Statements by Slovenia within the UN in New York
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Republic of Slovenia actively participates in the sessions and other meetings in New York. Our recent statements are available below.
2023
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General Assembly
- Statement by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs H.E. Ms Tanja Fajon at the UNGA Emergency Special Session on Ukraine, 22 February 2023 (docx, 55 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the OEWG on security of and in the use of information and communication technologies (agenda item 5), 9 March 2023 (docx, 22 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia on the Resolution requesting an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate change, 29 March 2023 (docx, 24 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN Disarmament Commission - Working Group I – Nuclear Weapons, 5 April 2023 (docx, 22 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Resumed Sixth Committee Session "Crimes against humanity", 10 April 2023 (docx, 23 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN GA Debate on the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM), 24 April 2023 (docx, 23 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN General Assembly Debate under agenda item 60 on the “Use of the Veto”, 26 April 2023 (docx, 25 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Consultations on the Report of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, 27 April 2023 (docx, 26 KB)
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Security Council
- Statement by Slovenia at the Security Council Ministerial Open Debate on threats to International Peace and Security: Sea-Level Rise – Implications for International Peace and Security, 14 February 2023 (docx, 33 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UNSC Open Debate on the Promotion and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: the Rule of Law among Nations, 12 January 2023 (docx, 27 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Investment in people to enhance resilience against complex challenges, 26 January 2023 (docx, 53 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Security in Africa: The Impact of Development Policies in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns Initiative, 30 March 2023 (docx, 55 KB)
- Statement by H.E. Ms Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs at the UN Security Council Arria Formula Meeting on Protection of Civilians: Achieving a better protection of water-related essential services and infrast (docx, 23 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Security Council Open Debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Futureproofing Trust for Sustaining Peace, 3 May 2023 (docx, 56 KB)
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Other
- Statement by Slovenia at the General Discussion of the 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development, 7 February 2023 (docx, 33 KB)
- Statement by H.E. Mrs Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Slovenia at the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Deve (docx, 186 KB)
- Statement by H.E. Ms Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs at the side event Supporting gender equality in the Water Action Agenda with Global Multi-stakeholder effort, 23 March 2023 (docx, 20 KB)
- Statement by H.E. Ms Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs at the UN Water Conference – Interactive Dialogue 5: Water Action Decade: Accelerating the Implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including throu (docx, 26 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the 56th Commission on Population and Development, 11 April 2023 (docx, 57 KB)
2022
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General Assembly
- Speech of H.E. Mr Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia at the General Debate of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, 21 September 2022 (docx, 26 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia under the Agenda Item 25 – Social Development in the UNGA Third Committee, 29 September 2022 (docx, 20 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the rights of older persons in UN GA Third Committee, 29 September 2022 (docx, 53 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences in UN GA Third Committee, 4 October 2022 (docx, 51 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children in UNGA Third Committee, 7 October 2022 (docx, 21 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive Dialogue with Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict in UN GA Third Committee, 7 October 2022 (docx, 54 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the General Debate of the UNGA First Committee, 12 October 2022 (docx, 55 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the 11th Emergency Special Session of the UNGA " The Unprovoked Armed Aggression by the Russian Federation Against Ukraine", 12 October 2022 (docx, 55 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights (represented by ASG Brands Kehris) in the UNGA Third Committee, 13 October 2022 (docx, 51 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in UNGA Third Committee, 13 October 2022 (doc, 62 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons of the UNGA First Committee, 17 October 2022 (docx, 52 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues in UNGA Third Committee, 20 October 2022 (docx, 53 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment in UNGA Third Committee, 21 October 2022 (docx, 24 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Thematic Debate on Conventional Weapons of the UNGA First Committee, 24 October 2022 (docx, 52 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in UNGA Third Committee, 28 October 2022 (doc, 37 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the debate of the UN General Assembly on the resolution of the Report of the IAEA, 9 November 2022 (docx, 51 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia in the debate of the UN General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan, 10 November 2022 (docx, 52 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia on the Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council, 17 November 2022 (docx, 53 KB)
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Security Council
- Statement of Slovenia at the Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Security in Africa: Capacity-building for sustaining peace, New York, 8 August 2022 (docx, 22 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the annual UN Security Council Open debate on Women, Peace and Security: "Strengthening women's resilience and leadership as a path to peace in regions plagued by armed groups", 20 October 2022 (docx, 53 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN Security Council Open debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Integrating Effective Resilience Building in Peace Operations for Sustainable Peace, 3 November 2022 (docx, 52 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN Security Council Arria formula meeting Climate, Peace and Security: Opportunities for the UN Peace and Security Architecture, 29 November 2022 (docx, 51 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN Security Council Open debate on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: New Orientation for Reformed Multilateralism, 14 December 2022 (docx, 51 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the UN Security Council Arria Formula Meeting on Transitioning from Protracted Conflict and Fragility into Peace through Sustainable Development, 20 December 2022 (docx, 52 KB)
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Other
- Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), New York, 1 August 2022 (docx, 23 KB)
- Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament, New York, 2 August 2022 (docx, 23 KB)
- 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Main Committee III, New York, 9 August 2022 (docx, 23 KB)
- 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Main Committee II, New York, 10 August 2022 (docx, 24 KB)
- Address by H.E. Ms Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia at the Reception marking the launch of Slovenia's candidature for the UN Security Council 2024-2025, 26 September 2022 (docx, 51 KB)
- Address by H.E. Mr Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia at the Reception marking the launch of Slovenia's candidature for the UN Security Council 2024-2025, 26 September 2022 (docx, 49 KB)
- Statement by Slovenia at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Pledging Event, 9 December 2022 (docx, 50 KB)