the only place on Earth they can call home and whose massive deportation by Stalin in cattle cars is still very much alive in their collective memory, called to boycott the election as contrary to their desire to be an integral part of Ukraine. How about their right to self-determination? The so-called referendum is nothing but an undisguised land grab and a blatant violation by Russia of the Charter of the United Nations, international law, as well as bilateral and multilateral agreements and commitments. A country which should have been a guarantor of Ukraine’s sovereignty, as per the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, breached its legal responsibility towards Ukraine to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity in exchange for its renunciation of nuclear weapons. How does that bode for the non-proliferation regime? Sunday’s referendum is nothing else but a fraudulent sham whose sole purpose was to rubber-stamp the illegal annexation of a part of Ukraine. As such, it cannot be recognized by the international community. Lithuania once again calls on all States to reject that act, not to recognize the illegal

joining of a part of the territory of sovereign Ukraine to the Russian Federation and to reaffirm their support for the principles of the United Nations Charter and the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. How deeply ironic is the fact that, carried out under the false pretext of protecting human and minority rights, the aggression against Crimea is carried out by pro-Russian militants with Moscow’s support, causing serious and repeated human rights violations against the Crimean population through incitement against Ukrainians, extreme censorship, shutting down media outlets and press hubs, cases of arbitrary arrest, detention and enforced disappearances, routine attacks against journalists, vandalism, beatings and other ill-treatment? Furthermore, the outcome of the referendum and the rushed admittance of Crimea into the Russian fold will further infringe upon the rights of large numbers of Crimea’s inhabitants, who will be forced to make heart-rending choices regarding their loyalty to the Ukrainian State and their citizenship, with serious consequences for their families, their property rights and their future. One country appropriating at will a part of a neighbouring country is a profoundly disturbing signal to everyone that, once again, territories are up for grabs and that the international norms guaranteeing the sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of States can be rewritten by force. Who will be next?

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EUROPA / EUROPE Lietuvos nuolatinės misijos JT ministrės patarėjos Ritos Kazragienės pasisakymas Lietuvos surengtame JTST narių Arria formulės susitikime su M. Džemiliovu ir V. Samar dėl žmogaus teisių padėties okupuotame Kryme, 2014 m. kovo 31 d. Statetment by Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the UN Rita Kazragienė at an Arria-formula meeting of the members of the UNSC with M. Dzhemilev and V. Samar initiated by the delegation of Lithuania to discuss the human rights situation in occupied Crimea, March 31, 2014

I wish to thank you to attending the Arria-formula meeting this afternoon on the situation in Crimea, Ukraine. By organizing the meeting Lithuania looks forward to have a first-hand opportunity to hear about the events that took place in and around Crimea in February and March this year. In the concept note that Lithuania circulated to the Council members we have summarized efforts by the UN and OSCE officials to assess the human rights situation in Crimea. As you are aware the Special Envoy of the Secretary General, Mr Robert Serry, was physically forced to leave Crimea. Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, was also first denied entry and only was able to get access last weekend. OSCE observers were physically prevented from entering the peninsula. Severe clampdown on the Ukrainian and independent media in Crimea prevented

the international community to obtaining a truthful and facts-based assessment of the human rights situation in Crimea. As recently as March 2014 Amnesty Inter national reported that journalists and activists were „facing increasing harassment and intimidation in Crimea”. In fact OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović extreme censorship, shutting down media outlets, attacks on journalists in Crimea, warning that in those circumstances the people of Crimea could have been subjected to the worst kind of propaganda. Without further ado let me introduce our two honourable speakers who are with us today. H.E. Mr Mustafa Dzhemilev is a human rights activist, dissident, former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, and member of the Verkhova Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine. M. Dzhemilev devoted his entire life to the protection of human rights. During the Soviet times, Mr Dzhemilev fought to restore the rights of the Crimean Tatars who, as a national minority, in 1944 were deported en masse by the Soviet Union Government from Crimea to remote areas in Central Asia, the Urals and Siberia. He devoted his life to struggle for the Crimean Tatar people to return to their homeland. In May of 1969 M. Dzhemilev became one of the founders of the Initiative Group for the Defence of Human Rights in the USSR, which primarily engaged in preparing and distributing open letters addressed to the

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Russian repressions against freedoms in Crimea continue: great concern as Crimea‘s only Tatar television station goes off air, #SaveATR (1:57 PM, April 1, 2015)

I join UN SC Ban Ki-moon in urging the world not to forget #Chibok girls. International community must fight #BokoHaram (7:01 AM, April 15, 2015)

Strongest condemnation of brutal killing of 5 #Libyan TV #journalists by ISIS. Terrorism will never silence #freespeech(7:20 AM, April 28, 2015)

Extremely proud of adoption of #UNSC resolution 2222 for protection of journalists, 48 co-sponsored countries! #mediafreedom (6:31 PM, May 27, 2015)

#UN discussion on #ProtectionOfJournalists: wheel is invented, legal acts in place. Key challenges- accountability & impunity. #MediaFreedom(8:39 PM, May 27, 2015)

#MH17 report connects the dots &is 1 more step to restoring justice. Ru veto on #UNSC res shouldn‘t let perpetrators escape responsibility(October 13, 2015)

Int #peaceday 2day - tough goal, when even a #UNSC member sides w/ aggression&saber-rattling. Being for peace only in theory isn‘t enough...(2:22 PM, September 21, 2015)

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2015.05.27 Saugumo Taryba vieningai pritarė Lietuvos pateiktai rezoliucijai Nr. 2222 dėl žurnalistų saugumo – pirmajai tokio pobūdžio rezoliucijai per pastarąjį dešimtmetį (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). 27 May 2015, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 2222 (2015), drafted by Lithuania, condemning all violations and abuses committed against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in situations of armed conflict. (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

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2015.05.29 Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius pirmininkauja pirmajam istorijoje Saugumo Tarybos narių vidaus ir teisingumo ministrų aukšto lygio posėdžiui, skirtam koordinuoti kovą su užsienio teroristais kovotojais ir ekstremistine ideologija (Loey Filipe / UN Photo nuotrauka). 29 May 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, and Council President for the month of May, addressed the Security Council briefing attended by interior ministers on countering the flow of foreign terrorist fighters and extremist ideology. (Loey Filipe / UN Photo).

2014.02.14 Saugumo Tarybos pirmininkas, Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius ir Europos Sąjungos vyriausioji įgaliotinė užsienio reikalams ir saugumo politikai Catherine Ashton atsako į žurnalistų klausimus dėl Ukrainos ir Irano. Lietuva surengė paskutinį C. Ashton pristatymą Saugumo Taryboje (Mark Garten / UN Photo nuotrauka). 14 February 2014, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and President of the Security Council for the month of February and Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, spoke to journalists on Ukraine and Iran following the Council meeting on the EU and UN cooperation. Lithuania organized the last briefing by Baroness Ashton, in her capacity as the EU High Representative, at the Security Council (Mark Garten / UN Photo).

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2014.09.24 JAV Prezidentas Barakas Obama pirmininkavo Saugumo Tarybos valstybių narių viršūnių susitikimui, skirtam kovai su augančia užsienio teroristų kovotojų grėsme. Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentės Dalios Grybauskaitės pokalbis su Čilės Prezidente Michelle Bachelet (Mark Garten / UN Photo nuotrauka). 24 September 2014, the Security Council held the summit at the level of Heads of Government with the focus on emerging threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters. Michelle Bachelet (foreground right), President of Chile, speaks with Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, at the Council summit (Mark Garten / UN Photo).

2015.12.18 po JAV valstybės sekretoriaus John Kerry ir Rusijos užsienio reikalų ministro Sergei Lavrov derybų Saugumo Taryba priėmė rezoliuciją 2254 ir įgaliojo JT Generalinį Sekretorių tarpininkauti Sirijos vyriausybės ir opozicijos deryboms ieškant pilietinio karo sprendimo. Lietuvos užsienio reikalų viceministras Andrius Krivas parėmė JT Generalinio Sekretoriaus ir jo specialaus atstovo Staffan de Mistura pastangas (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). 18 December 2015, after negotiations between US State Secretary John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2254 (2015), requesting the Secretary-General to engage the representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition in formal negotiations on a political transition process on an urgent basis. Andrius Krivas, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, addressed the Council. (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

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2015.05.27 Saugumo Tarybos gegužės mėnesio pirmininko, Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministro Lino Linkevičiaus spaudos konferencija JT būstinėje Niujorke. Dešinėje – Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). 27 May 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and President of the Security Council for the month of May, addressed a press conference at the UN Secretariat in New York. At his side is Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

2015.05.27 JT Saugumo Tarybos salėje – Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius, Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė, URM Jungtinių Tautų, tarptautinių organizacijų ir žmogaus teisių departamento direktorius Oskaras Jusys (pirmos eilės centre) ir Lietuvos Saugumo Tarybos komandos Niujorke nariai. 2015 m. gegužę Lietuva antrą kartą pirmininkavo Saugumo Tarybai. 27 May 2015, at the UN Security Council Chamber: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the UN Raimonda Murmokaitė, Oskaras Jusys, Director of the United Nations, International Organizations and Human Rights Department of the MFA (all three first row, center) and Lithuanian Security Council team members. Lithuania presided over the Security Council in May, 2015.

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2015.05.14 Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ir Saugumo Tarybos pirmininkė ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė pradeda Saugumo Tarybos posėdį dėl Irako (Loey Filipe / UN Photo nuotrauka). 14 May 2015, Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and President of the Security Council for May, chaired the Council’s meeting on the situation concerning Iraq. (Loey Filipe / UN Photo).

2014.01.17 Lietuvos pirmininkavimo Saugumo Taryboje vasario mėn. planų aptarimas su JT generaliniu sekretoriumi Ban Ki-moon. Nuotraukoje (pirmajame plane iš kairės į dešinę): JT generalinis sekretorius Ban Ki-moon, Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė, JT Saugumo Tarybos reikalų skyriaus direktorius Movses Abelian (UN Photo nuotrauka). 17 January 2014, discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Lithuania’s plans for the Security Council Presidency in February. In the photo (from left to right): UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, the UN Security Council Affairs Division Director Movses Abelian (UN Photo photo).

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2015.05.04 Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ir Saugumo Tarybos pirmininkės ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės spaudos konferencija JT žurnalistams. Nuotraukoje (iš kairės į dešinę) Lietuvos misijos atstovė spaudai Rūta Jazukevičiūtė, misijos politikos koordinatorius Dainius Baublys ir ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė (Mark Garten / UN Photo nuotrauka). 4 May 2015, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė (top right), Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and President of the Security Council for May, briefed journalists on the Council’s programme of work for the month. In the picture (from left to right) Rūta Jazukevičiūtė, Spokeswoman of the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the UN, and Political Coordinator Dainius Baublys (Mark Garten / UN Photo).

2014 m. pirmą kartą istorijoje šešios moterys ambasadorės atstovavo savo valstybėms Saugumo Taryboje. Nuotraukoje (iš kairės į dešinę) Jordanijos nuolatinė atstovė JT Dina Kawar, Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė, JAV nuolatinė atstovė JT Samantha Power ir Liuksemburgo nuolatinė atstovė JT Sylvie Lucas (nuotraukoje nėra Argentinos ambasadorės Marija Cristina Perceval ir Nigerijos ambasadorės Dr. Joy Ogwu) (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). In 2014, for the first time in UN Security Council history, six women ambassadors represented their countries in the Security Council. From left: Dina Kawar, Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the UN; Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania; Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States; and Sylvie Lucas, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg. (Not in the photo Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval of Argentina and Ambassador Dr. Joy Ogwu of Nigeria) (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

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2014.03.03 Jungtinės Karalystės ir Lietuvos prašymu sušauktas skubus pirmasis viešas Saugumo Tarybos posėdis dėl padėties okupuotame Kryme. Vasario 27-28 d. Rusijos karinės pajėgos užėmė strateginius Krymo (Ukraina) objektus (Paulo Filgueiras / UN Photo nuotrauka). 3 March 2014, upon the request of the United Kingdom and Lithuania the Security Council held its first public meeting on the situation in the occupied Crimea. On February 27-28 Russian troops occupied the strategic objects in Crimea (Ukraine). A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in Crimea (UN Photo / Paulo Filgueiras).

2014.03.15 Rusijos Federacijos nuolatinis atstovas JT ambasadorius Vitalij Čiurkin vetuoja JAV pateiktą Saugumo Tarybos rezoliuciją, kuri būtų paskelbusi planuojamą referendumą Ukrainos Krymo regione ir Sevastopolyje neteisėtu. Už rezoliuciją balsavo 13 valstybių, viena prieš ir Kinija susilaikė (Eskinder Debebe / UN Photo nuotrauka). 15 March 2014, Ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, vetoes a draft resolution which would have declared the planned referendum on independence for Ukraine’s Crimea region illegal and would have urged countries not to recognise the results. The resolution received 13 votes in favour, one against and one abstention from China (Eskinder Debebe / UN Photo).

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2015.12.11 Lietuvos ir Ukrainos užsienio reikalų ministrai Linas Linkevičius ir Pavlo Klimkin kalbasi su žurnalistais po Lietuvos prašymu sušaukto Saugumo Tarybos posėdžio dėl žmogaus teisių padėties Ukrainoje ir Kryme (Manuel Elias / UN Photo nuotrauka). 11 December 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, briefed the press following the Security Council meeting on the human rights situation in Ukraine and Crimea. Also in the photo is Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Manuel Elias / UN Photo).

2015.06.05 Lietuvos prašymu sušauktas skubus Saugumo Tarybos posėdis dėl didžiausių paliaubų Donbase (Ukraina) pažeidimų prie Marijinkos kaimo. Nuotraukoje – Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė (Loey Filipe / UN Photo nuotrauka). 5 June 2015, upon the request of Lithuania the Security Council convened an urgent meeting on violations of the ceasefire regime in Donbass (Ukraine) near the Mariinka village. In the picture Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN (Loey Filipe / UN Photo).

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2015.03.15 po Lietuvos surengto Saugumo Tarybos susitikimo su Krymo totorių ir žmogaus teisių atstovais. Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė ir Krymo totorių lyderis, buvęs Tarybų Sąjungos disidentas Mustafa Džemiliovas atsako į žurnalistų klausimus Niujorke (Evan Schneider / UN Photo nuotrauka). 15 March 2015 Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, spoke to journalists on the situation in Crimea. Addressing reporters also was Mustafa Dzhemilev, human rights activist, the leader of the Crimean Tatars and a Soviet Union dissident (Evan Schneider/ UN Photo).

2014.07.18 Saugumo Tarybos nariai tylos minute pagerbė MH17 orlaivio katastrofos Rytų Ukrainoje aukas (Mark Garten / UN Photo nuotrauka). 18 July 2014, the Security Council members observed a minute of silence for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine (Mark Garten / UN Photo).

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2014.08.08 Saugumo Tarybos posėdyje JT generalinio sekretoriaus pavaduotojas žmogaus teisėms Ivan Šimonović informavo apie žmogaus teisių padėtį Donbase ir Kryme (Paulo Filgueiras / JT nuotrauka). 8 August 2014, at the Security Council Chamber Ivan Šimonović (on screen), Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, briefed the Council on the situation in Donbass and Crimea via video link (Paulo Filgueiras / UN photo).

2015.12.11 Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministro Lino Linkevičiaus pasisakymas Saugumo Tarybos posėdyje dėl padėties Ukrainoje (Evan Scheider / UN Photo nuotrauka). 11 December 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, addressed the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine (Evan Scheider / UN Photo).

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2014.02.19 Saugumo Tarybos pirmininkas, Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius pirmininkauja Lietuvos surengtiems debatams dėl teisės viršenybės svarbos palaikant tarptautinę taiką ir saugumą. Kairėje – JT generalinis sekretorius Ban Ki-moon (UN Photo nuotrauka). 19 February 2014, Linas Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and President of the Security Council for the month of February, chaired the Security Council debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. On his right is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (UN Photo).

2015 m. JAV nuolatinė atstovė JT Samantha Power, Ukrainos nuolatinis atstovas JT Yuriy Sergeyev ir Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė išreiškia solidarumą su Rusijoje neteisėtai įkalinta Ukrainos karo pilote Nadja Savčenko. 2015, The Permanent Representative of the US to the UN Ambassador Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev and Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė expressed their solidarity with Ukrainian military pilot Nadja Savchenko, illegally imprisoned in Russia.

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2014.04.25 Lietuvos nuolatinės misijos JT ministrė patarėja Rita Kazragienė pasisako Saugumo Tarybos atviruose debatuose dėl seksualinio smurto ginkluotuose konfliktuose (UN Photo nuotrauka). 25 April 2014, Rita Kazragienė, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN, spoke at the Security Council open debate on sexual violence in armed conflicts (UN Photo).

2014.12.04 15-os Saugumo Tarybos šalių narių nuolatiniai atstovai su JT generaliniu sekretoriumi Ban Ki-moon. Nuotraukoje (iš kairės į dešinę) Argentinos, Australijos, Čilės, Kinijos, Prancūzijos, Jordanijos, Lietuvos, Čado nuolatiniai atstovai JT, JT generalinis sekretorius, Liuksemburgo ir Nigerijos nuolatinių atstovų pavaduotojai, Korėjos Respublikos, Rusijos Federacijos, Ruandos, Jungtinės Karalystės ir Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų nuolatiniai atstovai JT (UN Photo nuotrauka). 4 December 2014, the Permanent Representatives of the Security Council Member States with UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon. In the picture (from left to right) Permanent Representatives of Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Chad, the UN Secretary General, Deputy Permanent Representatives of Luxembourg and Nigeria, Permanent Representatives of Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. (UN Photo).

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2014 m. rugpjūtį Saugumo Tarybos šalių ambasadoriams vizito Juboje (Pietų Sudane) metui nepavyko įtikinti dviejų pilietinio karo pusių įgyvendinti paliaubų sutartį. Pirmoje eilėje JAV ambasadorė JT Samantha Power, Ruandos ambasadorius JT Eugène-Richard Gasana ir JK ambasadorius JT Lyall Grant; antroje eilėje Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė JT Raimonda Murmokaitė, Korėjos Respublikos ambasadorius JT Oh Joon ir Jordanijos ambasadorė JT Dina Kawar (JC McIlwaine / UN Photo nuotrauka). August, 2014. Members of the Security Council during their meeting with members of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of South Sudan in Juba. Front row, from left: Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN; Eugène-Richard Gasana, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the UN; and Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of August. Second row, from left: Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN; and Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN. (JC McIlwaine / UN Photo).

2015.05.07 Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė kalbasi su žurnalistais po uždarų Saugumo Tarybos konsultacijų dėl padėties Sirijoje (Loey Filipe / UN Photo nuotrauka). 7 May 2015, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and President of the Security Council for May, spoke to journalists, following a closed Council meeting on the situation in Syria. (Loey Filipe / UN Photo).

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2015.02.10 Kovos su terorizmu komiteto pirmininkė ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė ir Prancūzijos teisingumo ministrė Christiane Taubira kalba atvirame komiteto posėdyje dėl įstatymo viršenybės kovoje su terorizmu (Devra Berkowitz / UN Photo nuotrauka). 10 February 2015, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and Chair of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), addressed the open briefing by the CTC on “The importance of the rule of law in countering the current terrorist threat”. On her right is Christiane Taubira, French Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals. (Devra Berkowitz / UN Photo).

2014.09.30 Marokas dalinasi patirtimi kovoje su su esktremizmu ir netolerancija atvirame Kovos su terorizmu komiteto brifinge JT Niujorke. Pirmininkauja Kovos su terorizmu komiteto pirmininkė ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė (centre). JT pasekretorius politiniams reikalams Jeffrey Feltman (centro dešinėje). (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). 30 September 2014, the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held an open briefing on “Countering Incitement to Commit Terrorist Acts Motivated by Extremism and Intolerance: The Kingdom of Morocco’s Approach and Experiences of other African States”. Jeffrey Feltman (center right), Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, spoke at the event. On his right is Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and Chair of the CTC (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

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2015.05.29 Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT, Kovos su terorizmu komiteto pirmininkės, ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės pasisakymas Saugumo Tarybos narių vidaus reikalų ministrų posėdyje dėl kovos su užsienio teroristų kovotojų antplūdžiu konfliktų zonose (Devra Berkowits / UN Photo nuotrauka). 29 May 2015, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and Chair of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, briefed the Security Council (Devra Berkowits / UN Photo).

2015.05.13 Saugumo Tarybai pirmininkaujanti Lietuva surengė atvirus debatus dėl šaulių ginklų neteisėto perdavimo ir naudojimo kaštų konfliktų zonose. Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė tariasi su JT vyriausiąja atstove nusiginklavimui Angela Kane dėl Lietuvos pateiktos ST šaulių ginklų rezoliucijos derybų eigos (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). 13 May 2015, the Security Council held an open debate on the human cost of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons. Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN and Council President for the month of May, with Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, consulted of the draft resolution on small arms tabled by Lithuania (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

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2015.11.17 Saugumo Tarybos debatuose dėl vystymosi ir konfliktų priežasčių Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė (kairėje) debatų metu sveikina Ouided Bouchamaoui (dešinėje), vieną iš 2015 m. Nobelio taikos premijos laimėtojų, Tuniso nacionalinio dialogo kvarteto narę (Cia Pak / UN Photo nuotrauka). 17 November 2015, Ouided Bouchamaoui (right), President of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts and co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, greeted Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė (left), Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, at the Security Council meeting on security, development and the root causes of conflict. (Cia Pak / UN Photo).

2014.04.01 dvišalės balandžio mėn. Saugumo Tarybos pirmininko Korėjos Respublikos nuolatinio atstovo JT ambasadoriaus Oh Joon ir Lietuvos nuolatinės atstovės JT ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės konsultacijos prieš patvirtinant Saugumo Tarybos darbotvarkę (Korėjos Respublikos misijos nuotrauka). 1 April 2014, Security Council President Permanent Representative of Republic of Korea to the UN Ambassador Oh Joon and Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė held consultations prior to the approval of the Security Council agenda (photo of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN).

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2014 m. Saugumo Tarybos šalių ambasadorių kelionė į Mogadišą (Somalis) (Raimondos Murmokaitės nuotrauka). In 2014 Security Council ambassadors travelled to Mogadishu (Somalia) (Raimonda Murmokaitė photo).

2014 m. JT radijo interviu su Lietuvos nuolatine atstove JT ambasadore Raimonda Murmokaitė (URM nuotrauka). 2014, UN Radio interview with Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN (Lithuanian MFA photo).

2014 m. sausio mėn. Saugumo Tarybos konsultacijų kambarys. January, 2014. In the consultations room of the Security Council.

2014 m. vasarį Saugumo Tarybos nariai su dviejų dienų vizitu lankėsi Malyje. 2013 m. Saugumo Taryba autorizavo MINUSMA misiją. February, 2014, members of the Security Council went to Mali for a two day visit. The Security Council authorized the MINUSMA mission in 2013.

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2015 m. rugpjūčio 25-29 d. Pirmasis Centrinės Afrikos Respublikos sankcijų komiteto 2127 pirmininkės ambasadorės Raimondos Murmokaitės vizitas CAR deimantų kasyklos Berberati miesto apylinkėse (Mambéré-Kadéï prefektūra) (Raimondos Murmokaitės nuotraukos). August 25-29, the Chair of the 2127 Central African Republic Sanctions Committee Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė visited for the first time diamond mines in the Central African Republic (photos by Raimonda Murmokaitė).

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2015 m. gegužė Lietuvos pirmininkavimo Saugumo Taryboje akimirka, Prezidentavimo kambarys, JT sekretoriatas, Niujorkas. Paskutinis ministro Lino Linkevičiaus kalbos Saugumo Taryboje patikrinimas (Rūtos Jazukevičiūtės nuotrauka). May 2015, moment of the Lithuanian Presidency of Security Council, official Presidency Room, UN Secretariat, New York. Last check of a statement by Minister Linas Linkevičius before a Council meeting. (Rūta Jazukevičiūtė photo).

2015.12.17 kadenciją baigiantys Saugumo Tarybos valstybių narių – Čado, Jordanijos, Lietuvos, Čilės ir Nigerijos – nuolatiniai atstovai pasidalino pirmininkavimo Saugumo Tarybos pagalbiniams organams patirtimi ir įžvalgomis. Nuotraukoje (iš kairės į dešinę) Dovydas Špokauskas, Jemeno sankcijų komiteto ekspertas, Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė, Aidas Sunelaitis, CAR sankcijų komiteto ekspertas (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo nuotrauka). 17 December 2015, outgoing members of the Security Council — Chad, Jordan, Lithuania, Chile and Nigeria — briefed the 15-member body on their work during their two-year tenure as Chairs of various subsidiary bodies, sharing their highlights, concerns and recommendations. Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent of Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) concerning Yemen, briefed the Council (Rick Bajornas / UN Photo).

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2013.10.17 apie 11 val. Lietuva buvo išrinkta į Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Tarybą, surinkusi 187 (daugiausia iš visų kandidatų) balsus. Nuotraukoje centre – Lietuvos nuolatinė atstovė JT ambasadorė Raimonda Murmokaitė ir Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius (Dainiaus Baublio nuotrauka). 17 October 2013, at around 11 a.m. Lithuania was elected to the United Nations Security Council with a score of 187 (most of all candidates that day) votes. Lithuanian permanent representative to the UN Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė (in the center) and Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius (Dainius Baublys photo).

2013.10.17 vienas pirmųjų su Lietuvos pergale rinkimuose į Saugumo Tarybos nenuolatines nares užsienio reikalų ministrą Liną Linkevičių pasveikino Rusijos Federacijos nuolatinis atstovas JT ambasadorius Vitalijus Čiurkinas (Dainiaus Baublio nuotrauka). 17 October 2013, following Lithuania’s election to the United Nations Security Council Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius was congratulated by Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of Russian Federation to the UN (Dainius Baublys photo).

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2013.10.17 po rinkimų į Saugumo Tarybą Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministras Linas Linkevičius rengiasi duoti interviu Lietuvos radijui. Nuotraukoje Lietuvos nuolatinės misijos JT politikos koordinatoriaus pavaduotojas Andrius Kalindra ir ministras Linas Linkevičius (Dainiaus Baublio nuotrauka). 17 October 2013 after the elections to the Security Council Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius was preparing to give an interview to the Lithuanian radio. In the picture Deputy Political Coordinator at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the UN Andrius Kalindra and Minister Linas Linkevičius (Dainius Baublys photo).

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2013.10.17 žmonės, kurių dėka po 17 metų pastangų Lietuva atsidūrė 2014-2015 m. tarptautinio politinio olimpo viršūnėje. Šimtai kitų Lietuvos diplomatų vardan šio tikslo dirbo daugelyje pasaulio kampelių. Niujorkas, Lietuvos nuolatinė misija JT Niujorke (Dainiaus Baublio nuotrauka). 17 October 2013, diplomats and staff members who worked for years for Lithuania to be elected to as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Hundreds of their Lithuanian colleagues toiled in many parts of the world to make a successful bid. At the Lithuanian permanent mission to the UN in New York (Dainius Baublys photo).

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2014-2015 m. visus Jungtinių Tautų Saugumo Tarybos priimtus dokumentus – rezoliucijas, prezidentinius pareiškimus, pareiškimus spaudai, laiškus, pirmininko notas – rasite JT svetainėje http://www.un.org/en/sc/documents. Žemiau rasite svarbiausius Lietuvos rengtus Saugumo Tarybos dokumentus, kelis Lietuvai svarbius priimtus ir nepriimtus Saugumo Tarybos dokumentus, kurių derybose Lietuva svariai prisidėjo: • 2014 m. vasario 14 d. Lietuvos parengtas Saugumo Tarybos pirmininko pareiškimas dėl strateginės Jungtinių Tautų ir Europos Sąjungos partnerystės; • 2014 m. vasario 21 d. Lietuvos parengtas Saugumo Tarybos pirmininko pareiškimas dėl įstatymo viršenybės; • 2014 m. kovo 15 d. Saugumo Tarybos nepriimta JAV teikta rezoliucija, kuri būti pripažinusi neteisėtu Kryme rengiamą referendumą dėl nepriklausomybės; • 2014 m. liepos 21 d. Saugumo Tarybos priimta Australijos teikta rezoliucija 2166 dėl virš Ukrainos teritorijos numušto keleivinio MH17 orlaivio; • 2014 m. lapkričio 11 d. Saugumo Tarybos priimta Lietuvos rengta rezoliucija 2183 dėl Europos Sąjungos misijos Althea Bosnijoje ir Hercegovinoje mandato atnaujinimo; • 2015 m. gegužės 22 d. Saugumo Tarybos priimta Lietuvos rengta rezoliucija 2220 dėl neteisėtos prekybos šaulių ginklais ir lengvąja ginkluote; • 2015 m. gegužės 27 d. Saugumo Tarybos priimta Lietuvos rengta rezoliucija 2222 dėl žurnalistų saugumo konfliktų zonose; • 2015 m. liepos 8 d. Saugumo Tarybos nepriimta Jordanijos, Lietuvos, Malaizijos, Naujosios Zelandijos, JK ir JAV teikta rezoliucija dėl Srebrenicos genocido dvidešimtmečio paminėjimo; • 2015 m. liepos 29 d. Saugumo Tarybos nepriimta vakarų valstybių teikta rezoliucija, kuria būtų įsteigtas tarptautinis tribunolas, nubausti atsakingus už keleivinio MH17 orlaivio katastrofą. All the UNSC documents adopted 2014-2015 can be found on the following UN website: http://www.un.org/en/sc/documents. Below you will find the most important UNSC documents, drafted by Lithuania including the UNSC documents on which negotiations Lithuania made a significant contribution: • First-ever UNSC presidential statement (S/PRST/2014/4) drafted by Lithuania on cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union, February 14, 2014; • The UNSC presidential statement (S/PRST/2014/5) drafted by Lithuania on the rule of law, February 21, 2014; • The UNSC resolution, drafted by the United States which urged countries not to recognize the results of the referendum in Crimea, that was blocked by Russia, March 15, 2014; • The UNSC resolution, drafted by Australia over the downing of MH17, July 21, 2014; • The UNSC resolution, drafted by Lithuania on extension of the mandate of the EU-led operation EUFOR ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 11, 2014; • The UNSC resolution drafted by Lithuania on Small Arms and Light Weapons, May 22, 2015; • The UNSC resolution drafted by Lithuania on protection of journalists in conflict zones, May 27, 2015; • The UNSC resolution, drafted by Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Srebrenica genocide, that was blocked by Russia, July 8, 2015; • The UNSC resolution on the establishment of the International Tribunal on MH17 crash, that was blocked by Russia, July 29, 2015.

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Statement by the President of the Security Council At the 7112th meeting of the Security Council, held on 14 February 2014, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security”, the President of the Security Council made the following statement on behalf of the Council: “The Security Council recalls the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and reaffirms its primary responsibility under the Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security. Statement President Security Council “The Security Council reiterates by that the cooperation betweenofthethe United Nations and regional and subregional organizations and arrangements in matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security, and consistent with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, can improve security. 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The Security of the United Nations, and reaffirms its primary responsibility under the Charter Council emphasises the importance of further diplomatic efforts to find a comprehensive negotiated solution that would ensure Iran’s for the maintenance of international peace and security. nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful, in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions. “(b) The Security Council welcomes the European Union’s significant to the economic and stabilization “The Security Council reiterates thatcontribution cooperation between the development United of the Western Balkans region inNations order toand further promote economic prosperity, and regional cooperation, in accordance regional anddemocracy, subregional organizations andstability arrangements in matters with the relevant UNSC resolutions and to calls all the partiesofforinternational further constructive engagement. relating theonmaintenance peace and security, and consistent “The Security Councilwith welcomes theVIII European Union’s of comprehensive approachcan to improve the maintenance of international peace Chapter of the Charter the United Nations, collective and security, and commends the European Union and its Member States for their ongoing commitment to international peacekeeping, security. peacebuilding, humanitarian assistance, and financial as well as logistical support, in particular: “The Security Council welcomes the briefing of the European Union High “(a) The Security Council commends European Union’s role in combating piracy off the coast of Somalia, notably through Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, and Operation ATALANTA and through EUCAP Nestor development of sea-going maritime security capacities in the region, and in this regard commends the significant contribution that the European Union makes in the Council commends the European Union’s current chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the coast of Somalia (CGPCS). support of the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council welcomes the European Union’s effort to contribute to the stabilization of Somalia, in particular by training Somali security forces through the European“The UnionSecurity TrainingCouncil Mission for Somalia, the and European its significant contribution to the African Union’s mission commends Union’s involvement in in Somalia (AMISOM). international negotiations and mediation, in particular: “(b) The Security Council welcomes the strong engagement of the European Union in the Central African Republic, notably its “(a) The Security Council welcomes the 24 November 2013 Joint Plan of humanitarian assistance, its financial contribution to the deployment of the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Action agreed by the E3+3 and Iran that entered into force on 20 January 2014 Republic (MISCA), as well as the decision to establish a temporary operation to support MISCA. The Council notes the importance of and notes the European Union’s coordinating role in reaching an agreement on coordination mechanisms between UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) and MISCA and the the Joint Plan. The Security Council emphasises the importance of further European Union operation in the CAR. diplomatic efforts to find a comprehensive negotiated solution that would ensure “(c) The Security Council welcomes the European Union’s support for the objectives and missions of the United Nations in Mali Iran’s nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful, in accordance with the and the broader Sahel region, as set out in the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel, notably through the work of the European UN Security Council resolutions. Union Training Mission (EUTM-Mali) in cooperation with the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), as well as its broader efforts in the region, through the EU Strategy for Security and Development for the Sahel and the EUCAP SAHEL Niger Mission. “The Security Council notes the extensive cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations, in particular: “(a) The Security Council welcomes the European Union’s significant humanitarian assistance to the affected people in Syria and in neighbouring countries, and welcomes its timely in-kind support to the rapid establishment of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission for the Elimination of the Chemical Weapons Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic. The Security Council and the European Union reiterate their shared objectives in promoting and facilitating the political solution to the Syrian conflict based on the full implementation of the Geneva Communiqué of 30 June 2012. “(b) The Security Council notes the European Union’s role in the Middle East Quartet Principals meeting held in Munich on 1 February 2014 and reiterates its commitment to a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. “(c) The Security Council welcomes the European Union’s contribution in promoting security, governance and development in Afghanistan, in particular the assistance for the development of the Afghan National Police and rule of law institutions accomplished through the European Union police mission (EUPOL Afghanistan), and the European Gendarmerie Force (EGF). “The Security Council commends the European Union’s role in supporting the United Nations operations in the areas of mutual concern, in particular: “(a) The Security Council welcomes the ongoing cooperation in strengthening the United Nation’s response in promoting development cooperation, promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. “(b) The Security Council recognizes the valuable support of the European Union on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, in particular its work on protecting women and children affected by armed conflict, as well as its engagement to the prevention and protection from sexual violence and its support for the critical role that women play in all peace and security efforts, including those to prevent and resolve conflict and mitigate its impact.

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“(c) The Security Council recalls that justice and rule of law are of key importance for promoting and maintaining peace, stability and development. In this regard, the Security Council highlights that the European Union can contribute to accountability through support for enhancing the capacity of the national justice systems, as appropriate, and through cooperation with international mechanisms, courts and tribunals, including the International Criminal Court. “The Security Council welcomes the close cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union and encourages both organizations to further strengthen their institutional relations and strategic partnership, including through regular briefings by the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the Security Council.” _________________________

S/PRST/2014/5

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Security Council

Distr.: General 21 February 2014 Original: English

Statement by the President of the Security Council At the 7115th meeting of the Security Council, held on 21 February 2014,1 in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security”, the President of the Security Council made the following statement on behalf of the Council: “The Security Council reaffirms the statement of its President of 19 January 2012 (PRST/2012/1) and its continued recognition of the need for universal adherence to and implementation of the rule of law, well as emphasis onCouncil the vital importance it attaches to promoting justice Statement by the President ofasthe Security and the rule of law as an indispensable element for peaceful coexistence and the prevention of armed conflict. “The Security Council At further its commitment international law andheld the Charter the United Nations, the reaffirms 7115th meeting of thetoSecurity Council, on 21 of February 2014, in and to an international order based on the rule of law and international law, which are essential for cooperation among States in addressing common challenges, thus promotion and connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The contributing to the maintenance of international security. strengthening of thepeace rule and of law in the maintenance of international peace and “The Security Council recalls thePresident Declarationofofthe the high-level meeting of the General Assemblystatement on the ruleon of law at the national and ”, the Security Council made the following security international levels, heldbehalf on 24 September 2012. of the Council: “The Security Council underscores that sustainable peace requires an integrated approach based on coherence between political, Security reaffirms theandstatement of itsIn this President of Council emphasizes the security, development, human rights,“The including gender Council equality, and rule of law justice activities. regard the 19one January 2012 (PRST/2012/1) and its continued recognition the need importance of the rule of law as of the key elements of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict of resolution andfor peace building. adherence to and implementation of the in rule of law,their as priorities well as and strategies for post“The Security Counciluniversal reaffirms the primary responsibility of national authorities identifying onreiterates the vitalthat importance it attachesresponsibility to promotingand justice and will the rule of as concerted efforts of conflict peacebuilding, and inemphasis this regard, national ownership, political as well as an indispensable element peacefulsustainable coexistence and the prevention of national governments, and the law international community, are criticalfor in building peace. conflict. “The Security Councilarmed underlines the importance of the support to the strengthening of rule of law institutions of the host country that is provided, where mandated, by“The a number of peacekeeping operations and special political missions within the scope of their mandates, Security Council further reaffirms its commitment to international working in coordination with law relevant Nationsofentities. In thisNations, regard, the recalls its resolution and United the Charter the United andCouncil to an international order 2086 based(2013) which noted that multidimensional peacekeeping to provide such helping national develop critical rule of law onmissions the rulemay of be lawmandated and international law,support whichinare essential forauthorities cooperation priorities and strategies to address the needs of police, judicial institutions corrections system and critical interlinkages thereof, with a view among States in addressing commonand challenges, thus contributing to the to supporting the states’ abilitymaintenance to provide critical functions in these fields, as a vital contribution to building peace and ending impunity. of international peace and and security. “The Security Council, with respect to activities in the rule of law field that may be a part of mandates of peacekeeping operations and “The Security Council recalls the Declaration of the high-level meeting of special political missions: thegive General Assembly the rule mandates; of law at the national and international levels, – reiterates its resolve to clear, credible andon achievable on 24 September 2012.of1 rule of law institutions of the host country should be considered in a country– underscores that theheld support to the strengthening

specific context; “The Security Council underscores that sustainable peace requires an – emphasizes the importance of a sector-wide sector reform, whichpolitical, enhances the rule of law, including through integrated approach approach based for onsecurity coherence between security, the establishment of independent justice and human correction systems, and reaffirms effectiveand security development, rights, including genderthat equality, rule sector of lawreform and requires developing a professional, effective and accountable security sector that regard is underthe the Council civilian oversight of a democratic government; justice activities. In this emphasizes the importance of the – notes the important role police components of peacekeeping play in strengthening the rule of law in conflict and rulethat ofthe law as one of the key elements ofoperations conflict can prevention, peacekeeping, post-conflict situations, by, inter alia, providing operational support to national police and other law enforcement agencies and supporting the conflict resolution and peace building. reform, restructuring and rebuilding of such agencies, including through technical assistance, co-location, training and mentoring programmes; “Theduplication Security and Council reaffirms the Nations’ primary rule responsibility of national –stresses the importance to avoid overlaps in the United of law structures and activities and to improve the manner in which coordination authorities is conducted;in identifying their priorities and strategies for post-conflict – highlights the responsibility of United Nations mission leadership in guiding and overseeing United Nations rule of law activities and 1 A/RES/67/1 coordinating United Nations country support in the field; – emphasizes that mission planning processes for mandated rule of law activities undertaken by peacekeeping operations and special political missions should give full consideration to supporting national efforts to build rule of law institutions, taking into account the host country’s specific needs; –underlines the importance of partnerships and cooperation with Member States, regional, subregional, and international partners in delivering rule of law activities, and calls upon them to promote coherence and coordination of their peacebuilding plans and programmes with those of the peacekeeping operations and special political missions, as well as the wider United Nations presence on the ground; – further underlines that managing a transition from a peacekeeping operation or special political mission in relation to its rule of law activities should be based upon a timely analysis, in consultation with the host country, of any assistance beyond the duration of the mandate A/RES/67/1

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The Council recognizes the importance of ending impunity for such acts through strengthened police, justice and corrections capacity, and the incorporation of gender and child protection perspectives in all rule of law programmes, including through justice sector reform and sexual, child protection and gender based violence training. The Council recalls in this regard resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1820 (2008), 1882 (2009), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 1998 (2011), 2068 (2012), 2106 (2013) and 2122 (2013). The Council reiterates its intention when establishing and renewing the mandates of United Nations missions to include provisions for the protection of children and on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women in conflict and post-conflict situations, including through the appointment of child protection and gender advisers and provisions to protect children’s rights and to facilitate women’s full participation and access to justice through legal, judicial and security sector reforms, and wider post-conflict reconstruction processes. “The Security Council notes with concern the particular challenges that transnational organized crime, including trafficking in illicit weapons, drugs and persons, as well as piracy, armed robbery at sea and terrorism, may pose to the security of countries on its agenda, including post-conflict states. The Council encourages the coordination of United Nations actions, including through peacekeeping operations and special political missions, where mandated, as well as Member States’ actions in fighting these threats through implementation of national and international applicable norms, relevant international long-term capacity building efforts and regional initiatives. “The Security Council reaffirms its strong opposition to impunity for serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. The Council emphasizes the responsibility of States to comply with their relevant obligations to end impunity and to thoroughly investigate and prosecute persons responsible for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in order to prevent these crimes, avoid their recurrence and seek sustainable peace, justice, truth and reconciliation. The Council welcomes concerted efforts at the national and international levels to this end. “The Security Council recognizes the contribution of national justice systems to fight against impunity for serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law and underlines the importance of strengthening national accountability mechanisms with full respect for due process and the rights of the defence, including building investigative, prosecutorial and witness protection capacities, in postconflict countries. The Council also highlights that regional and subregional organizations and arrangements can contribute to accountability through support for enhancing the capacity of national justice systems. “The Security Council stresses that the fight against impunity and to ensure accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other egregious crimes has been strengthened through the work on and prosecution of these crimes in the international criminal justice system, ad hoc and mixed tribunals as well as specialized chambers in national tribunals. The Council recognizes in this regard the contribution of the International Criminal Court, in accordance with the principle of complementarity to national criminal jurisdictions as set out in the Rome Statute, towards holding accountable those responsible for such crimes. In this regard, the Council reiterates its call on the importance of State cooperation with these courts and tribunals in accordance with the States’ respective obligations. The Council further reiterates its intention to continue forcefully to fight impunity and uphold accountability with appropriate means. The Council notes the Secretary-General’s issuance of the latest guidance on contacts with persons who are the subject of arrest warrants or summonses issued by the International Criminal Court. “The Security Council notes the designation of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the United Nations Development Programme as the joint global focal point for the police, justice and corrections areas. “The Security Council notes the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/341) on measuring the effectiveness of the support provided by the United Nations system for the promotion of the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict situations and the recommendations contained therein _________________________

S/2014/189

United Nations

Security Council

Distr.: General 15 March 2014 Original: English

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America: draft resolution The Security Council, Albania, Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Recalling the obligation of all States under Article 2 of the United Nations Charter to refrain in their international relations from Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, and to settle their international disputes by Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America: draft resolution

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peaceful means, Recalling its primary responsibility under the United Nations Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security, Reaffirming that no territorial acquisition resulting from the threat or use of force shall be recognized as legal, Recalling the 1975 Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co operation in Europe, and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Stressing the importance of maintaining an inclusive political dialogue in Ukraine that reflects the diversity of its society and includes representation from all parts of Ukraine, Welcoming the continued efforts by the Secretary-General, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other international and regional organizations, to support de-escalation of the situation in Ukraine, Noting with concern the intention to hold a referendum on the status of Crimea on 16 March 2014, 1. Reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders; 2. Urges all parties to pursue immediately the peaceful resolution of this dispute through direct political dialogue, to exercise restraint, to refrain from unilateral actions and inflammatory rhetoric that may increase tensions, and to engage fully with international mediation efforts; 3. Calls on Ukraine to continue to respect and uphold its obligations under international law and to protect the rights of all persons in Ukraine, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and in this regard, welcomes the statements by the transitional government in Ukraine affirming its commitments to uphold the rights of all Ukrainians, including those belonging to minorities, and to an inclusive national political dialogue; 4. Notes that Ukraine has not authorized the referendum on the status of Crimea; 5. Declares that this referendum can have no validity, and cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of Crimea; and calls upon all States, international organizations and specialized agencies not to recognize any alteration of the status of Crimea on the basis of this referendum and to refrain from any action or dealing that might be interpreted as recognizing any such altered status; 6. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. _________________________

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S/RES/2166 (2014)

Security Council

Distr.: General 21 July 2014

Resolution 2166 (2014) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7221st meeting, on 21 July 2014 The Security Council,

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Deploring the downing of a civilian aircraft on an international flight, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, on 17 July in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with the loss of all 298 passengers and crew on board, 2166law(2014) Reaffirming theResolution rules of international that prohibit acts of violence that pose a threat to the safety of international civil aviation and emphasizing the importance of holding those responsible for violations of these rules to account, Adopted Security Recalling its press statementby of the 18 July 2014, Council at its 7221st meeting, on Stressing the need a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident in accordance with international 21 for July 2014 civil aviation guidelines, noting in this regard the crucial role played by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in aircraft accident and incident investigations, and welcoming The Security Council,the decision by ICAO to send a team to work in coordination with the Ukrainian National Bureau of Incidents and Accidents Investigation of Civil Aircraft in this investigation, following a request for assistance by Ukraine to ICAO Deploring the downing of a civilian aircraft on an international flight, Malaysia and others, Airlines flight MH17, 17 July Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with the of all 298 Expressing serious concern that armedongroups in in Ukraine have impeded immediate, safe,loss secure and unrestricted access to the passengers on board,investigating authorities, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe crash site and the surrounding areaand for crew the appropriate (OSCE) Special Monitoring Reaffirming Mission in Ukraine andofrepresentatives other organizations assisting the investigation the rules international of law thatrelevant prohibitinternational acts of violence that pose in accordance with ICAO and other a threat to theestablished safety of procedures, international civil aviation and emphasizing the importance 1. Condemns inofthe strongest terms the downing Malaysia Airlines on 17 July in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine resulting holding those responsible forofviolations of theseflight rulesMH17 to account, in the tragic loss of 298 lives; Recalling its press statement of 18 families July 2014, 2. Reiterates its deepest sympathies and condolences to the of the victims of this incident and to the people and governments of the victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; countries of origin; Stressing the need for a full, thorough and independent international 3. Supports efforts to establishinto a full, investigation into aviation the incident in accordance with investigation thethorough incidentandinindependent accordanceinternational with international civil international civil aviation guidelines; guidelines, noting in this regard the crucial role played by the International Civil 4. Recognizes the efforts under way by Ukraine, in coordination andinvestigations, other international Aviation Organization (ICAO)working in aircraft accident with and ICAO incident andexperts and organizations, including representatives of States of Registry, Manufacture, as well as with Statesthe who have lost nationals on welcoming theOccurrence, decision by ICAOOperator, to send Design a team and to work in coordination MH17, to institute an international investigation of theofincident, andand callsAccidents on all States to provide any assistance to civil and criminal Ukrainian National Bureau Incidents Investigation ofrequested Civil Aircraft investigations related tointhis incident; this investigation, following a request for assistance by Ukraine to ICAO and 5. Expresses grave concern at reports of insufficient and limited access to the crash site; others, 6. Demands that the armed groups in control of the crash site and the surrounding area refrain from any actions that may compromise serious concern that armed in Ukraine impeded the integrity of the crash site, Expressing including by refraining from destroying, moving,groups or disturbing wreckage,have equipment, debris, personal belongings, immediate, safe, secure and unrestricted access to the crash site and the surrounding area for the appropriate investigating authorities, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and

PRIEDAI / ANNEX or remains, and immediately provide safe, secure, full and unrestricted access to the site and surrounding area for the appropriate investigating authorities, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and representatives of other relevant international organizations according to ICAO and other established procedures; 7. Demands that all military activities, including by armed groups, be immediately ceased in the immediate area surrounding the crash site to allow for security and safety of the international investigation; 8. Insists on the dignified, respectful and professional treatment and recovery of the bodies of the victims, and calls upon all parties to ensure that this happens with immediate effect; 9. Calls on all States and actors in the region to cooperate fully in relation to the international investigation of the incident, including with respect to immediate and unrestricted access to the crash site as referred to in paragraph 6; 10. Welcomes in this regard the statement on 17 July 2014 by the Trilateral Contact Group of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE and demands that the commitments outlined in that statement be implemented in full; 11. Demands that those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all States cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability; 12. Urges all parties to the Convention on International Civil Aviation to observe to the fullest extent applicable, the international rules, standards and practices concerning the safety of civil aviation, in order to prevent the recurrence of such incidents, and demands that all States and other actors refrain from acts of violence directed against civilian aircraft; 13. Welcomes the full cooperation of the United Nations offered by the Secretary-General in this investigation, and requests the Secretary-General to identify possible options for United Nations support to the investigation and to report to the Security Council on relevant developments; 14. Decides to remain seized of the matter. _________________________

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Security Council

S/RES/2183 (2014) Distr.: General 11 November 2014

Resolution 2183 (2014) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7307th meeting, on 11 November 2014 The Security Council, Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions concerning the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and relevant statements of its President, including resolutions 1031 (1995) of 15 December 1995, 1088 (1996) of 12 December 1996, 1423 (2002) of 12 July 2002, 1491 (2003) of 11 Resolution July 2003, 1551 (2004) of2183 9 July (2014) 2004, 1575 (2004) of 22 November 2004, 1639 (2005) of 21 November 2005, 1722 (2006) of 21 November 2006, 1764 (2007) of 29 June 2007, 1785 (2007) of 21 November 2007, 1845 (2008) of 20 November 2008, 1869 (2009) of 25 March 2009, Adopted the Security Council2010, at its 7307th on 2011, 2074 (2012) of 14 November 1895 (2009) of 18 November 2009,by 1948 (2010) of 18 November 2019 (2011) ofmeeting, 16 November 1112November 2014 2012 and 2123 (2013) of November 2013, Reaffirming its commitment to the political settlement of the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, preserving the sovereignty and Security Council, territorial integrity of all StatesThe there within their internationally recognized borders, Emphasizing its full support for the High Representative’s continued role in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions concerning the conflicts in the Underlining its commitment to support the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina former Yugoslavia and relevant statements of its President, including resolutions 1031 and the annexes thereto (collectively the Peace Agreement, S/1995/999, annex), as well as the relevant decisions of the Peace Implementation (1995) of 15 December 1995, 1088 (1996) of 12 December 1996, 1423 (2002) of 12 Council (PIC), July 2002, 1491 (2003) of 11 July 2003, 1551 (2004) of 9 July 2004, 1575 (2004) of Recalling all the agreements concerning the status of forces referred to in appendix B to annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement, and 22 November 2004, 1639 (2005) of 21 November 2005, 1722 (2006) of reminding the parties of their obligation to continue to comply therewith, 21 November 2006, 1764 (2007) of 29 June 2007, 1785 (2007) of 21 November 2007, Further recalling the provisions of its resolution 1551 (2004) concerning the provisional application of the status of forces agreements 1845 (2008) of 20 November 2008, 1869 (2009) of 25 March 2009, 1895 (2009) of contained in appendix B to annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement, 18 November 2009, 1948 (2010) of 18 November 2010, 2019 (2011) of Emphasizing its appreciation to the High Representative, the Commander and personnel of the multinational stabilization force 16 November 2011, 2074 (2012) of 14 November 2012 and 2123 (2013) of (EUFOR ALTHEA), the Senior Military Representative and personnel of the NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, the Organization for Security and 12 November 2013, Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union (EU) and the personnel of other international organizations and agencies in Bosnia and Reaffirming its commitment to Peace the political settlement of the conflicts in the Herzegovina for their contributions to the implementation of the Agreement, former Yugoslavia,and preserving thereturn sovereignty andand territorial of all States Emphasizing that a comprehensive coordinated of refugees displacedintegrity persons throughout the region continues to be crucial to lasting peace, there within their internationally recognized borders, Encouraging the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the international community, to accelerate their efforts to Emphasizing its full support for the High Representative’s continued role in address the disposal of excess ammunition, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Recalling the declarations of the Ministerial meetings of the Peace Implementation Conference, to support of thetribute General Recognizing that full Underlining implementationitsof commitment the Peace Agreement is notthe yet implementation complete, while paying to the achievements of the Peace in Bosnia andinternational Herzegovina and the in annexes thereto authorities at State and Framework entity level inAgreement Bosnia and for Herzegovina and of the community the nineteen years since the signing of the Peace Agreement, (collectively the Peace Agreement, S/1995/999, annex), as well as the relevant the Peace has Implementation Recognizing thatdecisions the securityofenvironment remained calm Council and stable,(PIC), and noting that the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities have so far proven capable to deal with threats to the safe and secure environment, Recalling all the agreements concerning the status of forces referred to in Emphasizing the importance of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration on the basis of the Peace Agreement, appendix B to annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement, and reminding the parties of their while recognizing the importance of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s transition to a functional, reform oriented, modern and democratic European country, obligation to continue to comply therewith, Further recalling the provisions of its resolution 1551 (2004) concerning the provisional application of the status of forces agreements contained in appendix B to annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement,

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Welcoming the steps taken by the international community to assist Bosnia and Herzegovina in the ongoing reconstruction efforts following unprecedented floods that hit the country in May 2014 and stressing the importance for its authorities to address the calls by citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to improve the social and economic situation, Welcoming the overall orderly conduct and the competitive environment of the elections, which took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 October, while taking note of concerns expressed by the OSCE election observation mission, and underlining the crucial importance of swift government formation at all levels to address the multiple challenges ahead, Noting the reports of the High Representative, including his latest report of 31 October 2014, Determined to promote the peaceful resolution of the conflicts in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the relevant principles contained in the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted on 9 December 1994 and the statement of its President on 10 February 2000 (S/PRST/2000/4), Welcoming and encouraging efforts by the United Nations to sensitize peacekeeping personnel in the prevention and control of HIV/ AIDS and other communicable diseases in all its peacekeeping operations, Welcoming the continued presence of EUFOR ALTHEA, successfully focusing on capacity-building and training while also retaining the capability to contribute to the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities’ deterrence capacity if the situation so requires, Welcoming also the EU’s readiness, as confirmed in the conclusions of EU Foreign Ministers on 20 October 2014, to continue at this stage an executive military role to support Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to maintain the safe and secure environment, under a renewed UN mandate, and welcoming EU’s agreement to keep the operation under regular review, including on the basis of the situation on the ground, with a view to making progress on the conditions conducive to the delivery of its mandate, Recalling the letters between the European Union and NATO sent to the Security Council on 19 November 2004 on how those organizations will cooperate together in Bosnia and Herzegovina in which both organizations recognize that the EUFOR ALTHEA will have the main peace stabilization role under the military aspects of the Peace Agreement (S/2004/916; S/2004/915), Further recalling the confirmation by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including its constituent entities, of the arrangements for EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO Headquarters presence (S/2004/917), Welcoming the European Union’s reaffirmed determination to actively and intensively engage in support of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU integration process and the continued engagement of NATO, Reiterating its calls on the competent authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to take necessary steps to complete the 5+2 agenda, which remains necessary for OHR closure, as confirmed by the PIC Steering Board communiqués, and noting the continued lack of progress in that regard, Reiterating its calls on all Bosnia and Herzegovina’s political leaders to refrain from divisive rhetoric and make further concrete and tangible progress towards EU integration, Determining that the situation in the region continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security, Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, 1. Reaffirms once again its support for the Peace Agreement, as well as for the Dayton Paris Agreement on implementing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 10 November 1995 (S/1995/1021, annex) and calls upon the parties to comply strictly with their obligations under those Agreements; 2. Reiterates that the primary responsibility for the further successful implementation of the Peace Agreement lies with the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina themselves and that the continued willingness of the international community and major donors to assume the political, military and economic burden of implementation and reconstruction efforts will be determined by the compliance and active participation by all the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in implementing the Peace Agreement and rebuilding a civil society, in particular in full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in accordance with their respective obligations under resolution 827 (1993), resolution 955 (1994) and resolution 1966 (2010), in strengthening joint institutions, which foster the building of a fully functioning self-sustaining State, able to integrate itself into the European structures and in facilitating returns of refugees and displaced persons; 3. Reminds the parties once again that, in accordance with the Peace Agreement, they have committed themselves to cooperate fully with all entities involved in the implementation of this peace settlement, as described in the Peace Agreement, or which are otherwise authorized by the Security Council, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, in accordance with their respective obligations under resolution 827 (1993), resolution 955 (1994) and resolution 1966 (2010), and recalls the obligation of States to cooperate with the Tribunal and Mechanism and in particular to comply without undue delay with requests for assistance; 4. Emphasizes its full support for the role of the High Representative in monitoring the implementation of the Peace Agreement and giving guidance to and coordinating the activities of the civilian organizations and agencies involved in assisting the parties to implement the Peace Agreement, and reaffirms that under annex 10 of the Peace Agreement the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding the interpretation of civilian implementation of the Peace Agreement and that in case of dispute he may give his interpretation and make recommendations, and make binding decisions as he judges necessary on issues as elaborated by the Peace Implementation Council in Bonn on 9 and 10 December 1997; 5. Expresses its support for the declarations of the Ministerial meetings of the Peace Implementation Conference; 6. Reaffirms its intention to keep implementation of the Peace Agreement and the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina under close review, taking into account the reports submitted pursuant to paragraphs 18 and 21 below, and any recommendations those reports might include, and its readiness to consider the imposition of measures if any party fails significantly to meet its obligations under the Peace Agreement; 7. Recalls the support of the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina for EUFOR ALTHEA and the continued NATO presence and their confirmation that both are the legal successors to SFOR for the fulfilment of their missions for the purposes of the Peace Agreement, its annexes and appendices and relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions and can take such actions as are required, including the use of force, to ensure compliance with annexes 1-A and 2 of the Peace Agreement and relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions; 8. Pays tribute to those Member States which participated in the multinational stabilization force (EUFOR ALTHEA), and in the continued NATO presence, established in accordance with its resolution 1575 (2004) and extended with its resolutions 1639 (2005), 1722 (2006), 1785 (2007), 1845 (2008), 1895 (2009), 1948 (2010), 2019 (2011) 2074 (2012) and 2123 (2013) and welcomes their willingness to assist the Parties to the Peace Agreement by continuing to deploy a multinational stabilization force (EUFOR ALTHEA) and by maintaining a continued NATO presence; 9. Welcomes the EU’s intention to maintain an EU military operation (EUFOR ALTHEA) in Bosnia and Herzegovina from November

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10. Authorizes the Member States acting through or in cooperation with the EU to establish for a further period of twelve months, starting from the date of the adoption of this resolution, a multinational stabilization force (EUFOR ALTHEA) as a legal successor to SFOR under unified command and control, which will fulfil its missions in relation to the implementation of annex 1-A and annex 2 of the Peace Agreement in cooperation with the NATO Headquarters presence in accordance with the arrangements agreed between NATO and the EU as communicated to the Security Council in their letters of 19 November 2004, which recognize that EUFOR ALTHEA will have the main peace stabilization role under the military aspects of the Peace Agreement; 11. Welcomes the decision NATO to continue maintain a presence in Bosnia andfreedom Herzegovina in the formofof a NATO Headquarters 17. ofDemands that the to parties respect the security and of movement in order to continue to assist in implementing the NATO Peace Agreement conjunction with EUFOR ALTHEA and authorizes the Member States EUFOR ALTHEA, the presence, in and other international personnel; acting through or in cooperation with NATO to continue to maintain a NATO Headquarters as a legal successor to SFOR under unified Requests the Member States acting through or of in annex cooperation the2 EU command and control, which 18. will fulfil its missions in relation to the implementation 1-A andwith annex of the Peace Agreement in and the Member States acting or in cooperation with NATO the cooperation with EUFOR ALTHEA in accordance with thethrough arrangements agreed between NATO andto thereport EU as to communicated to the Security Council on the2004, activity EUFORthat ALTHEA and NATO Council in their letters of 19 November whichofrecognize EUFOR ALTHEA willHeadquarters have the main presence peace stabilization role under the respectively, through the appropriate channels and at least at six-monthly intervals; military aspects of the Peace Agreement; 12. Reaffirms that the19. Peace Agreement and the provisions those of its in previous relevant resolutionstoshall apply to and in respect of Invites all States, in particular the region, to continue provide both EUFOR ALTHEAappropriate and the NATO presence they haveincluding applied totransit and in facilities, respect of SFOR that therefore support andasfacilities, for theand Member States references in the Peace Agreement, in particularacting in annex 1-Aparagraphs and its appendices, relevant resolutions to IFOR and/or SFOR, NATO and the NAC shall be read under 10 and and 11 above; as applying, as appropriate, to the NATO presence, EUFOR ALTHEA, the European Union and the Political and Security Committee and 20.respectively; Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit to the Council Council of the European Union the High Representative, in accordance with annex 10 of ofdevelopments the Peace in the implementation 13. Expresses itsreports intentionfrom to consider the terms of further authorization as necessary in the light and in the conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in of the Peace AgreementAgreement and the situation Bosnia and Herzegovina; London onStates 4 andacting 5 December 1996 (S/1996/1012), later Implementation 14. Authorizes the Member under paragraphs 10 and 11 aboveand to take allPeace necessary measures to effect the implementation Conferences, on the of the Peace Agreement particular on of and to ensure compliance with annexes 1-Aimplementation and 2 of the Peace Agreement, stresses thatand the in parties shall continue to be held equally compliance by the parties withbe their commitments under that Agreement; responsible for the compliance with that annex and shall equally subject to such enforcement action by EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence as may be necessary21. to ensure implementation thoseof annexes and the protection of EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence; Decides to remain of seized the matter. 15. Authorizes Member States to take all necessary measures, at the request of either EUFOR ALTHEA or the NATO Headquarters, in defence of the EUFOR ALTHEA or NATO presence respectively, and to assist both organizations in carrying out their missions, and recognizes the right of both EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence to take all necessary measures to defend themselves from attack or threat of attack; 16. Authorizes the Member States acting under paragraphs 10 and 11 above, in accordance with annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement, to take all necessary measures to ensure compliance with the rules and procedures governing command and control of airspace over Bosnia and Herzegovina with respect to all civilian and military air traffic; 17. Demands that the parties respect the security and freedom of movement of EUFOR ALTHEA, the NATO presence, and other international personnel; 18. Requests the Member States acting through or in cooperation with the EU and the Member States acting through or in cooperation with NATO to report to the Council on the activity of EUFOR ALTHEA and NATO Headquarters presence respectively, through the appropriate channels and at least at six-monthly intervals; 19. Invites all States, in particular those in the region, to continue to provide appropriate support and facilities, including transit facilities, for the Member States acting under paragraphs 10 and 11 above; 20. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit to the Council reports from the High Representative, in accordance with annex 10 of the Peace Agreement and the conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in London on 4 and 5 December 1996 (S/1996/1012), and later Peace Implementation Conferences, on the implementation of the Peace Agreement and in particular on compliance by the parties with their commitments under that Agreement; 21. 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Resolution 2220 (2015) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7447th meeting, on 22 May 2015 The Security Council, Recalling its primary responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security, noting the significance of small arms and light weapons as not good frequently used weapons in the majority of recent armed conflicts and emphasizing that the excessive accumulation and destabilizing effect of small arms and light weapons have a potential to endanger civilians, including women, children, refugees, internally displaced persons and other vulnerable groups, Recalling its resolutions 1196 (1998), 1209 (1998), 1467 (2003) and 2117 (2013), the statements of its President of 25 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/16), 19 March 2010 (S/PRST/2010/6), of 14 January 2009 (S/PRST/2009/1), of 29 June 2007 (S/PRST/2007/24), of 17 February 2005 (S/PRST/2005/7), of 19 January 2004 (S/PRST/2004/1), of 31 October 2002 (S/PRST/2002/30), of 31 August 2001 (S/

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PRST/2001/21) and of 24 September 1999 (S/PRST/1999/28), as well as other relevant resolutions of the Council and statements of its President, including on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, women and peace and security and children in armed conflict, Emphasizing that the right of individual and collective self-defence recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and the legitimate security demands of all countries should be fully taken into account, and recognizing that small arms and light weapons are traded, manufactured and retained by States for legitimate security, sporting and commercial considerations, Noting that this resolution focuses on the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, including in respect of Council-mandated arms embargoes, Gravely concerned that the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons in many regions of the world continue to pose threats to international peace and security, cause significant loss of life, contribute to instability and insecurity and continue to undermine the effectiveness of the Security Council in discharging its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, Reiterating its deep regret that civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict and recalling with grave concern that the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons fuel armed conflicts and have a wide range of negative human rights, humanitarian, development and socioeconomic consequences, in particular on the security of civilians in armed conflict, including the disproportionate impact on violence perpetrated against women and girls and exacerbating sexual and gender-based violence, Gravely concerned by the detrimental effects of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons on children in armed conflict, in particular due to recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict, as well as their rerecruitment, killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abductions, and attacks on schools and hospitals in violation of international law, Recalling the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, and the obligation to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law in all circumstances, Underlining the responsibility of States to prevent threats posed by the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons to international peace and security, and the devastating impact on civilians in armed conflict, and reaffirming that parties to armed conflict bear the primary responsibility to take all feasible steps to ensure the protection of civilians and recalling that States bear the primary responsibility to respect and ensure the human rights of all individuals within their territory and subject to their jurisdiction, as provided for by relevant international law, Recognizing that the misuse of small arms and light weapons has resulted in grave crimes, expressing its strong opposition to impunity for serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of human rights and emphasizing in this context the responsibility of States to comply with their relevant obligations to end impunity and to thoroughly investigate and prosecute persons responsible for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity or other serious violations of international humanitarian law is consistent with their obligations under international law, Reaffirming the relevant provisions of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document regarding the protection of civilians in armed conflict, including paragraphs 138 and 139 thereof regarding the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, Recognizing that efforts by the United Nations aimed at addressing the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons should be a part of a comprehensive and integrated approach that incorporates and strengthens coherence between political, security, development, human rights and rule of law activities and addresses the root causes of conflict, strengthens community security and mitigates armed violence, Recognizing that insecurity resulting from the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons negatively impact conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding, the consolidation of peace in countries emerging from conflict and their post-conflict development, including education, health and economic opportunity, Acknowledging the important contribution of Council-mandated arms embargoes in countering the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, and noting the need to improve information sharing on possible arms embargo violations between groups of experts, peacekeeping missions within their mandates and other relevant United Nations entities, Recognizing the desirability of aligning objectives of Council-mandated arms embargoes with the overall objectives of other efforts in the relevant Member State or region by United Nations entities, intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, including on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, improving physical security and stockpile management practices and enhancement of border security, Reiterating that United Nations peacekeeping operations and other relevant Council-mandated entities, located in a Member State or region with a Council-mandated arms embargo, may, if deemed necessary by the Council, assist with appropriate expertise and capacitybuilding for host governments in the field of weapons collection, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programmes, enhancing physical security and stockpile management practices, record keeping and tracing capacities, development of national export and import control systems, enhancement of border security, and strengthening judicial institutions and law enforcement capacity, Recalling with concern the close connection between international terrorism, transnational organized crime, drugs trafficking, money-laundering, other illicit financial transactions, illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons and arms trafficking, and the link between the illegal exploitation of natural resources, illicit trade in such resources and the proliferation and trafficking of arms as a major factor fuelling and exacerbating many conflicts, Emphasizing that the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons can aid terrorism and illegal armed groups and facilitate increasing levels of transnational organized crime and underscoring that such illicit trafficking could harm civilians, including women and children, create instability and long-term governance challenges and complicate conflict resolution, Stressing the utmost importance of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full and effective participation in all efforts related to countering the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, in line with its resolution 1325 (2000), Expressing concern at the continuing threats posed by the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons to the safety and security of United Nations peacekeepers and their effectiveness in implementing peacekeeping mandates, and to the safety and security of humanitarian workers and their effective provision of humanitarian assistance, Recognizing the value of effective physical security and management of stockpiles of small arms, light weapons and ammunition as an important means to prevent the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, in accordance with global and regional standards, including through the application of voluntary guidelines, such as the International Ammunition Technical

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PRIEDAI / ANNEX Guidelines (IATG) developed under the UN SaferGuard programme, and the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) in arms and ammunition stockpile management practices, Noting that marking and tracing of small arms and light weapons by Member States, particularly countries in conflict and postconflict situations, can serve to detect violations of applicable arms embargoes and identify weaknesses in stockpile management, Acknowledging the entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty on 24 December 2014, taking note of a great number of signatories to the Treaty and the increasing number of State Parties, and looking forward to the important contribution it can make to international peace, security and stability, reducing human suffering and promoting cooperation, Reaffirming the significance and central role of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, including the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition; the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, as crucial instruments in countering the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, Noting with appreciation the efforts made by Member States, intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations in addressing threats to international peace and security posed by the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, and noting the significant role of civil society in supporting such efforts, Welcoming the Secretary-Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report to the Council of 27 April 2015 entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small arms and light weaponsâ&#x20AC;? (S/2015/289), Expressing its determination to implement existing and to take further practical steps to prevent the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, including in support of other ongoing processes, 1. Welcomes efforts made by Member States, regional and subregional organizations in addressing the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, and encourages the establishment or strengthening, where appropriate, of subregional and regional cooperation, coordination and information sharing mechanisms, in particular, transborder customs cooperation and networks for information-sharing, with a view to preventing, combating, and eradicating illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons; 2. Reiterates that the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons fuel conflict and have devastating impact on the protection of civilians, reiterates its demand that all parties to armed conflict comply strictly with the obligations applicable to them under international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international refugee law, and stresses the need for parties to take all required measures to avoid civilian casualties, respect and protect the civilian population; 3. Reemphasizes its call on parties to armed conflict, in this regard, to comply with obligations under international humanitarian law to respect and protect humanitarian personnel, facilities and relief consignments, and to take measures to eradicate the negative impact of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons on humanitarian actors, and to take all required steps to facilitate the safe, rapid and unimpeded passage of relief consignments, equipment and personnel; 4. Expresses its intention to continue to take due regard of issues related to the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons when considering or updating mandates of United Nations peacekeeping operations and other Council-mandated entities, and in this regard encourages the Secretary-General, where appropriate, to consider identifying capacities of United Nations entities that could contribute to countering the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons at the earliest possible stage, to consider involving these entities in strategic assessments and technical assessment missions and to present options for United Nations engagement in this regard, including through assisting host countries in weapons collection, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programmes, enhancing physical security and stockpile management practices, record keeping and tracing capacities, development of national export and import control systems, enhancement of border security, and strengthening judicial institutions and law enforcement capacity; 5. Emphasizes that Member States, United Nations peacekeeping operations and other Council-mandated entities, where appropriate and mandated, and intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, may be in a position to assist in capacity-building of governments upon request to ensure the safe and effective management, storage, security, marking, record-keeping and tracing of stockpiles of small arms and light weapons, and collection and/or destruction of surplus, seized, unmarked, or illicitly held weapons and ammunition and encourages Member States and intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations in a position to do so to render assistance upon request in implementing these tasks, including through examining technologies that would improve the tracing and detection of illicit transfer in small arms and light weapons, as well as measures to facilitate the transfer of such technologies; 6. Encourages the United Nations to gather and share best practices of Member States, related to safe storage, marking and destruction of weapons collected as part of weapons collection and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes; 7. Recognizes that the effectiveness of weapons collection and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes depends inter alia on providing sustainable opportunities to former combatants and on the ability of State institutions to foster an inclusive environment in which people feel safe and secure; 8. Emphasizes the importance of security sector reform in improving the ability of the State to extend public security and rule of law within its boundaries, to train professional, effective and accountable security personnel and assisting States to develop proper procedures for weapon stockpile management, physical security, marking, record-keeping and tracing; 9. Reaffirms its responsibility to monitor the implementation of Council-mandated arms embargoes and reaffirms its intention to take appropriate measures, when needed, to strengthen arms embargo monitoring mechanisms including inter alia through assigning dedicated staff, monitoring units to relevant United Nations Missions to effectively monitor arms embargoes; 10. Recognizes the need for Member States to put in place, where they do not exist, adequate laws, regulations and administrative procedures to exercise effective control over the production of small arms and light weapons within their areas of jurisdiction and over the export, import, transit or retransfer of such weapons, in order to prevent illegal manufacture of and illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, or their diversion to unauthorized recipients; 11. Urges Member States, relevant United Nations entities, intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, in a position to do so and where appropriate, to cooperate and share information on suspected traffickers and trafficking routes, suspect financial transactions and brokering activities for, or diversions of, small arms or light weapons, and other information relevant to the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation or misuse of small arms and light weapons, with potentially affected States and with relevant United Nations entities, including experts groups assisting sanctions committees and peacekeeping operations; 12. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to take measures, pursuant to their national laws, to regulate brokering taking place under their jurisdiction for small arms and light weapons, including measures that may require brokers to register or obtain written authorization before engaging in brokering;

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Reiterates that Council-mandated arms embargoes should have clearly established objectives and provisions for regular review of the measures with a view to lifting them when the objectives are met, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Council resolutions, acknowledges that when considering a partial or complete termination, suspension or adjustment of an arms embargo the Council should, where applicable, take into account the capacities by the Member State subject to an arms embargo to, inter alia, apply physical security and stockpile management practices, implement marking, record keeping and tracing, develop national export and import control systems, enhance border security, and strengthen judicial institutions and law enforcement capacity and welcomes the conduct of assessment missions to evaluate progress by Member States subject to a Council-mandated arms embargoes towards meeting the conditions set by the Council for their termination or adjustment and to provide options and recommendations regarding United Nations and other technical assistance to these Member States or their regions; 14. Notes that where Sanctions Committees are mandated to determine if an exemption to the arms embargo is justified, they could benefit from information on the existing holdings including from the information on small arms and light weapons voluntarily provided to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, and self defence and security needs of arms and related materiel by the government, quantities of arms and related materiel received on the basis of previously approved exemptions, conditions of their storage, as well as quantities of arms and related materiel destroyed through disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, if applicable, and encourages Member States, Expert Groups and the Secretary-General to provide such information, if available and upon request by the relevant Sanctions Committee; 15. Encourages Sanctions Committees to maintain dialogue on implementation of arms embargoes with Member States, in particular those in the region, as well as international, regional and subregional organizations and other stakeholders including by inviting them to meet with the Committee and holding by the Chair of open briefings for all interested Member States; 16. Encourages Member States to better understand the impact of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons on women and children, through, inter alia, strengthening the collection of data disaggregated by sex and age and developing appropriate and effective national risk assessment criteria; 17. Calls upon Member States, United Nations entities, intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations to take into consideration the specific impact of conflict and post-conflict environments on women’s security, mobility, economic activity and opportunities, to mitigate the risk of women from becoming active players in the illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons; 18. Urges Member States, United Nations entities, intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, to take further measures to facilitate women’s full and meaningful participation in all policymaking, planning and implementation processes to combat and eradicate the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons in all its aspects, and in that regard, encourages empowering women, including through capacity building efforts, as appropriate, to participate in the design and implementation of efforts related to the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, and calls upon all those involved in the planning for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and justice and security sector reform efforts to take into account the particular needs of women and children associated with armed forces and armed groups, with the participation of women, and to provide for their full access to these programmes inter alia, through consultation with civil society, including women’s organizations, as appropriate; 19. Reaffirms its decision that States shall eliminate the supply of weapons, including small arms and light weapons, to terrorists, as well as its calls for States to find ways of intensifying and accelerating the exchange of operational information regarding trafficking in arms, and to enhance coordination of efforts on national, subregional, regional and international levels; 20. Recognizes the importance of preventing the illicit transfers and sales of weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, to armed groups and criminal networks that target civilians and civilian objects and underlines that such transfers could exacerbate conflict or facilitate the commitment of serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of human rights; 21. Urges States to consider ratifying or acceding to the Arms Trade Treaty as soon as possible and encourages States, intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations that are in a position to do so to render assistance in capacity-building to enable States Parties to fulfil and implement the Treaty’s obligations; 22. Recognizes that improving national implementation of Council-mandated arms embargoes and mandating United Nations peacekeeping operations and other relevant Council-mandated entities to assist in building national and regional capacities by States, in particular related to transfer control systems, physical security and stockpile management, record-keeping and preventing diversion of small arms and light weapons and related materiel to illicit markets, may contribute to a more effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty by the States Parties; 23. Notes that implementation of national reporting provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty by the States Parties can contribute to increased transparency of small arms and light weapons transfers and could inform the United Nations activities related to countering the illicit transfer and destabilizing accumulation of small arms and light weapons; 24. Encourages all Member States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to and to implement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, including the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunitions; 25. Stresses the need for full and effective implementation by States at the national, regional and international levels, of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, in particular, paying special attention to applying measures contained therein on the prevention of the diversion of small arms and light weapons, in order to make real progress in preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons; 26. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his reports and briefings to the Council on country-specific situations, more comprehensive and detailed information and recommendations relating to the impact of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, including information specific to such impact on refugees, internally displaced persons, women, children and other vulnerable groups; 27. Requests the Secretary-General to include information and recommendations regarding the impact of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons on the protection of civilians in armed conflict as a sub-item in his next reports on the protection of civilians in armed conflict; 28. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to direct any relevant United Nations agencies operating in a State or region in relation to which the Council maintains an arms embargo provide the utmost assistance to the work of relevant sanctions committees, experts groups and other relevant United Nations entities in the implementation and compliance monitoring of that arms embargo, and requests the

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Resolution 2222 (2015) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7450th meeting, on 27 May 2015 The Security Council Resolution

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Bearing in mind Adopted its primary responsibility under the Charter ofatthe Nations for the maintenance of international peace and by the Security Council itsUnited 7450th meeting, on security, and underlining the importance of taking measures aimed at conflict prevention and resolution, 27 May 2015 Reaffirming its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1674 (2006) and 1894 (2009) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and its resolution 1738 (2006) on the protection of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in armed conflicts as well as The Security Council other relevant resolutions and presidential statements, Reaffirming its commitment to theinPurposes the Charter of the United Nations as set out in Article of the Charter, and to the Bearing mind itsof primary responsibility under the Charter of the1 (1-4) United Principles of the CharterNations as set outfor in Article 2 (1-7) of the including its commitment to and the principles of the the maintenance ofCharter, international peace and security, underlining thepolitical independence, sovereign equality and territorial integrity of all measures States, andaimed respectatfor the sovereignty of all importance of taking conflict prevention andStates, resolution, Recalling the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, in particular the Third Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the treatment Reaffirming its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1674 (2006) and 1894 of prisoners of war, and the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977, in particular article 79 of the Additional Protocol I regarding the protection (2009) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and its resolution 1738 (2006) of journalists engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict, on the protection of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in Recognizing that the work of journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel often puts them at specific risk of intimidation, armed conflicts as well as other relevant resolutions and presidential statements, harassment and violence in situations of armed conflict, Reaffirming that parties Reaffirming to an armed conflict bear the primary to take all feasible to ensure the protection of affected its commitment to the responsibility Purposes of the Charter of the steps United Nations civilians, including those who exercise right 1to(1-4) freedom seeking, andof disseminating by different means, as set out intheir Article of of theexpression Charter, by and to thereceiving Principles the Charterinformation as set online as well as offline, inout accordance Article ofCharter, the International Covenant on Civil andtoPolitical Rights, of the in Articlewith 2 (1-7) of19 the including its commitment the principles Recognizing the political importantindependence, role of international humanitarian international human law asand applicable, in protecting sovereign equalitylaw, andand territorial integrity of rights all States, journalists, media professionals personnel in armed respect and for associated the sovereignty of all States,conflicts, Further recognizing that States bear the primary responsibility to respect and ensure the human rights of their citizens, as well as Recalling the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, in particular the Third individuals within their territory as provided for by relevant international law, Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the treatment of prisoners of war, and the Recalling the right to freedom of expression reflected in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977, in particular article 79 of the Additional Protocol the General Assembly in 1948 (“the Universal Declaration”), and recalling also the right to freedom of expression in Article 19 of the I regarding the protection of journalists engaged in dangerous professional missions International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted by the General Assembly in 1966 (“ICCPR”) and that any restrictions thereon in areas of armed conflict, shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary on the grounds set out in paragraph 3 of Article 19 of the ICCPR, Deeply concerned at the frequency of violence in many parts of the world againstand journalists, media professionals, and Recognizing thatacts theofwork of journalists, media professionals, associated associated personnel in armed conflict, in puts particular attacks in intimidation, violation of international law, personnel often themdeliberate at specific risk of harassmenthumanitarian and violence in Emphasizing thatsituations there are existing prohibitions of armed conflict, under international humanitarian law against attacks intentionally directed against civilians, as such, which in situations of armed conflict constitute war crimes, and recalling the need for States to end impunity for such Reaffirming that parties to an armed conflict bear the primary responsibility to criminal acts, take all feasible steps to ensure the protection of affected civilians, including those Bearing in mind that impunity for crimes committed against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in armed who exercise their right to freedom of expression by seeking, receiving and disseminating information by different means, online as well as offline, in accordance with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,

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conflict remains a significant challenge to their protection and that ensuring accountability for crimes committed against them is a key element in preventing future attacks, Recognizing that journalists, media professionals and associated personnel can play an important role in protection of civilians and conflict prevention by acting as an early warning mechanism in identifying and reporting potential situations that could result in genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, Reaffirming its condemnation of all incitements to violence against civilians in situations of armed conflict, and condemning the use of the media to incite violence, genocide, crimes against humanity and other serious violations of international humanitarian law, Recalling that States Parties to the Geneva Conventions have an obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed a grave breach of these Conventions, and an obligation to try them before their own courts, regardless of their nationality, or may hand them over for trial to another concerned State provided this State has made out prima facie case against the said persons, Further recalling the responsibility of all Member States to comply with their respective obligations to end impunity and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or other serious violations of international humanitarian law and noting that the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern committed against civilians has been strengthened through the work on and prosecution of these crimes by the International Criminal Court, in accordance with the principle of complementarity to national criminal jurisdictions as set out in the Rome Statute, ad hoc and mixed tribunals and specialized chambers in national tribunals, Expressing deep concern at the growing threat to the safety of journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel posed by terrorist groups and strongly condemning incidents of killings, kidnapping and hostage taking committed by terrorist groups for any purpose, including raising funds or gaining political concessions, and expressing its determination to prevent kidnapping and hostage taking committed by terrorist groups and to secure the safe release of hostages without ransom payments or political concessions, in accordance with applicable international law, Stressing the contribution that peacekeeping operations and special political missions, where mandated, can make to international efforts to promote and protect human rights, and the protection of civilians, including journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel including through monitoring and reporting on violations and abuses as well as providing support for national governmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; efforts to promote and protect human rights, and in order to strengthen the fight against impunity for crimes committed against civilians, including journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel, Recognizing the importance of a comprehensive, coherent and action-oriented approach, including in early planning, of protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict. Stressing, in this regard, the need to adopt a broad strategy of conflict prevention, which addresses the root causes of armed conflict in a comprehensive manner in order to enhance the protection of civilians on a long-term basis, including by promoting sustainable development, poverty eradication, national reconciliation, good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for and protection of human rights, Acknowledging the important role that regional and sub-regional organisations can play in ensuring the protection of journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel in armed conflicts and the importance of effective cooperation between the United Nations and those organizations, Further acknowledging the specific risks faced by women journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in conduct of their work, and underlining in this context the importance of considering the gender dimension of measures to address their safety in situations of armed conflict, Recognizing that the consideration of the issue of protection of journalists in armed conflict by the Security Council is based on the urgency and importance of this issue, and recognizing the valuable role that the Secretary-General can play in providing more information on this issue, 1. Condemns all violations and abuses committed against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in situations of armed conflict, and calls upon all parties to armed conflict to bring an end to such practices; 2. Affirms that the work of a free, independent and impartial media constitutes one of the essential foundations of a democratic society, and thereby can contribute to the protection of civilians; 3. Recalls in this regard that journalists, media professionals and associated personnel engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict shall be considered as civilians and shall be respected and protected as such, provided that they take no action adversely affecting their status as civilians. This is without prejudice to the right of war correspondents accredited to the armed forces to the status of prisoners of war provided for in article 4.A.4 of the Third Geneva Convention; 4. Strongly condemns the prevailing impunity for violations and abuses committed against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in situations of armed conflict, which in turn may contribute to the recurrence of these acts; 5. Emphasizes the responsibility of States to comply with the relevant obligations under international law to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law; 6. Urges Member States to take appropriate steps to ensure accountability for crimes committed against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in situations of armed conflict and through the conduct of impartial, independent and effective investigations within their jurisdiction and to bring perpetrators of such crimes to justice; 7. Recalls its demand that all parties to an armed conflict comply fully with the obligations applicable to them under international law related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, including journalists, media professionals and associated personnel; 8. Urges the immediate and unconditional release of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel who have been kidnapped or taken as hostages, in situations of armed conflict; 9. Urges all parties involved in situations of armed conflict to respect the professional independence and rights of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel as civilians; 10. Recalls also that media equipment and installations constitute civilian objects, and in this respect shall not be the object of attack or of reprisals, unless they are military objectives; 11. Recognizes the important role that education and training in international humanitarian law can play in supporting efforts to halt and prevent attacks against civilians affected by armed conflict, including journalists, media professionals and associated personnel; 12. Affirms that United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions, where appropriate should include in their mandated reporting information on specific acts of violence against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in situation of armed conflict;

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Security Council

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Reaffirming the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention on the Prevention and The Security Council, Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Convention), Recalling that States bear the primary protect civilians and that must respect and ensure Reaffirming theresponsibility Charter oftothe United Nations, the they Universal Declaration of the human rights of all individuals within their territory subject to their jurisdiction, asonprovided for by relevant rules of international and further, reaffirming the Humanand Rights, and the Convention the Prevention and Punishment of the law, Crime primary responsibility ofof each individual State to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity, Genocide (Convention), Recalling the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security and expressing its Recalling that States bear the primary responsibility to protect civilians and that determination to prevent genocide, they must respect and ensure the human rights of all individuals within their territory Recalling all judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as established by resolution 808 (1993) and subject to their jurisdiction, as provided for by relevant rules of international law, and subsequent resolutions to prosecute persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law in the territory of the former and further, reaffirming the primary responsibility of each individual State to protect Yugoslavia since 1991, and further recalling its Appeals Chamber judgment of 19 April 2004 (The Prosecutor vs. Krstic) which held that genocide its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against was committed at Srebrenica in 1995, and the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of 26 February 2007 concluded that the acts humanity, committed at Srebrenica were acts of genocide, Noting that this year marks the twentieth anniversary of the genocide Srebrenica, in which 8,000 lives were lost, thousands were Recalling the primary responsibility of theatSecurity Council for over the maintenance displaced, and families and were devastated, of communities international peace and security and expressing its determination to prevent Noting that Srebrenica and its surroundings was declared as a safe area pursuant to its resolutions 819 (1993) and 836 (1993); acknowledging genocide, the enduring need for the Security Council and Member States to strengthen further the protection of civilians in armed conflict; and emphasizing Recalling all judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former that the United Nations, including the Security Council, should heed early warning indications of potential genocide and ensure prompt and Yugoslavia (ICTY), as established by resolution 808 (1993) and subsequent effective action to prevent or end genocide, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions to prosecute persons responsible for serious violations of international Recognising that there were innocent victims on all sides during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including in Srebrenica and humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991, and further surrounding areas, recalling its Appeals Chamber judgment of 19 April 2004 (The Prosecutor vs. Krstic) Stressing the important role in genocide prevention of the Secretary-Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the held that genocide was committed at Srebrenica in 1995, and the judgment of Responsibility to Protectwhich (Special Advisors), whose functions include acting as an early warning mechanism to prevent potential situations that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of 26 February 2007 concluded that the acts could result in genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; committed at Srebrenica were acts of genocide, and recognizing the role regular briefings on human rights and international humanitarian law violations as well as hate speech and incitement play in contributing to early awareness of potential genocide, Noting that this year marks the twentieth anniversary of the genocide at Welcoming the new Frameworkinof Analysis developed the Office Adviserswere as onedisplaced, of the tools and to assess the risk of genocide Srebrenica, which over 8,000bylives wereof the lost,Special thousands in any situation, and encouraging Member States andwere regional and sub-regional organizations to use relevant frameworks, as appropriate, for families and communities devastated, guidance in their prevention work, Noting that Srebrenica and its surroundings was declared as a safe area pursuant Further recalling the responsibility of all Member States to comply with their respective obligations to end impunity and to investigate and to its resolutions 819 (1993) and 836 (1993); acknowledging the enduring need for prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or other serious violations of international humanitarian law and the Security Council and Member States to strengthen further the protection of noting that the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern committed against civilians has been strengthened through civilians in crimes armedbyconflict; and emphasizing that in theaccordance United Nations, including the the work on and prosecution of these the International Criminal Court, with the principle of complementarity to national Security Council, should heed early warning indications of potential genocide and ensure prompt and effective action to prevent or end genocide, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,

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criminal jurisdictions as set out in the Rome Statute, ad hoc and mixed tribunals and specialized chambers in national tribunals, Noting that the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other international crimes in the ICTY and national justice systems, including the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, remains central to the process of national reconciliation and to the restoration and maintenance of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and further welcoming the strong regional cooperation between national prosecutorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offices instrumental in fostering peace, justice, truth and reconciliation among countries in the region, Noting that it is estimated that there were thousands of cases of sexual violence with victims on all sides during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including at Srebrenica; further noting that rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute a crime against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide; and recalling that rape and other forms of sexual violence in armed conflict are war crimes and constitute grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocol I thereto, 1. Condemns in the strongest terms genocide and all violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law; 2. Condemns in the strongest terms the crime of genocide at Srebrenica as established by judgments of the ICTY and ICJ and all other proven war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the course of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina; 3. Agrees that acceptance of the tragic events at Srebrenica as genocide is a prerequisite for reconciliation, calls upon political leaders on all sides to acknowledge and accept the fact of proven crimes as established by the courts, and in this context, condemns denial of this genocide as hindering efforts towards reconciliation, and recognises also that continued denial is deeply distressing for the victims; 4. Expresses its sympathy for and solidarity with the victims on all sides of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including those in Srebrenica, and for their families, and calls on the responsible authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide justice to the victims and long-term support to survivors, including survivors of sexual violence; 5. Reaffirms once again its support for the Peace Agreement negotiated in Dayton and signed in Paris on 14 December 1995, as well as for the Agreement on implementing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed in Dayton on 10 November 1995 (S/1995/1021, annex) and calls upon the parties to comply strictly with their obligations under those Agreements; 6. Underscores the fundamental importance of reconciliation based upon dialogue, acceptance of past actions by all sides in the conflict and commitment to justice and support for the victims, as a basis for strengthening security, stability and prosperity both in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the wider region; and to this end welcomes the recent agreement by the Parliament and political leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina to an ambitious reform agenda, which includes a commitment to measures to accelerate the reconciliation process, and encourages all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to work together to promote peace, justice, tolerance, and reconciliation; 7. Welcomes the work of the International Commission on Missing Persons and its assistance to the governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and of the wider region, in locating and identifying the remains of victims on all sides, which has made an essential contribution to bringing perpetrators to justice; 8. Emphasizes the important role that women and civil society, including womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organizations and formal and informal community leaders, can play in mediation and post-conflict resolution; reiterating the continuing need to increase success in preventing conflict by increasing the participation of women at all stages of mediation and post-conflict resolution and by increasing the consideration of gender-related issues in all discussions pertinent to conflict prevention; 9. Calls upon States to prevent and fight against genocide, and other serious crimes under international law, reaffirms paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document (A/RES/60/1) on the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity; 10. Calls upon States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to consider doing so as a matter of high priority, and, where necessary, to enact national legislation in order to meet their obligations under that Convention; 11. Welcomes efforts to investigate and prosecute all those accused of serious violations of international humanitarian law during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the genocide at Srebrenica, calls upon all States to cooperate with the ICTY, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and national justice systems, including the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and requests the ICTY to complete its work as expeditiously as possible, as a vital contribution to promoting peace, justice, truth and reconciliation; 12. Urges Member States to develop educational programmes that will instil in future generations the lessons learned from past genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in order to help prevent their recurrence, as appropriate; 13. Encourages Member States to consider designating national focal points to address the protection of civilians from atrocities through effective prevention and response and could meet regularly and coordinate steps to share best practices on rapid response and atrocity prevention with other Member States, and relevant regional and sub-regional mechanisms that work to prevent and respond to mass atrocities, the Special Advisors, and other relevant United Nations bodies, and acknowledges in this regard the global network of national focal points on the responsibility to protect; 14. Reaffirms the importance of the lessons to be learned from the United Nations failures in preventing the genocide at Srebrenica, as set out in the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to General Assembly resolution 53/35 (A/54/549), and the call contained in the report for the international community to do its utmost not to allow such horrors to recur, and resolves to take early and effective action to prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy and to that end to employ all appropriate means at its disposal, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; 15. Acknowledges that serious violations or abuses of international human rights or serious violations of international humanitarian law, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence, can be an early indication of a descent into genocide, and in this regard welcomes the United Nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; efforts to improve its collective response to future risks of violations and abuses of international human rights and violations of international humanitarian law through Human Rights Up Front; 16. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure greater collaboration between existing early warning mechanisms for genocide prevention and other serious international crimes, in order to help to detect, assess and respond to sources of tension and points of risks or identify vulnerable populations, and encourages the Secretary-General to continue to refer to the Council information and analyses which he believes could contribute in this regard. _________________________

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The Security Council, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Reaffirming its resolution 2166 (2014) of 21 July 2014 on the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17 on 17 July 2014 in Donetsk Oblast, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ukraine concerning the tragic loss of 298 lives, in which it demanded that those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all States Northern Ireland and United States of America: draft resolution cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability, Recalling its resolution 2202 (2015) of 17 February 2015, which reaffirmed resolution 2166, The Security Council, Noting the Preliminary Report into the cause of the crash by the Dutch Safety Board entrusted with the investigation in accordance with Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil its Aviation, issued on 9 September thedowning aircraft wasofdestroyed by a large number Reaffirming resolution 2166 (2014) 2014, of 21which July identified 2014 onthat the of high energy objectsMalaysia that penetrated the aircraft the17 outside, recalling briefing the Council on 19 Ukraine September 2014 and noting also the Airlines flightfrom MH on 17 July the 2014 in of Donetsk Oblast, resolution on MH17 adopted by the the Council of the International Civilin Aviation on 28 October concerning tragic loss of 298 lives, whichOrganisation it demanded that those 2014, responsible Reaffirming the international law that violence that pose a threat tofully the safety international forrules thisofincident be held to prohibit accountacts andofthat all States cooperate withofefforts to civil aviation and in this regard deploring all other acts of violence against civilian aircraft, establish accountability, Noting also the letters addressed to this Council by the Government of the Netherlands dated 16 December 2014 (S/2014/903) and 20 July Recalling its resolution 2202 (2015) of 17 February 2015, which reaffirmed 2015 (S/2015/551), respectively announcing the creation of a Joint Investigation Team to coordinate the international criminal investigation, with the resolution 2166, aim of bringing the perpetrators to justice, and providing an update in relation to the status of that investigation, as well as the recovery and repatriation mission and the internationalNoting technicalthe investigation into Report the causeinto of the crash, Preliminary the cause of the crash by the Dutch Safety Board with thethat investigation in the accordance with Annex 13 of the Convention Deeply concerned by entrusted all acts of violence pose a threat to safety of civil aviation, on this International Civil 9 September 2014, which identified that the peace and security, Determining that violent act and its Aviation, implicationsissued for theon safety of civil aviation constitute a threat to international wasattacks destroyed byaircraft a large of high measures energy objects that penetrated thewho are responsible for this Determined toaircraft deter future on civil andnumber to take effective to bring to justice the persons aircraft from the outside, recalling the briefing of the Council on 19 September 2014 incident, noting also of theanresolution MH17and adopted by the of Council the International Believing that and the establishment internationalontribunal the prosecution personsof responsible for this incident will contribute to the Organisation on peace 28 October 2014, safety of civil aviationCivil and toAviation maintenance of international and security, Convinced that in theReaffirming particular circumstances this incident, the of acts an international tribunal would be an effective guarantee the rules ofofinternational lawestablishment that prohibit of violence that pose for an independent andaimpartial in accordance withaviation international threat toaccountability the safety process of international civil and standards, in this regard deploring all Referring to the letteracts fromoftheviolence Governments of Australia, other against civilianBelgium, aircraft,Malaysia, The Netherlands and Ukraine dated 10 July 2015 (S/2015/528), and acknowledging their commitment to ensuring the effective functioning of an international tribunal, which will build upon the work of the Joint Noting also the letters addressed to this Council by the Government of the Investigation Team, Netherlands dated 16 December (S/2014/903) and 20 July 2015 (S/2015/551), Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United2014 Nations, respectively announcing the creation offamilies a JointofInvestigation to coordinate 1. Reiterates its deepest sympathies and condolences to the the victims of Team this incident and to the the people and governments of the international criminal investigation, with the aim of bringing the perpetrators to victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; countries of origins; justice, and providing an update in relation to the status of that investigation, as well 2. Demands that all States and other actors refrain from acts of violence directed against civilian aircraft; recovery and repatriation mission the international technical investigation 3. Calls upon as all the States and actors in the region to accord fulland cooperation in the conduct of the international investigation of this incident as cause of the crash, required by Resolutioninto 2166the (2014); 4. Requests the States working together inby theall Joint Investigation Team continue to keep the Council fully and regularly informed of the Deeply concerned acts of violence thattopose a threat to the safety of civil progress of its investigation as appropriate and without prejudice to the confidentiality of the criminal investigation; aviation, 5. Urges the earliest possible finalization of the international technical investigation into the cause of the crash and the criminal investigation, without prejudice to the quality of those investigations; 6. Decides to establish an international tribunal for the sole purpose of prosecuting persons responsible for crimes connected with the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, and to this end adopts the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 annexed hereto; 7. Decides that all States shall cooperate fully with the International Tribunal and its organs in accordance with the present resolution and the Statute of the International Tribunal, and that consequently, all States shall take any measures necessary under their domestic law to implement the provisions of the present resolution and the Statute, including the obligation of States to comply with requests for assistance or orders issued in accordance with the Statute of the International Tribunal, and requests States to keep the Secretary-General informed of such measures; 8. Decides that the International Tribunal shall be funded through voluntary contributions and encourages States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute funds, equipment and services to the International Tribunal, including the offer of expert personnel; 9. Decides that the determination of the seat of the International Tribunal is subject to the conclusion of appropriate arrangements between the United Nations and the Netherlands acceptable to the Council, and that the International Tribunal may sit elsewhere when it considers it necessary for the efficient exercise of its functions; 10. Decides also that the work of the International Tribunal shall be carried out without prejudice to the existing right of the families of victims to seek, through appropriate means, compensation; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to implement this resolution urgently, and in particular, to make all practical arrangements, when appropriate in coordination with the Governments of Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, The Netherlands and Ukraine, for the effective functioning of the International Tribunal at the earliest time and to report to the Council periodically on the implementation of this resolution; 12. 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PRIEDAI / ANNEX The Lithuanian Team at the UN Security Council IN NEW YORK: Raimonda Murmokaitė – Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rita Kazragienė – Minister Counsellor (until 1 July 2014) Nida Jakubonė – Minister Counsellor (from 1 July 2014) Dainius Baublys – Minister Counsellor Andrius Kalindra – Minister Counsellor (until August 2014) Rosita Šorytė – Minister Counsellor (from July 2014) Col. Darius Petryla – Military Representative Gediminas Levickas – Counsellor Aleksas Dambrauskas – First Secretary Vaida Hampe – First Secretary Agnė Gleveckaitė – First Secretary Rasma Ramoškaitė – First Secretary Mindaugas Gabrėnas – Second Secretary (until July 2014) Neringa Juodkaitė-Putrimienė – Second Secretary Aidas Sunelaitis – Second Secretary Dovydas Špokauskas – Second Secretary Viktorija Budreckaitė – Second Secretary Agnė Pipiraitė – Third Secretary (from August 2014) Rūta Jazukevičiūtė – Third Secretary Solveiga Vailionytė – Specialist Erika Prokofjeva – Specialist IN VILNIUS: Dr. Oskaras Jusys – Director of the United Nations, International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Donatas Žiugžda – Security Council (SC) Coordinator, Deputy Director of the United Nations, International Organizations and Human rights Department, MFA Lina Gubrevičiūtė – Head of Security Council Division, United Nations, International Organizations and Human Rights Department (until July 2015) Mindaugas Gabrėnas – Head of Security Council Division, United Nations, International Organizations and Human Rights Department (from August 2015) Živilė Macijauskienė – Third Secretary, Human Rights Division, United Nations, International Organizations and Human Rights Department OTHER CONTRIBUTING DEPARTMENTS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Information and Public Relations Department Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Department Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department European Countries Department Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department

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