Svetlik: Inclusive Europe Slovenia's CoE Chairmanship Priority

Portorož, 26 October - Creating a more people-friendly and inclusive Europe is one of the priorities of Slovenia's chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), Labour, Family and Social Affairs Minster Ivan Svetlik said on Monday at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.

Portoroz Labour Minister Ivan Svetlik at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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Labour Minister Ivan Svetlik at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

Portoroz The head of the National Council of Disabled Organisations of Slovenia, Boris Sustarsic, at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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The head of the National Council of Disabled Organisations of Slovenia, Boris Sustarsic, at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

Portoroz The opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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The opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

Portoroz Lokman Ayva of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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Lokman Ayva of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

Portoroz Labour Minister Ivan Svetlik (left) and the president of the Association of Pensioners' Societies, Mateja Kozuh Novak, at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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Labour Minister Ivan Svetlik (left) and the president of the Association of Pensioners' Societies, Mateja Kozuh Novak, at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

Portoroz The president of the Association of Pensioners' Societies, Mateja Kozuh Novak, at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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The president of the Association of Pensioners' Societies, Mateja Kozuh Novak, at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

Portoroz Pekka Tuominen of the European Disability Forum at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly. Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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Pekka Tuominen of the European Disability Forum at the opening of a two-day international conference on the rights of the disabled and elderly.
Photo: Lena Dujc/STA

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