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Slovenia in the UN Security Council

Prime Minister Robert Golob addresses the general debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Golob urges Netanyahu to stop war in UN address

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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. S
Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon (left) and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary general of the League of Arab States, brief reporters after the informal dialogue between UN Security Council and the League of Arab States. Photo: UN
Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon led the informal dialogue between the Security Council and the League of Arab States on 26 September, telling reporters after the closed-door meeting that the participating countries agreed about the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, in both
Prime Minister Robert Golob chairs the Leadership for Peace debate at the UN Security Council. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Prime Minster Robert Golob urged the restoration of trust in the UN, particularly in the Security Council, as he oversaw a special open session of the council held under Slovenia's presidency on 25 September. He condemned the unacceptable fact that last year saw a record number of civilians, humani
Prime Minister Robert Golob (right) alongside UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a Security Council session on Ukraine. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ukraine assured continued Slovenian support

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Prime Minister Robert Golob assured Ukraine that Slovenia will stand by its side until peace is achieved as Slovenia chaired a torrid UN Security Council session on 24 September, marked by protests by Russia, whose conduct was condemned by the majority of the participating countries.
Golob said Eur
Flags of Slovenia and Israel at a Day of Israeli-Slovenian Friendship in 2021. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Slovenia summons Israeli ambassador over Lebanon attacks

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The Slovenian Foreign Ministry has summoned Israeli Ambassador Zeev Boker for talks over the Israeli attacks in Lebanon that have claimed over 500 lives, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon announced.
Fajon did not specify when the talks would take place, but sources at the Foreign Ministry say Boker is e
Prime Minister Robert Golob (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa at an event hosted by Save the Children. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

You sometimes feel like Don Quixote, Golob says about job at UN

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Prime Minister Robert Golob believes the most important task of the UN and the Security Council is to reach a ceasefire in all conflicts and ensure an uninterrupted supply of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan. But he also says it sometimes feels like tilting at the windmills.
"If we muste
Prime Minister Robert Golob addresses the UN Summit of the Future. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Slovenia calls for global partnership for water

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Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob addressed the UN Summit of the Future in New York as the two-day event kicked off on 22 September. Discussing water diplomacy, he proposed a global partnership for water.
The concept of water diplomacy brings together different technologies, spanning AI, as wel
Prime Minister Robert Golob addresses the UN Summit of the Future. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Peace is vital to tackling climate crisis

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Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob told the 22 September plenary session of the Summit of the Future, a major United Nations gathering, that achieving peace is vital if humanity is to tackle the climate crisis effectively. Unless that can be achieved, everything will be in vain.
Dear President,
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

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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
Slovenian Ambassador Samuel Žbogar at the UN Security Coucil. Photo: UN Photo
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
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.
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The UN Security Council Session on the Middle East. Photo: dpa/STA
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