In dialogue w/ UNRWA Commissioner General 🇸🇮 emphasized that #UNRWA is backbone of humanitarian response in #Gaza . Its critical role needs to be safeguarded.

🇸🇮 is grateful to all humanitarian & medical personnel working in Gaza for being face of humanity in this conflict.

2nd day of #UPR46 began with the review of Chile.

🇸🇮 recommended 🇨🇱 to accelerate its efforts to fully and explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of #children .

Slovenia also repeated its call to fully decriminalise abortion.

During #UPR46 review of Afghanistan, 🇸🇮 expressed serious concerns over human rights records in the country and recommended 🇦🇫 to:

▫️ensure compliance with int. obligations, incl. #CEDAW
▫️reverse unacceptable repression of #women & #girls
▫️prohibit violence against #children

1st review of the #UPR46 session was dedicated to New Zealand.

🇸🇮 recommended 🇳🇿 to:

🔹reduce high number of #children experiencing poverty, in particular among Māori & Pasifika
🔹advance discussions to recognise, respect and give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi

📸👋 from the opening of the HRC’s #UPR46 session.

In the next 2 weeks, human rights records of 14 States 🇳🇿🇦🇫🇨🇱🇨🇾🇺🇾🇾🇪🇻🇺🇲🇰🇰🇲🇸🇰🇪🇷🇻🇳🇩🇴🇰🇭 will be examined by the Universal Periodic Review mechanism.

Slovenia 🇸🇮 will engage universally with all 14 countries under review.

🇸🇮 is committed to building gender-equal international system that effectively responds to today’s challenges.

This can only be achieved through equal gender composition of governing
bodies in 🌏 leading multilateral organizations. 💙

#GenerationEquality

Happy #WorldIPDay !

🇸🇮 believes that IP encourages #innovation & creativity, important to ensuring better future for all.

💡Did you know that 🇸🇮 company Aerosol Magee Scientific, developing and manufacturing air quality instruments,
was one of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2023 Global Awards winners?

On International #GirlsInICT Day, Ambassador Pipan joined colleagues & Int’l Telecommunication Union in celebrating women leadership in tech.

🇸🇮 is dedicated to bridging the gender gap in ICT, incl. through the 2030 digital strategy that aims to increase share of women ICT professionals to 25% by 2030.

Happy #MultilateralismDay ! 💙

2024 is a special one for Slovenia 🇸🇮 as we:

▶️ began with our 2024-26 #UNSC non-permanent membership
▶️ celebrate 20 years in #EU & #NATO

Multilateralism remains our best tool for sustainable and durable solutions to global challenges.

Less than 1% of Earth’s freshwater is available to sustain its 8 billion people. We need a healthy water cycle to keep it flowing. But the water cycle is spinning out of balance, made worse by climate change. environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/water/w… #EarthDay

Excellent meeting between Indian Ambassador Arindam Bagchi and EU Ambassadors, partner democracies for stronger and more effective multilateralism on human rights, digital, health, sustainable development & other global issues.
#EUIndia Strategic Partnership 🇪🇺🤝🇮🇳
India at UN, Geneva

There is a clear need for #water diplomacy & accelerated action on #water related challenges.

As an advocate for transboundary water cooperation 🇸🇮 will host 10th meeting of Water Convention & Protocol on Water and Health States Parties from 22 to 25 October 2024.
MFEA Slovenia Ministrstvo za naravne vire in prostor | MNVP

At World Health Organization (WHO) Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response 3-sister Conventions (APMBC, CCM, CCW PV) called for sustainable access to first aid, healthcare, rehabilitation&assistive tech and MHPSS for all EO victims.
#synergies   #cooperation   #resilience

🇸🇮 as member of High Ambition Coalition to #EndPlasticPollution is committed to achieving plastic pollution-free world.

Slovenia is proud to support the WHO/Europe Small Country Initiative! 🇸🇮 Health Minister Valentina Prevolnik Rupel announced the offer to host the next SCI meeting. #HealthForAll #SmallCountriesBigImpact 🌍
MFEA Slovenia Ministrstvo za zdravje

Yesterday, Slovenian Minister of Economy Matjaž Han & his team met with CERN Director of IR and 🇸🇮 scientists. ⚛️

We are looking forward to enjoy the benefits of being a fully fledged member of #CERN , incl. strengthened engagement for 🇸🇮 academia and business.

#Higgs

📣 Excellent news: Slovenia got elected to the UNICEF Executive Board!

You can count on 🇸🇮 to advocate for the protection of #children 's rights, to help meet their needs and to expand their opportunities in order to reach their full potential.

#foreverychild 🩵

Today, United Nations Human Rights Council successfully concluded its 55th session #HRC55 . We are delighted that resolutions co-led by #Slovenia 🇸🇮 on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy & sustainable #environment & rights of #minorities were adopted with consensus.

Today, #HRC55 consensually adopted resolution on the rights of #minorities led by SI 🇸🇮, AT 🇦🇹 & MX 🇲🇽👏

The resolution advances rights of persons belonging to national, ethic, religious and linguistic minorities by promoting their inclusive & effective #participation .

Resolution co-led by 🇸🇮🇨🇷🇲🇻🇲🇦🇨🇭 adopted at #HRC55 consensually extended SR’s mandate & updated his title to SR on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Important step towards the mainstreaming of the #R2HE & advancing the right globally! 💪

MFEA Slovenia