LITHUANIA BEGINS PRESIDENCY OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL, SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN RULE OF LAW, PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT
On 1 February, Lithuania began its one month’s Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. Lithuania was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in October 2013 with a record-high support of 187 countries.
In the framework of the UN Security Council, Lithuania also chairs two Committees and a Working Group.
“Lithuania chairs the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee and is establishing the new Sanctions Committee concerning the Central African Republic. The Committee is tasked to document human rights violations and to impose sanctions on the perpetrators. During the Presidency, we will also pay a lot of attention to the application of the principle of the rule of law governing the activities of the missions of the United Nations and to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in particular children and women,” the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said.
The United Nations Security Council is composed of 15 permanent and non-permanent members. The Presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the member states names.
Lithuania will again have this responsibility to chair UN Security Council in 2015.
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