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2005-09-20
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  1. “Finally, facing the threats and challenges of the twenty-first century, we believe that the United Nations needs to be able to intervene to avert regional and local conflicts more effectively. In order to enable the Organization to really do so, we are convinced that it might be of tremendous benefit for it to maintain a constant and effective dialogue with the NGO sector, a sector that would operate courageously at centres of conflict. This applies especially to prevention and post- conflict periods, because, during a conflict, NGO operations are objectively limited, perhaps with the exception of deliveries of humanitarian aid. Therefore, let us follow the slogan, "cooperation is appreciated", also speaking of the contribution of NGOs to conflict prevention.”

    2005-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5264 (2005) · source

  2. “In my country, we initiated the so- called Bratislava process, which involved, alongside democratic representatives from the former Yugoslavia, various Slovak NGO entities and those from the former Yugoslavia. The Bratislava process contributed its own part to peaceful political change in Belgrade and the fall of the Slobodan Milosevic regime. In the last few years, civil society organizations in Central and Eastern Europe undoubtedly have demonstrated their capacity for tolerant and peaceful means of conflict prevention. I can well recall the respect for non-violence shown by youth movements and a variety of Ukrainian NGOs during the recent so- called Orange Revolution.”

    2005-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5264 (2005) · source

  3. “Due to the aforementioned specific track, Slovak NGOs gained an assortment of practical knowledge, skills and experience, which can be seen as very specific civil society know-how. Nowadays, the cooperation between Slovak diplomacy and NGOs is broadly used in several fields, such as domestic and foreign affairs, official development assistance and democratization processes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Such NGO engagement helps to avoid the risk of conflict and possible destabilization of the region as a whole. The birth of this systematic cooperation dates back to the late 1990's. It was also the time when the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the Second World War, which took place in the former Yugoslavia, was coming to an end.”

    2005-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5264 (2005) · source

  4. “For the same reason, it is necessary that we support the conclusions of a number of events jointly organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information and the NGOs. The citizens of Central Europe had an opportunity to experience the strength of civil society in the 1990's. Civil society offered them a peaceful road to the resolution of inter-ethnic issues lingering from the past and served as a catalyst for political change. In Slovakia, we have very fresh memories of that period, when our country was overlooked at the corner of the international democratic community for our own political reasons. The period was a cradle of cooperation between forces oriented towards democracy and like-minded civil society entities.”

    2005-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5264 (2005) · source

  5. “Slovakia appreciates and commends the efforts of the Philippines presidency of the Security Council, which took the initiative for our thematic debate today. We feel very strongly about the role played by non- governmental organizations (NGOs) in conflict prevention and would like to add several observations in our national capacity and from our own experience. We find it very reasonable and worthwhile that the Security Council would like to lend a helping hand in the area of prevention and conflict resolution to the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, an integrated, global programme for research, consultation and discussion, as well as to thousands of small activists on the ground at locations of emerging or full-on conflicts.”

    2005-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5264 (2005) · source