I want to welcome High Commissioner Volker Türk and Special Rapporteur Elizabeth Salmón to the Council, and I want to thank them for their valuable briefings. I also want to thank Mr. Kim for his testimony.
I would like to begin by stressing the essential role that the Council plays also when it co…
I would like to thank President Gatti Santana of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and Prosecutor Brammertz for their detailed progress reports submitted to the Council and their informative briefings today. I welcome Ms. Popović, Minister of Justice of Serbia, and the repr…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for her briefing.
I also wish to acknowledge the hard work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Slovenia commends its constant, professional and impartia…
Slovenia voted in favour of resolution 2735 (2024), focusing on the comprehensive ceasefire deal in Gaza. We would like to thank the United States, as the penholder, for its efforts.
Since the start of the conflict, Slovenia has been calling for a strong, united voice from the Council on this issue…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry and the President of Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Commission Da Piedade Veríssimo for their comprehensive briefings.
The briefings that we heard today paint a picture of a dynamic region that seeks …
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Msuya for her briefing, and to make a couple of points on behalf of my delegation.
First, Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukrainian critical energy infrastructure represent the latest in a series of flagrant viol…
Allow me to join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency. We wish you success in steering the Security Council through the month of June and assure you of our full support. I thank the Acting Special Adviser, Ms. Peyró Llopis, for the presentation of the twelfth repor…
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Let me make three points on behalf of my delegation.
First, Security Council resolutions are binding and must be implemented. Persistent and flagrant violations of those resolutions are unacceptable. Slovenia condemns the most re…
I would like to thank High Commissioner Grandi for his update on the tireless work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the current situation of forcibly displaced and stateless people, whose record high numbers ensure that the role of UNHCR remains indispen…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings. Let me also add my country’s sincere thanks to Mr. Griffiths for all his work as Emergency Relief Coordinator, including in Syria.
Slovenia remains deeply concerned about the ongoing spiral of violence in the …
I would like to thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
In recent weeks, the Council has been clear in its rejection of the operation in Rafah. In resolution 2728 (2024), our most recent resolution, we made a clear demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, together with the release …
I wish to join others in welcoming you, Madame President, to preside over the Council today. I also wish to thank Mozambique for organizing this meeting, as well as all the briefers for their insightful briefings.
Conflicts, no matter where they occur, affect all civilians, and youth are no excepti…
Slovenia welcomes the adoption of resolution 2730 (2024), which we co-sponsored. We thank Switzerland for leading the consultations and for submitting the resolution.
In 2024, nearly 300 million people rely on the commitment, courage and selflessness of aid workers for the delivery of life-saving h…
At the outset allow me to join others in thanking Secretary-General Guterres, African Union (AU) Commissioner Adeoye and Ambassador Danese, as the current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their insightful contributions to our discussions today. We also thank Mozambique for organizing today…
I also want to thank Special Adviser Nderitu and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings and for detailing the developments of the protection of civilians agenda in the most recent annual report of the Secretary-General on the subject (S/2024/385). I would also like to thank President…
Slovenia regrets to see another divisive vote on a topic that should unite us. Slovenia engaged in good faith, with openness and flexibility, in the negotiations on this draft resolution (S/2024/383) with the aim of ensuring a safe and secure space environment. We proposed a number of amendments. Ho…
I wish to thank the briefers for their contributions, and I also want to welcome the representative of Ukraine to this Chamber.
Let me make two points on behalf of my delegation.
First, and this cannot be emphasized enough, any country under foreign invasion has a right to defend itself, in accord…
The first evacuation order was issued in Gaza on 13 October. We saw haunting photos and videos of people packing up their lives and leaving the north in long lines of cars, buses, carts drawn by animals or even just on foot, supposedly to safe areas. That was followed by a number of other evacuation…
I would like to thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and, above all, for the dedicated commitment she demonstrated in the service of the United Nations for Iraq and the Iraqi people throughout her mandate over the past five years. I would also like to welcome the represen…
I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Schmidt, for his briefing. I also welcome the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Bećirović, as well as the representatives of Croatia and Serbia to today’s meeting.
This is the second time in a short period of tw…
