Slovenia in the UN Security Council: Upholding International Legal Order and Obligations

“Slovenia is for the second time a non-permanent member of the UN SC (2024–2025). Its priorities of work are: Conflict prevention, Protecting of Population in Armed Conflicts, Women, Peace and Security, as well as Climate, Peace and Security. However, the geopolitical landscape and challenges in international relations are effecting the work of the UN SC, which has recently failed to adequately respond to any major conflict and global crisis. The erosion of international order, as it was set up after WWII, with the main aim to prevent another devastating World conflict, is happening in front of our eyes.
But as the history teaches us that out of the greatest tragedies of mankind the most noble ideas of human protection were born, we should remain optimistic. We should not surrender to the nationalisms, populisms and isolationism. Mankind needed centuries to build an international order, where the use of force and aggression are forbidden, where human rights are recognized to every human being and where solidarity among nations is a key to global peace and stability. We must succeed, despite the current skepticism, to reassess the belief that dialogue, trust and cooperation are the only possible way to regulate interstate relations. And the only possible way for the future of mankind, which is based on the respect for human dignity and humanity.”