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Katrina Kaktina 🇱🇻🇺🇦
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Director of International Organisations & Human Rights Department, MFA Latvia. Former Ambassador to International Organisations in Vienna (2020-2024).
Riga, Latvia
Joined August 2009
🇱🇻 at IAEA @iaeaorg :. “Respectable lawyers conclude that attack on Nova Kakhovka water dam may amount to war crime & even crime against humanity. Prof.M.Milanovic concludes: “It depends not just on the extent of harm to civilians, but on the intent of the relevant actors.”.1/5
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Today at @OSCE 🇷🇺Russia, when speaking about gender equality (GE),referred to women as “the weak gender”. The absolute majority of OSCE participating States, including 🇱🇻Latvia, objected the use of such term as unacceptable. Some of the responses to 🇷🇺:. 1/4.
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Thank you,#NAFO #fellas! I am honoured! .The avatar is 😎. Entrusted with your support,will keep up the good work in supporting 🇺🇦Ukraine!.T-shirt will be a much needed addition to my 🇺🇦-supporting 20+ T-shirt,blouse,vyshyvankas,sweaters+brooches,pins,phone cases etc.collection.
@KatrinaKaktina @fellarequests Madam Ambassador we welcome you to NAFO and your gesture will be very based. (Maybe a watermelon to lob at an appropriate moment also).
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🇺🇸Amb.@USAmbOSCE :. “🇷🇺Russian Ambassador said he is not here to talk about 🇺🇦Ukraine. But I have news for you: we are. And we will.”.
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🇹🇷 I will fight fiercely to fight this mentality of calling women weak. 🇲🇹 all the women diplomats and ambassadors in this hall - given all the burdens you had to overcome to be here, I would consider being a woman - superpower!. #GenderEquality .4/4.
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🇱🇻 thanks @iaeaorg DG @rafaelmgrossi & his team for all the efforts made to maintain nuclear safety & security in 🇺🇦. 🇱🇻 supports 5 principles set out by DG to that aim, their monitoring & regular reports on their implementation. 5/5.
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🇺🇦 sky in 🇱🇻Riga, Latvia as 🇺🇦President @ZelenskyyUa lands. 📸 authors @vogezija, @adas_shamane & @ElinaOgsta
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75 yrs ago,in 1949,Soviet Russia sent 42K 🇱🇻Latvian people to Siberia. In cattle wagons. That was 4 yrs after the end of the 2WW,but still under Russian occupation. Worth remembering when someone says that ceasefire without getting all 🇺🇦territories back to 🇺🇦 would be peace.
75 yrs ago, the Soviet Union, in an effort to stifle resistance to occupation, staged mass deportations from 🇱🇻🇪🇪🇱🇹. Over 42K 🇱🇻people were sent to Siberia in cattle wagons. Russia's leadership continues to commit the gravest intl. crimes for which accountability must be ensured.
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A bridge in a small and friendly Latvian town. The usual 🇱🇻 flags have been changed to 🇺🇦. #StandWithUkraine . 📷@absolut_ilze
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🇱🇻 at @iaeaorg :.“That day might come when we hear a genuine interest from 🇷🇺 to create & not to destroy,when we have a dialogue on how to achieve the goals of #Atoms4Peace,#Atoms4Climate,#NUTEC, #ZODIAC,#CancerCare4All, & not about who has committed more war crimes in 1 year.”
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🇱🇻 at IAEA @iaeaorg :. “Have you ever heard before that a state would put at risk its own nuclear power plant? Never, and you never will, because noone has ever done that. 🇷🇺Russia itself, 🇷🇺 alone and again is putting at risk 🇺🇦 NPPs, including the one it itself occupies.”.1/5
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🇱🇻 at #OSCE:. “It will take us years to sentence all 🇷🇺 war criminals for evey single war crime commited in 🇺🇦. But we will be patient. We will make sure no one escapes. Not this time. We are impatient though for trials to start. And first & foremost for this war to end.”
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Today 🇷🇺Russia plays the same playbook it had in the 20th c. The horrors of deportation of 🇱🇻Latvian residents are well too known for us, and today we remember the victims of deportation, mourn those who perished and remind of their stories.
Remembering the deportations on 25 March, 1949. More than 42,000 Latvian 🇱🇻 residents were deported to Siberia including one fourth were children. Today, Russia is committing war crimes by forcefully deporting Ukranian children. The agressor must be punished! #StandWithUkraine
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.@Official_NAFO , call for Article 5.
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🇱🇻Latvia at @osce on Russian missile attack on 🇺🇦#Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital:. “Let me turn my tears into words while the Ukrainian soldiers turn their tears into shots.”
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I am soon leaving my post as 🇱🇻Ambassador to International Organisations in Vienna. And I am leaving it in the best possible hands of my dear friend & colleague Mr.Raimonds Oškalns. Thank you all for this incredible 4-year ride!. Raimonds,I know you will do just great!.
Meet the next Latvia’s 🇱🇻 Ambassador to the @UN 🇺🇳, @OSCE and other international organisations in Vienna Raimonds Oškalns. He has been Security Policy Director at the @Latvian_MFA, as well as Latvia's representative at the Nuclear Suppliers Group. He has a wealth of experience
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Latvia will stand with 🇺🇦Ukraine for as long as it takes. #StandWithUkraine #UkraineWillWin
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@mbk_center Then stop the war! There are 147 million inhabitants in Russia alone, not counting those abroad - free to assemble, free to speak up. 147 million against one man and his regime. Or not?.
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Today we celebrate 104th anniversary of Proclamation of 🇱🇻Latvia’s Independence. We thank, appreciate and welcome everyone celebrating with us!. #Latvia104 #LV104.
Today, #Latvia celebrates 104 years of independence together with its friends and allies around the world. Thank you for standing strong side by side with us! Happy 104th anniversary, Latvia! 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 #Latvia104 #November18 #LV104 #StrongerTogether
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Today I wore my “Incredible Women” T-shirt for the national, democratic leader of ⬜️🟥⬜️Belarus @Tsihanouskaya . She, her team and all people fighting for democracy in Belarus are a true inspiration to us. We will continue doing our part to help!. #ЖивеБеларусь
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“[…] we,the Foreign Ministers of 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹, decided not to attend @OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje. We remain ready to work with partners & participating States in upholding the OSCE principles, and against Russia’s aggression and the ideology behind it.”.
Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Latvia 🇱🇻, Estonia 🇪🇪 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 regarding the upcoming @OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje. ➡️
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Today I had an opportunity to directly reiterate to @Tsihanouskaya 🇱🇻 strong & continuous support for Belarusian people’s strive for democracy in Belarus through, inter alia, 🇱🇻support to the civil society & EU sanctions targeting the Lukashenka’s regime & its supporters.
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Satversmes 91.pants:”Visi cilvēki Latvijā ir vienlīdzīgi likuma un tiesas priekšā. Cilvēka tiesības tiek īstenotas bez jebkādas diskriminācijas.”. 17. maijs, Starptautiskā diena pret homofobiju, bifobiju un transfobiju. Līdz mēs visi būsim vienlīdzīgi.#IDAHOBIT2022
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Since I donate to United24 @U24_gov_ua every month - happy to contribute.
🚤@DI_Ukraine's Group 13 have destroyed the russian ship, Sergei Kotov, using one of the Magura V5 naval drones you raised money for last year. We. Will. Hunt. Down. Every. One. Of. Them. #FleetOfNavalDrones
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My dear 🇺🇦 friends, on this #NationalFlagDay I only wish you one thing and soon, and every day we are one day closer to it - the victory of 🇺🇦Ukraine, the victory of humanity!.@UKRinOSCE @YevheniiT
Happy #NationalFlagDay, Ukraine! Today the blue-yellow flag of #Ukraine symbolizes not only the sky and the golden wheat fields, but also the unbreakable spirit of the people, love of freedom, peacefulness, and strength. This flag has become a symbol of freedom around the world.
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Proud to fly back home with 🇱🇻@airBaltic, supporter of @RigaPride, on a historic day for 🇱🇻, to participate in a very special 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Pride Week. #Atplauksti #RigaPride #UntilWeAreAllEqual #EsAriEsmuLatvija
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Meanwhile in 🇱🇻Riga, the @United24media #StandWithUkraine trolleybus is being spotted. #atbalstuUkrainu
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Today at #OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation 🇷🇺once again referred to “historic lands”. 🇱🇻 asked how far back in history 🇷🇺wants to go?To 1920 when 🇷🇺signed Peace Treaty w/🇱🇻, promising to never attack it? Or to the 1st c.?In which century does 🇷🇺want to live? . If any state…
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With this year’s #IWD theme “Women in leadership” I want to highlight 3 Latvian women who take up the highest positions in intl organizations Latvians are currently in: Amb.B.Braže, NATO ASG for Public Diplomacy, I.Juhansone, SG of EC & I.Brands-Kehris, UN ASG for Human Rights.
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He organized a concert to support 🇺🇦 on 25.02.22 in front of 🇷🇺Embassy in 🇱🇻. He organized a march to demand immediate dismantlement of the Soviet monument in 🇱🇻Riga(now dismantled). Tonight he sings at EU Christmas Charity Gala for 🇺🇦 in Vienna. The one & only @RalfsEilands
TOMORROW: #EU #Multilateral Christmas Charity Gala #EU4Ukraine, featuring @Eurovision winner #KALUSH ORCHESTRA, performing with Chorus Juventus/Vienna Boys’ Choir & donate virtual classrooms & laptops for the children in #Ukraine . 👉
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Special Tribunal for Russia’s crimes of aggression in the making.
Today, 100 legal experts met in #Vienna to discuss how to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine. There can be no business as usual: #Russia’s aggression will not go unpunished! Those responsible must be held to account. #InternationalVienna.
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EU Ambassadors to OSCE stand with Ambassador of Ukraine after walking out of OSCE Reinforced Permanent Council meeting yesterday when 🇷🇺 started to speak.
EU Member States #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦!. Together with our partners, we will continue providing Ukraine with all necessary support to prevail! #UkraineWillWin! There is no doubt about that!
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🇱🇻@RalfsEilands at #EU4Ukraine Multilateral Christmas Gala in Vienna tonight:. “Please, remember that someone else during this Christmas is fighting for your freedom, your Christmas and your chance to be with your loved ones. 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini!”
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🇱🇻Latvia at @osce:. “Yesterday,Russia sent a missile to 🇺🇦Okhmatdyt hospital. Deliberately sent a missile to a children’s hospital, just like on 16 March 2022 when RU deliberately bombed Mariupol Drama Theatre with a mark “Children” visible even on a satellite imagery.”. 1/8
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🇺🇦 Deputy Minister of Environment & Natural Resources Y.Fedorenko: on #Kakhovka dam destruction:. ”Ecosystems washed into the Balck Sea; perhaps the world has lost the last of certain species on earth.”
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“We will not hesitate to submit further applications for warrants of arrest when the evidence requires us to do so.”.@KarimKhanQC @IntlCrimCourt.
Statement by Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanKC on the issuance of arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Ms Maria Lvova-Belova .Read more ⤵️ #Ukraine.
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🇱🇻 at @osce:. “Russian delegation alleged that OSCE mission (SMM) in 🇺🇦 failed at preventing conflict. Well,Russia was part of that mission. Therefore what we have to conclude is that everywhere where Russia participates - it fails. It definitely fails at conflict prevention.”
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BBC short film about @Tsihanouskaya , filmed in Riga, Latvia. Her dream is for Belarus to be a happy country. We, who already have their happy countries, can help her and all Belarusians make that dream a reality.
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The Baltic States 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 have invoked the #ViennaDocument Ch.III at the #OSCE requesting Belarus 🇧🇾 to provide detailed information on the joint RU🇷🇺 - BY🇧🇾 military excercises “Union Resolve 2022” taking place 10-20 February.
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Watch the full 🇱🇻 Latvia’s statement at the @OSCE Ministerial Council 2022 here:. #OSCEMC2022 #OSCE2022POL.
🇱🇻 at @OSCE Ministerial Council:. “Our task is to defend the Intl Rules Based Order. 🇷🇺 must stop this senseless war that has brought immense pain to the people of 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Until then,we must continue our support to 🇺🇦.”. #OSCEMC2022 #OSCE2022POL .📸 Norbert Kachniarz
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This is why so many people around the world will wear #vyshyvanka today - we want to be in the club of those standing on the right side of history - that of courage, freedom, faith and strength. #StandWithUkraine #VyshyvankaDay 🇱🇻🇺🇦
Happy #VyshyvankaDay! 💙💛. Embroidered shirt, #Vyshyvanka is a symbol of #Ukraine! Today it is a symbol of courage, freedom, faith and strength for the whole world 🇺🇦
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Reacting to yet another 🇷🇺war crime in its war of aggression against 🇺🇦 Ukraine, OSCE @OSCECiO convenes a Special Permanent Council meeting. My words are my bullets. And I stand with 🇺🇦Ukraine. 🇱🇻Latvia stands with 🇺🇦Ukraine.
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Diplomats march for Equality in Vienna Pride. This year’s motto “Pride against hate - make love not war.” #diplomatsforequality.#ProudDiplomats.#ViennaPride.#makelovenotwar.#PrideAgainstHate.@ViennaPride
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Vakar man bija tas prieks un gods pasniegt Dažādības balvu Rīgas mēram @MStakis par atbalstu iekļaujošai sabiedrībai, iekļaujošai pilsētai un @RigaPride . 📸 Lauris Vīksna
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“Law is not a spectator or absent. No individual should have a free pass to commit crimes within ICC’s jurisdiction, particularly genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity. This court is a child of Nuremberg.” @IntlCrimCourt @KarimKhanQC . 1/2.
#ICC Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanKC spoke to @France24 on the issuance of arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Ms. Maria Lvova-Belova.
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🇱🇻Latvia tonight. #StandWithUkraine.🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦.
Ukraine’s🇺🇦 anthem at the Latvian National Song & Dance celebration, where 30k participants and 100s thousands spectators gather every five years. Impressive and very moving. Let it give strength to #Ukraine in the Liberation War. #StandWithUkraine .
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Meryl Streep at the event “Inclusion of #Women in the Future of #Afghanistan”:. “A squirrel has more rights in Afghanistan than a woman. A bird can sing in Kabul, but a woman and a girl may not.”. #UNGA79
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When someone asks me why I am not going to Vienna State Opera:
"To Berlin" – a WWII Soviet slogan widely used in 🇷🇺 propaganda in the last decades. This is precisely why 🇷🇺 opera singer Anna Netrebko wears a shirt with those words. She supports Russian chauvinism but is still invited to @StaatsoperBLN. This is unacceptable.
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““Russia has not changed. As before, it still does not respect international law or its obligations. It does not value the lives of its own citizens or others… “ 🇫🇮Speaker @Halla_aho.
Joku on ystävällisesti tekstittänyt englanniksi eilen Verkhovna Radassa pitämäni puheen. Panen sen tähän.
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Just 1 example of 🇷🇺war crimes:. “The Commission’s evidence shows - in areas that came under 🇷🇺 control,🇷🇺Russian authorities have committed wilful killings of civilians or persons not involved in fighting (hors de combat), which are war crimes &violations of the right to life.”.
🇺🇦#Russian authorities committed a wide range of violations of int'l human rights and int'l humanitarian law in #Ukraine & the Russian Federation, many of which amount to #WarCrimes – the Independent Int'l Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. Press release➡️
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Today at 🇱🇻Latvian Permanent Mission in Vienna diplomats wrote letters to 🇺🇦Crimean political prisoners held by Russia. 1/5. #CrimeaIsUkraine #StandWithUkraine #LetterstoFreeCrimea
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🇱🇻 at #OSCE:. “It is high time we help countries suffering from 🇷🇺 aggression to repel it. 🇷🇺Russia will not stop it. Don’t let the 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 come to yet another “we told you so”.”
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🇱🇻Latvia stands with 🇺🇦Ukraine and will stand as long as it takes. With @DmytroKuleba at .#OSCEMC2022 #OSCE2022POL
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