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Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, on Slovenia's economic opportunities and on the initiative on effective prevention of the crime of genocide during the UN General Assembly week

Prime Minister Janez Janša continued his attendance at the 67th United Nations General Assembly session with a working breakfast at the Nigeria Investment Summit. In his statement to the press he stressed that Nigeria in not only the most populated African country but also a country rich in natural resources, but a huge, yet unexploited business opportunity for Slovenia.  With the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, he also discussed the possibility of establishing economic representations in both countries with the aim of facilitating exchange.

 

Prime Minister Janez Janša then met with Adam Dieng, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the prevention of genocide. They focused on Slovenia's initiative for improving the effectiveness of the international Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was welcomed by the Special Adviser.  We invited Mr Dieng to the conference on this topic taking place at the end of October in Slovenia, whereby we count on the UN representatives’ participation, said the Prime Minister.

 

Prime Minister Janez Janša also met with the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić. Practically all representatives of states and governments are acquainted with this initiative and we have received favourable feedback at all meetings said Janša, stressing that numerous leaders welcome the initiative because it has a wide support in the civil society He added that the growing support to this initiative is an excellent auspice for Slovenia’s candidacy for the membership of the UN Human Rights Council in 2016-2018.

 

In the afternoon, Prime Minister Janša met with New York Times journalists.  The discussion focused on the current financial situation in Slovenia and the Government’s efforts to stabilise the situation by the end of this year.

 

At the end of the day, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the reception on the occasion of the inauguration of the premises of EU Delegation to the UN, which was jointly hosted by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the EU Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton.