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Štiglic

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first: 2008-01-22
most recent: 2023-10-25
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“On 1 January 2024, Slovenia will become a member of the Security Council for the second time. We will serve with the same dedication and the same sense of urgency as a voice in support of the half of the world’s population that is left behind. Slovenia will join the shared commitments on women and peace and security and looks forward to working with partners on strengthening implementation on all aspects of the women and peace and security agenda.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That includes all relevant country and thematic consultations. New mandates or mandate renewals should include gender-specific provisions. As recent decisions in this Chamber show, there is space for improvement also in the Council’s work on sanctions, especially by including sexual violence as a designation criterion. We commend the increase in women briefers in recent years. We strongly condemn any attempts to intimidate and silence them. They must be able to return to their homes and their work safely. The United Nations and Member States must work to prevent and address any retaliatory measures against them or their family members. We commend the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund for working in that area, and Slovenia will continue to support the Fund’s activities.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that respect, we welcome the progress in the Department of Peace Operations on achieving the targets of the Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy 2018– 2028 and encourage further efforts on gender parity in military contingents. The women and peace and security agenda can be realized only with strong political support and partnership with all relevant stakeholders, including regional organizations, civil society organizations and peacebuilders. Participation remains one of its key components. We are far from achieving the goal of full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace and other processes. Inclusive processes are key to ending conflicts and creating lasting peace. The United Nations, including the Security Council, must lead by example. It needs to include gender dimension issues in its work more systematically.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In all conflict situations, we call for full respect for international law. We are not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 by 2030, and we know that conflicts amplify the existing inequalities and disproportionately affect women and girls through food insecurity, displacement, sexual and gender-based violence, human trafficking and disrupted access to health care, among other factors. Slovenia will respond to those challenges by increasing the share of its development assistance for gender equality and women’s empowerment to 85 per cent by 2030, in line with its feminist foreign policy approach. Even though the current situation does not give us many reasons for optimism, we must forge ahead, and we have seen some progress when it comes to accountability. And there are positive trends in peacekeeping.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Ms. Štiglic (Slovenia): I thank Brazil for organizing today’s debate and the briefers for their valuable contribution. Resolution 1325 (2000) did much more than recognize the vital contribution of women in peace and security. Together with succeeding resolutions, it set up a strong normative framework to increase the participation of women and incorporate gender perspectives in all peace and security efforts of the United Nations. The world has changed since then, regrettably not for the better. Violent conflicts are raging around the globe at the highest rate since the Second World War. The number of women and girls living in conflict-affected regions has risen by a staggering 50 per cent since 2017. The current dire situation in the Middle East will only further exacerbate those numbers.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source
“But their children’s children deserve a brighter future. We must make sure that their hopes, their dreams and their aspirations are met with opportunity, peace and security. The Security Council bears a special responsibility in that respect.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Peace and security for both Palestinians and Israelis can be achieved only through a credible political process. As we sit in this Chamber, let us think about who we want to create a better world for. To me, there is an obvious answer: for all the peoples of the region; for the women, children and men who were taken hostage; for those running to shelters when the alarms sound; and for those who have fled their homes or are living in refugee camps and experiencing constant fear, violence and deprivation. Today we are observing United Nations Day. When the Organization was established, it represented hope for global peace and unity. Those who were children when the United Nations started to deal with the Palestinian question are grandparents today. We, the international community, have failed them.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Slovenia recognizes and supports the efforts of several States and leaders to avert the crisis and humanitarian disaster. We call on all countries in the region and beyond to act responsibly and to cooperate and engage in a constructive dialogue to de-escalate that conflict. In this context, we welcome the Cairo peace summit. Finally, people in the region have for decades suffered immensely. As a matter of urgency, we must recommit ourselves to resuming a meaningful peace process, leading to a two-State solution that brings peace and security to both sides. Slovenia has supported and will continue to support initiatives aimed at reinforcing and reinvigorating the Middle East peace process, including the recently launched Peace Day effort.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, there is an urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire or pause for aid to be delivered and distributed to those in need in a fast, sustained and safe manner. The first deliveries hardly respond to the immense needs on the ground. Slovenia will continue to support the indispensable work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. And we have recently substantially increased our funding to the Agency. Slovenia reiterates its full support for the work of the United Nations system and the broader humanitarian community, from the good offices of the Secretary- General to the efforts of each and every medical and humanitarian worker on the ground. Many of them work tirelessly and too many of them have paid the highest price for humanity to prevail.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Secondly, Slovenia calls on all parties to fully respect international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles. That includes full, immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to and within Gaza. The civilian population there, the majority of whom are innocent women and children, should not bear the brunt of the response for the Hamas attacks for which they are not responsible, and they should not be used as human shields. Without access to water, food, medical supplies, fuel, gas and electricity and with constant attacks on civilian objects, schools, hospitals and protected shelters, the situation in Gaza is turning into a human catastrophe. In this context, we join the calls for an independent investigation of the attack on Al Ahli Hospital.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“On the other side, I have been told about children from the Kfar Aza kibbutz and the paper kites they made with their parents on Simhat Torah to send to Gaza as a wish for peace. Keeping in mind, Sarah, the children of the Kfar Aza kibbutz, the children of Gaza and indeed all the children of the region, the messages that we want to convey today are simple. First, Slovenia condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel. The brutality and killing of innocent civilians can never be justified. We call on Hamas to stop rocket fire into Israel and release all hostages immediately and unconditionally. Slovenia supports Israel’s right to self-defence, in accordance with international law, including the principle of proportionality.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Ms. Štiglic (Slovenia): Let me thank the Secretary- General and the briefers for their introductory statements. We are following with great concern the current situation in the Middle East. This cycle of violence has brought additional tragedy and suffering primarily to innocent civilians. Slovenia remains steadfast in its commitments to the principle that every life counts. That principle should guide our actions in times of peace and prosperity, and even more importantly, in times of conflict and crisis. One of the youngest visitors to the Slovenian office in Ramallah is a six-year-old girl called Sarah. She fell in love with the Slovenian anthem, which speaks of nations living together in peace and coexistence, and has even learned the words in Arabic.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, Slovenia would like to express concern over the increase in the number of parties that have been listed in the annexes to the report of the Secretary-General for more than five years, which amounts to more than half of the parties listed. In that regard, we support the Secretary-General's recommendations to the Security Council addressing the persistent perpetrators, and welcome the report of Ambassador De La Sabliere. Over the years, a wide international network has been developed by partners from the United Nations system, regional organizations, Governments and civil society to protect children affected by armed conflict. Slovenia is honoured to be a part of it and calls on all to preserve this network, since armed conflict is no place for children.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Furthermore, we believe that the Working Group's toolkit on children and armed conflict presents an adequate instrument to address this issue properly, and encourage the Working Group to make full use of it. Grave violations committed against children in armed conflict should be investigated and perpetrators should be brought to justice. In that regard, Slovenia welcomes the convictions of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court and Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Both create important jurisprudence for future cases on the issue of child recruitment in national and international courts.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Grave violations committed against children in armed conflict should be designation criteria in all relevant sanctions regimes, and in that regard we encourage the continuation of briefings by the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict to all relevant sanctions committees. The Security Council should ensure that specific provisions for the protection of children continue to be included in all relevant mandates of United Nations peacekeeping operations, as well as political and peacebuilding missions, including by the deployment of child protection advisers. Child protection capacity should be systematically addressed also in situations where there is no peacekeeping or political mission.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Action plans make an important contribution on the ground to ending grave violations against children. In order to complete such initiatives, access by the United Nations to non-State armed groups, facilitated by Governments, is crucial. Due to the vulnerability of children, the issue of children and armed conflict deserves special attention and should be considered as an issue per se. However, the issue should be a part of a larger picture when addressing a specific country situation. Therefore, we encourage the Security Council and its Working Group to continue with regular briefings with the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, including on emerging situations. Peace negotiations and peace agreements should include the issues of children affected by armed conflict.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We would like once again to welcome the expansion of triggers to include attacks or threats of attacks on schools and hospitals and encourage the Security Council to consider the two remaining grave violations against children in conflict as triggers in due time. Slovenia remains concerned over reports about the state of protection of children affected by armed conflict around the world in 2012, which remains critical, such as the situation in Syria. We will continue with our efforts in rehabilitation processes for children affected by armed conflict, performed by Slovenia's International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance, an organization committed to enhancing human security. We welcome the signing of action plans in 2011 and 2012.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Radhika Coomaraswamy, for her outstanding work and dedication to the protection of children affected by armed conflict in the past six years. We look forward to the continuation of good cooperation with the Special Representative and her Office in the future. Since the establishment of the mandate of the Special Representative 15 years ago, the protection of children affected by armed conflict has improved significantly. Many have contributed to that result, including the Security Council, with its framework for the protection of conflict-affected children. We commend the Security Council for the work done and at the same time encourage it to continue at the same pace in the future. It should never be forgotten that children around the world still suffer from armed conflict and its consequences in fragile post-conflict situations.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Allow me first, Mr. President, to thank Germany for organizing this important event and for your leadership on this issue, which, significant as it is now, must also remain high on our agenda in the future. Slovenia would like to align itself with the statements made by the observer of the European Union and on behalf of the Human Security Network and the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. We would like to thank Secretary-General for his annual report (A/2012/261). Slovenia strongly supports the report in its current form, including the two annexes therein. We welcome the appointment of Ms. Leila Zerrougui as the new Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, and we extend our full support for her mandate. At the same time, we would like to commend the former Special Representative, Ms.”
2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source
“In that context, it is crucial to ensure that the Security Council continues to regularly assess how its practice matches the goals contained in presidential note 507 and that it continues to collect valuable inputs from the entire membership on ways to improve its working methods further.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We also support further consideration of ways to improve the transparency and work of the sanctions Committees. Throughout the years, we have witnessed the widening of the diversity of the Council's agenda, its ever-increasing workload, and the growth in complexity of the issues before the Council. We believe that the way the Security Council considers improving its working methods is in large part connected to the increasing need to refine and enhance its work throughout the conflict cycle by considering prevention, including new emerging threats, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in a holistic manner. Slovenia remains convinced that Security Council reform needs to address both the enlargement of the membership and improvement of its working methods.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We see Council field missions as a valuable tool in providing the right perspective on local realities. In our view, the Security Council should emphasize the importance of the rule of law in dealing with matters on its agenda. This embraces reference to upholding and promoting international law and ensuring that the Council's own decisions are firmly rooted in that body of law, including the Charter, international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Special attention should be paid to the protection of civilians and those most vulnerable. We urge the permanent members to refrain from the use of the veto in the event of genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We welcome the concrete steps taken to cooperate more closely with the chairs of country-specific configurations of the Peacebuilding Commission, as well as to interact with regional and subregional organizations and make better use of Article 54 of the United Nations Charter. We welcome the introduction of monthly horizon- scanning briefings as an important contribution to conflict prevention and early warning. We support more frequent and open briefings by the Secretariat, the Special Representatives and Special Advisers of the Secretary-General on situations on the Council's 3 agenda and those of emerging concern. We welcome the use of available technology that allows for more briefings from the field and real-time reaction to situations on the ground.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The distribution of concept papers has proved to be a useful tool for delegations to adequately prepare for their interventions and to focus discussions. We support enhanced dialogue of the Council with relevant actors, in particular parties directly affected, concerned or interested. We welcome the Council's approach to new meeting formats, such as Arria Formula meetings and informal interactive dialogues, and call for greater use of such meetings. Interaction with non-State actors, non-governmental organizations and civil society should be further encouraged. We support a more systematic consultation process with troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat on peacekeeping mandates.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It is also for this reason that the Council must ensure better transparency and engagement with non-member States in its decision-making processes on a more regular basis. The holding of open briefings and debates remains of particular importance. The wider membership should have an opportunity for its views to be heard and, to the extent possible, reflected in the outcomes of such debates. Consideration could be given to the order of speakers, while at the same time allowing some time between the meeting and the adoption of the possible outcome document, thus demonstrating that the Council is willing to reflect on the views presented by the wider membership before the final decision is taken.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The need to further adapt the Security Council's working methods is one of the key areas of the reform of the Council, and one on which there is a broad sense of agreement. There is still room for improvement in order to enhance the transparency, inclusiveness, legitimacy and accountability of the Council so that it can fulfil its responsibilities for maintaining international peace and security in the most effective and efficient manner. In recent years, we have seen some progress towards the 11-61406 realization of these goals. Strengthening the Council's interaction with the wider United Nations membership is an important element in these efforts. United Nations Members have been confronted with an increasing number of Security Council decisions with notable security, legal and financial implications for each Member State.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“I would first like to thank the Portuguese presidency for convening today's open debate and you, Sir, for your initiative to discuss the Security Council's working methods and assess the implementation of measures set out in the renewed presidential note S/2010/507 of July 2010. I would also like to recognize Bosnia and Herzegovina's chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and pay tribute to the work and contribution of Japan to the development of the Security Council's working methods, including through its leadership on the presidential note contained in document S/2006/507 and its renewed version. Slovenia also welcomes and supports the initiatives of group of five small nations in this regard. It is timely and appropriate to have a debate in open format on this important issue.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“As reaffirmed in its declaration of 23 September, the Human Security Network encourages promotion by the United Nations of a comprehensive approach to fostering truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence after gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law have occurred, especially in the strategic and operational planning of peace operations and in the domain of donor coordination. We view the Security Council as uniquely placed to bring this to bear in the field. In that regard, we commend the World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development and the recently released report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (S/2011/634).”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Thirdly, the Human Security Network would like to draw the Council's attention to the recent creation by the Human Rights Council of a mandate for a special rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. The new mandate was created by a consensus of all regional groups. We welcome that creation as a clear acknowledgement of the insight that accountability - along with truth-seeking processes, reparations to victims and institutional reforms designed to guarantee that past abuses do not reoccur 4 must be an integral part of a more holistic and people-centred approach of United Nation strategies, including on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“On the other hand, while it is the States' primary responsibility to investigate and prosecute violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, the International Criminal Court today stands at the centre of the system of international criminal justice to ensure justice and accountability where national judicial systems have failed. The Security Council has a key role to play in preventing impunity by referring situations to the Prosecutor of the Court. In doing so, it must be consistent. It must be able to say which cases are referred to the Court and which are not. And once it has referred a case, it must provide its full support to the Court in fulfilling its mandate.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“On the one hand, experience shows that the use of fact-finding missions helps to strengthen the credibility of United Nations actions in response to allegations of violations of the 11-5866] rules of international law on the protection of civilians, and that they pave the way to establishing individual responsibility for perpetrators of violations. Fact- finding missions ought to be used within the Security Council's respective mandates with greater regularity and frequency, while ensuring a consistent approach.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The protection of civilians in armed conflict cannot be achieved without promoting respect for and observance by States of their obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law, first and foremost with a view to ensuring accountability in the event of grave violations. Special attention should also be given to those in vulnerable situations, such as women and children, who face great and multiple risks during conflicts. Secondly, the Security Council plays a crucial role in helping to ensure accountability, including individual criminal accountability.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“While the latest report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2010/579) highlights several challenges to the implementation of the concept - including the need to enhance humanitarian access and protection by United Nations peacekeeping and relevant missions - in all brevity, we would like to reflect on three main points with regard to the issue of accountability, which we understand to be the central sub-theme of today's discussion. First, respect for international humanitarian and human rights law and accountability for its violations are not only indispensable to the protection of civilians, but are key ingredients in achieving sustainable peace and thus preventing relapse into violence.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It is my honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, namely, Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Slovenia. The protection of civilians in armed conflict is a priority of the Human Security Network. We highly welcome the Security Council's attention to this key issue.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and security sector reform offer complementary approaches that can link the reintegration of ex-combatants to enhanced community security. Child-specific reintegration in that regard must enable a child's access to education, a livelihood, life skills and a meaningful role in society. Last but not least, justice should be served in order to remedy past atrocities. There is no long-lasting peace and reform without justice. Finally, let me reiterate once again that Slovenia will remain fully committed to supporting a profound dialogue among all stakeholders in developing effective SSR guidelines.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“It is also important to ensure the continuity of the mission's know-how in the recruitment processes and institutional memory of peacekeeping operations in the field. The promotion of gender perspectives in SSR is of essential importance to Slovenia. Peacekeeping operations can also play a positive role in promoting gender-sensitive SSR and developing security services that better respond to women's needs, both through examples of deployed female peacekeepers and police to encourage more women to serve in the reformed security sector of the host Government, and through the provision of gender expertise in support of SSR processes. The reintegration of child soldiers into society is another issue where Slovenia has played an active role over the years.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“Slovenia has openly advocated the early involvement of the recipient State in preparations for the SSR process, since that is the only way to ensure a locally owned, locally supported and locally tailored process, which is quintessential to any SSR project. We would also like to point out that a better level of coordination must be achieved with respect to local civil society, which has knowledge and understanding of the local environment and its needs and issues. SSR has become an essential part of almost any peacekeeping operation or crisis management mission of the United Nations. This means that the missions are becoming more complex and more demanding. We should ensure that the training curriculum for staff of the various missions includes SSR-related subjects.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“Slovenia understands SSR as a long-term conflict prevention tool. Successful reform of the security sector of any country is a prerequisite for irreversible stability and sustainable development. In that regard, SSR must not be confined within the specific timeframe of the conflict aftermath, but must be carefully place within the entire framework of peacebuilding and conflict prevention efforts in the recipient State. SSR can be efficient only when all of the actors in the process actively, transparently and in a coordinated manner strive to achieve the same goal. While international actors have made important strides in ensuring coordination and transparency among themselves, there is still room for improvement, especially on cooperation among State actors and civil society or non-governmental organizations.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“Security sector reform does not happen in a void. It always involves other issues, problems and questions that, more often than not, are linked closely together. That is my first point. Security sector reform can be successful only when it is properly integrated into the environment and linked to all the other efforts already taking place in the recipient State. In the light of that, I would like to stress the importance of the link between SSR and development activities. The SSR process involves many issues that can be dealt with efficiently only by development instruments, including employment for youth and securing livelihoods for high-risk populations. Recognition of that link must be properly implemented by ensuring timely and constructive coordination between the two activities.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“I would like to thank Nigeria for organizing this meeting and for the opportunity to present Slovenia's views on this subject, which is of paramount importance to the United Nations and its membership. This debate is both timely and needed. Over the years, security sector reform (SSR) has become an integral part of the efforts of the international community to holistically address various post-conflict situations around the world, especially in Africa. I will be short and concise, since previous speakers have already outlined the main challenges that SSR faces in the near future. These challenges must be understood as an opportunity to enhance our common efforts, not just for a better understanding of the reform processes but also to agree on a set of tools and mechanisms that will enable us to deal better with post- conflict situations.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change should deliver a new climate deal that will reduce emissions and provide adequate financing and technology transfer for adaptation actions in developing countries. However, neither adaptation nor mitigation alone can avert all climate change impacts. Close cooperation is needed among the relevant organs of the United Nations to intensify efforts in addressing the issue of climate change and its possible security implications. We need to use all our knowledge and 11-42397 resources to find proper solutions. We see today's Council debate as an important contribution to that end.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“This has led to the presentation of a joint paper by the High Representative and the European Commission on Climate Change and International Security in March 2008, during the Slovenian presidency of the EU. The document remains a reference and guidance for EU action. Slovenia believes that our success in addressing the climate change challenge depends foremost on our ability to achieve an ambitious post-2012 climate agreement and to limit global warming to below 2Â° C. Furthermore, building climate resilience is a priority for the most vulnerable countries and regions, which bear little historical responsibility for climate change.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The report also recognized that environmental stress was seldom the only cause of major conflicts but played an important part in causality associated with any conflict. Today, we generally regard climate change as a threat multiplier, a root cause or an underlying cause of instability and vulnerability. Careful consideration of those implications can help strengthen conflict prevention. Slovenia is aware that climate change is the ultimate global challenge that calls for global responsibility. Although climate change is already a reality, with collective effort there is still time to secure our future. The European Union and its member States are at the forefront of the debates on the issue of climate change.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Rising temperatures and extended droughts will increase desertification and land degradation, making vast areas of our planet uninhabitable. According to one empirical study, there could be 350 million environmental migrants by 2050 as result of those phenomena. Climate change also has a significant 2 impact on food security, which is at the same time inextricably linked with water security. With the onset of climate change and the increasing number of natural disasters, the link between the environment and security is hard to dispute. Already in 1987, the Brundtland report (A/42/427, annex), which coined the term sustainable development, also highlighted environmental degradation as a key factor in creating insecurity.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In many cases, it jeopardizes their very existence. While climate change is a global phenomenon, its negative impacts are disproportionate. Some parts of the world will be more affected than others. Furthermore, climate vulnerability depends not only on exposure to climate risks, but also on adaptation capacities to reduce those risks. Consequently, many of the developing countries will be the hardest hit by climate change. Climate change has detrimental effects on human security and well-being, it endangers economic development and efforts to eliminate poverty and has a negative impact on international peace and security. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion will result in the loss of territory, and in some cases even statehood.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Allow me first to thank Germany for organizing this important open debate. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme for their remarks on this serious and timely topic. Slovenia also welcomes the participation of the President of the Republic of Nauru, as well as his contribution to today's debate. We clearly understand the gravity of the situation and the challenges faced by small island developing States, particularly those of the Pacific, whose characteristics make them among the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. I would like to align Slovenia with the statement made earlier by the observer of the European Union (EU). Climate change is not a distant threat. Its impacts are real and are already felt by many nations.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Slovenia will also continue to be engaged in rehabilitating disabled children affected by armed conflict and in efforts to remove landmines and other unexploded ordnance. Children should not suffer because of armed conflict; they should not be victims of any grave violations and should enjoy their rights fully. Today's adoption of resolution 1998 (2011) is an important step in that direction, and it is for this reason that Slovenia has joined in co-sponsoring the resolution.”
2011-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6581 (2011) · source
“Slovenia strongly supports the expansion of the new trigger on attacks on schools and hospitals, by expanding both the Secretary-General's list of parties to the conflict who engage, in contravention of applicable international law, in attacks on schools and hospitals, and of the monitoring and reporting mechanism. That decision further develops the protection framework for children affected by armed conflict and is a step in the right direction. We hope that in the not-too-distant future it will encompass all six grave violations against children in armed conflict. Both Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are part of the normative framework for the protection of children affected by armed conflict. Slovenia therefore supports the campaign for universal ratification of the Protocols by 2012.”
2011-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6581 (2011) · source
“We encourage it to use all the tools at its disposal, including more field Visits and the organization of urgent or informal meetings, which will enable it to be even more responsive. Two-thirds of the country situations discussed in the Secretary-General's report include attacks on schools and hospitals. Almost half of children who do not attend school are children in conflict situations. Education gives children the possibility of a future without insecurity. This has been confirmed on many occasions, including at the 2009 thematic dialogue in the General Assembly on education in emergencies, and General Assembly resolution 64/290 on the same topic last year.”
2011-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6581 (2011) · source
“Slovenia would also like to voice its support for the Secretary-General's recommendation encouraging concerned Member States to facilitate contact between the United Nations and non-State actors in order to ensure broad and effective protection of children. We are pleased to see that the mechanism for protecting children affected by armed conflict that was developed subsequent to resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005) has produced important and visible results. We would like to commend the Working Group, and in particular Germany and other previous Chairs of the Group, for the work it has done over the past five years. The Working Group has become a credible and well-established subsidiary body of the Council.”
2011-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6581 (2011) · source