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Slovenia in the UN Security Council

Slovenian Ambassador Samuel Žbogar at the UN Security Coucil. Photo: UN Photo

Slovenia condemns attacks in Lebanon, urges de-escalation

Slovenia in the UN Security Council

Slovenia has joined the majority of UN Security Council members in condemning a series of attacks in Lebanon using detonated electronic devices, expressing profound concern about the development and calling for maximum restraint by all actors in the region.
"We condemn the recent explosions in Leba

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon. Photo: Nik Jevšnik/STA

Fajon finds Slovenia seen as trusted chair of UN Security Council

Slovenia in the UN Security Council

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon chaired two UN Security Council sessions this week and will take part in the annual general debate next week together with Prime Minister Robert Golob. She finds Slovenia is mostly seen as a trustworthy president of the Council.
A non-permanent member of the Council for

The UN Security Council Session on the Middle East. Photo: dpa/STA

Slovenia warns settler violence in West Bank increasing

Slovenia in the UN Security Council

Slovenia condemned settler violence in the West Bank and called for a peace conference to advance the two-state solution as the UN Security Council debated on 19 September the escalation of tensions in the West Bank in the shadow of the war in Gaza.
"We are at a precipice. Almost a year into the wa

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon speaks to the press on the margins of a UN Security Council session. Photo: Nik Jevšnik/STA

The world is at a precipice

OpinionSlovenia in the UN Security Council

Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon addressed the UN Security Council on 19 September condemning settler violence in the West Bank and calling for a peace conference to advance the two-state solution, arguing that the world is at a precipice as the potential to engulf the Middle East in a wider

FM Tanja Fajon chairs the UN Security Council session on the situation in Afghanistan. Photo: UN

Fajon chairs UN Security Council session on Afghan women

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Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon chaired her first UN Security Council session under Slovenia's one-month presidency of the UN's top body on 18 September. The session focused on gender discrimination in Afghanistan, with Fajon stressing the importance of speaking up in the face of such oppression.
The

FM Tanja Fajon reads a joint statement ahead of the UN Security Council session on Afghan women. Photo: UN

Fajon spearheads UN call for end of gender discrimination in Afghanistan

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Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and other UN Security Council signatories of the statement of Shared Commitments for the Principles of Women, Peace and Security condemned the policy of the Taliban authorities towards women in Afghanistan and demanded the end of discrimination against them in a joint a

The UN Security Council. Photo: Xinhua/STA

Slovenia assumes presidency of the UN Security Council

PoliticsSlovenia in the UN Security Council

Slovenia is holding the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in September, the most eventful month of the year for the organisation as world leaders gather in New York for the general debate at opening of the General Assembly session.
Slovenia will assume the role in earnest on 3 Septembe

The UN Security Council in Session. Photo: Xinhua/STA

Slovenia joins UN Security Council

PoliticsSlovenia in the UN Security Council

Slovenia begins on 1 January its two-year membership of the United Nations Security Council, a stint that senior officials see as a great honour and opportunity, but also a great responsibility.
Prime Minister Robert Golob wrote in a special statement that Slovenia, joining this UN body at a time o