Slovenia welcomes the adoption of resolution 2736 (2024) and thanks the United Kingdom for its leadership. The situation in El Fasher
requires our united, clear and immediate response. The Council must not remain silent in the face of the human catastrophe unfolding in the Sudan, and with today’s a…
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 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 would like to thank Mr. Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his briefing and his report. I would also like to thank him for his appeal to the Security Council that the rule of law — international humanitarian law and international law — applies to all cases and every si…
I thank our briefers this morning, Special Envoy Grundberg and Under- Secretary-General Griffiths. I also welcome the Yemeni Ambassador to the discussion today.
I want to thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his dedicated and tireless work for the United Nations. With each and every situatio…
We thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča, the Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, and Mr. Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for their briefings, and we have taken note of the statement by Ms. Željka Cvijanović.
Slovenia is a sincere friend …
I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Ms. Niyazberdiyeva for their briefings and insight. I also take note of the statement by Mr. Johnson.
Critical civilian infrastructure needs to be protected at all times, whether it be a hospital in Gaza, a power plant in Ukraine or p…
We thank the co-sponsors — the United States and Japan — for their efforts in leading this process. We deeply regret the use of the veto by the Russian Federation. This is a missed opportunity to reinforce global security by preventing the potential weaponization of outer space.
Slovenia engaged in…
I also thank Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Ms. Kaag for her briefing to the Council. We welcome her update on the implementation of her mandate in line with resolution 2720 (2023).
In resolution 2720 (2023), the Security Council demanded that the parties to the conflic…
Sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, is on the rise globally. It continues to be used as a tactic of war. That not only constitutes a serious violation of international law and may amount to a war crime or a crime against humanity, but also is one of the most…
I too would like to express our sincere thanks to Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Director Edem Wosornu and High Representative of the African Union Mohamed Ibn Chambas for their briefings today.
The conflict in the Sudan has inflicted profound suffering on the people, with ramifications …
Slovenia voted in favour of the recommendation of the Security Council for membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations.
The two-State solution, where two democratic States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace, is the only long-term sustainable option. Slovenia continues …
We want to thank Jordan for requesting this meeting on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and we want to thank the Commissioner-General for his briefing.
We recall that UNRWA is a lifeline for generations of Palestine refugees in Gaza, the We…
I thank the Special Representative Bathily for his briefing today. We support his ongoing efforts. I also thank Ambassador Yamazaki for his briefing. I also want to welcome to the Libyan Ambassador to the Chamber.
First, Slovenia regrets the fact that there has been limited progress on the politica…
I would like to thank Director General Grossi for his briefing today and for his update on the situation.
We find ourselves in dangerous and uncharted territory. On Sunday, 7 April, for the first time in history, the reactor building of a commissioned nuclear power plant was hit. There was no time …
