Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza as he addressed the 79th session of the UN General Assembly as part of the general debate in New York on 27 September.

"I want to say this out loud and clear to the Israeli government. Stop the bloodshed, stop the suffering, bring the hostages home and end the occupation," Golob said in closing his speech.

"Mr Netanyahu, stop this war now!" the Slovenian prime minister concluded, slamming his hand on the lectern.

Golob said this after noting that earlier this week he had heard stories from two Palestinian girls at an event hosted by Save the Children, saying that "despite all of the destruction, dehumanisation and fear, there was no anger or hate in their stories."

They just had this enormous wish to live a normal, decent life, and to be able to get educated and study in order to be able to give back to their community, he said.

"Only with a united call for peace and against war we could make sure that ... children of Palestine and the world are not among the thousands of missing futures of children under occupation."

Earlier during his address, Golob mostly repeated what he had already said at a special open session of the UN Security Council held under Slovenia's presidency on 25 September and at the Summit of the Future on 22 September.

He described the Pact for the Future as a "rare flicker of unity" at time of wars, climate catastrophes, increasing inequalities and deepening polarisation.

Another flicker of hope was the presidential statement of the Security Council during Slovenia's presidency in which all 15 members reaffirmed to maintain international peace and security and to commit to international law, including the UN charter.

He spoke of the UN Security Council's increasing inability to respond in an effective way to major conflicts such as those in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, due to the permanent members exercising the power of veto and putting national interests first.

"What we are witnessing in Ukraine is aggression of a stronger, more powerful neighbour upon a smaller and weaker one. This is clearly a blatant violation of the UN charter. And if we let this aggression to pass, we open the doors to many similar wars across the globe," he said.

On Gaza, he said almost four months since the Security Council's resolution on a ceasefire and hostage release, there is no sign of a deal. "The only certainty they have is that tomorrow is going to be worse," he said of the people of Gaza.

In the West Bank and East Jerusalem violence and discrimination against Palestinians has "reached a boiling point" which is "taking us further away from the two-state solution," he said, adding that the region is at the brink of an abyss and de-escalation is urgently needed.

"In Sudan, we are witnessing a man-made humanitarian catastrophe with millions displaced and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. At the same time, we are seeing the atrocities happening again in Darfur."

He urged reform of the UN Security Council to make it fit for the world today and to ensure fair distribution of the seats. "The council needs stronger voices of the regions that have been under-represented, such as African continent.

"Reform of the Council's composition needs to be accompanied with the reform of the power of veto. The reality is that we won't be able to eliminate the veto, but we could definitely regulate this right more precisely," Golob said, adding that the Security Council should show more ambition in conflict prevention.

He commend the work of UN humanitarian workers on the ground, an repeated his call for global and collaborative response to climate change and for a global partnership for early warning for all to help overcome the challenges.

The prime minister also argued that people around the world should age with dignity, and noted that Slovenia is leading global action towards a legally binding instrument on human rights of all the persons.

He called on the National Assembly, which has so been led by only four women, while the UN never had a female secretary-general, to lead by example when it comes to the full, equal and meaningful role and leadership of women in societies.

"Slovenia has joined the supporters of the rotation for equality initiative, which calls for gender rotation in the position of the president of the United Nations General Assembly," he said.