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| Culmination of Slovakia’s Presidency of UNSC – J. Kubiš will participate in its meetings |
| New York, 17.02.2007 |
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| On February 18 – 24, 2007 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mr. Ján Kubiš will be in New York to participate in activities with which the Slovak Presidency in the UN Security Council (UNSC) will culminate.
On Tuesday February 20, 2007 Minister Kubiš will chair a UNSC open debate on Security Sector Reform (SSR), which has been the thematic topic of the Slovak Presidency. The choice of this topic has been highly appreciated by members of the Security Council as well as Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, who will express this position of his also through his personal participation in and statement at Tuesday’s open debate. During the open debate, Slovakia will submit to its partners a draft presidential statement through which it wishes to concretely contribute to elaborating and carrying out an UN comprehensive concept of SSR.
Afterwards, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will receive Minister Kubiš, which can also be seen as a token of appreciation of the Slovak delegation’s work and of Slovakia’s over-a-year-long membership in the UN Security Council.
During his week-long stay in New York Minister Kubiš will meet with other high representatives of the international organisation and its agencies, including the President of the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, Mrs. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa and the newly appointed Deputy Secretary-General Mrs. Asha-Rose Migiro (former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania). Minister Kubiš will introduce the topic of Security Sector Reform as well as other topics of high importance for the membership of Slovakia in the UN Security Council to accredited journalists during his Wednesday’s press conference.
During his stay in New York, Minister Kubiš will meet with several Heads of Delegations of both permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council. He will also participate in a Security Council open debate on cooperation with international organisations in the implementation of resolutions 1540 and 1673, which deal with the issue of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Slovakia introduced into the February programme of work of the Security Council also discussing a draft presidential statement on this important issue. Slovakia has been chairing the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540.
Minister Kubiš will use his stay in New York also for a series of meetings with well-known American personalities. Among other topics, he wants to request their assistance in the efforts aimed at granting a visa waiver for citizens of Slovakia when travelling to the United States.
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