Slovenia Weekly: Urgent measures for progress

"As one of the leading countries engaged in efforts to protect the seas and coasts, Slovenia is ready to assume presidency of the Barcelona Convention in the period 2024-2025", said Prime Minister Robert Golob in the introduction to the ministerial meeting of the parties to the Convention (COP 23) that took place in Portorož.

He stressed that they the issue was not measures for the distant future, as, given the ubiquity of climate change, immediate measures were necessary. According to him, regional solutions, such as those taken in the framework of the Barcelona Convention on the protection of the marine environment and coastal areas of the Mediterranean, pave the way for the Cop28 global climate conference in Dubai.

In addition, Slovenia, as one of the pioneers in water diplomacy, aims to use its term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to present to the world its experiences and solutions, and thus contribute to making better decisions for everyone.

The Barcelona Convention was established long before other international organisations to fight climate change. It can be considered an example, for instance, in adopting a global agreement to limit plastic pollution.

Among the convention’s successes, we can single out the agreement by which the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) limited sulphur dioxide emissions from ships in the entire Mediterranean. Prime Minister Golob called this decision historic.

This week, the government newsletter Slovenia Weekly reported that Slovenia had made the most progress among 39 EU and OECD countries in reducing the number of children living below the poverty line over the past decade, according to a report published on Tuesday by the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti.

The newsletter also reports that the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention made a decision to include "Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices" in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Midwifery is already the seventh entry in the UNESCO Representative List concerning Slovenia.

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    (COP 23) Prime Minister Dr Robert Golob: We owe it to our children, our shared history, and our common future

    7. 12. 2023

    “When it comes to the environment, there are no borders. There is only one environment, and it is the environment of our planet. We must take action and act globally. You will be proud of what Slovenia will advocate in the next two years,” said Prime Minister Dr Robert Golob to the delegates gathered at the 23rd Meeting of the Member Parties to the Barcelona Convention, COP 23, as Slovenia is taking over the Presidency.
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    Minister Fajon: "We will strengthen the Slovenian-German strategic partnership"

    5. 12. 2023

    Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon hosts a visit by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The Ministers discussed the Slovenian-German strategic partnership, the importance of EU enlargement and reforms, and current foreign policy issues, in particular the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East. They also agreed on the areas in which the two countries will further strengthen cooperation.
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    83rd regular session of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia

    7. 12. 2023

    At today's session, the Government has adopted the Energy Act Proposal and reallocated EUR 5 million for co-funding radio and television programmes at RTV Slovenija for the Italian and Hungarian ethnic communities. In addition, it has approved the National Commodity Reserves Act Proposal and extended the controls at internal borders.
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    Minister Fajon signs EUR 1.5 million donation agreement for humanitarian demining in Ukraine

    4. 12. 2023

    On behalf of the Slovenian Government, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon today signed an agreement on the donation of EUR 1.5 million, which Slovenia will make available for humanitarian demining activities in Ukraine by the end of the year. At the signing ceremony, she emphasised that Slovenia is aware of the enormous need for demining in Ukraine and supports all efforts to put the country on the path to safe and sustainable reconstruction.
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    Slovenia tops UNICEF ranking in progress over child poverty

    8. 12. 2023

    Slovenia has made the biggest progress among 39 EU and OECD countries in reducing the number of children living below the poverty line over the past decade, according to a report published the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
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    Midwifery inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

    8. 12. 2023

    At its meeting on the 6th of December in Botswana, the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 Convention adopted a decision to enter “Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices” on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The nomination was proposed by Colombia, Cyprus, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Slovenia and Togo.
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