Overview

• Speaking at the 80th UN General Assembly in New York, Gitanas Nausėda said the world has fallen short in deterring Russia’s aggression as the war enters its fourth year.
• He urged countries to stop buying Russian energy, arguing such revenue prolongs the fighting and deepens suffering.
• The president pressed governments to back a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression and to join the Register of Damage for Ukraine.
• Lithuania’s support now exceeds €1 billion, with roughly half directed to reconstruction and long‑term recovery, he said, while prioritizing the return of deported children and unlawfully detained civilians.
• He endorsed the UN80 reform agenda to strengthen the United Nations and linked Russian actions beyond Ukraine to instability in Georgia, Moldova, the Sahel and the Middle East.