PM Mustering Support for Upgrade of Genocide Convention

New York, 25 September - Prime Minister Janez Janša is heading the Slovenian delegation at the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, but he also came to New York as the head of an initiative pushing for an upgrade of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, for which he will try to muster broad support.

New York, US Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks to reporters on the margins of a session of the UN General Assembly. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

New York, US
Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks to reporters on the margins of a session of the UN General Assembly.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

New York, US Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks to reporters on the margins of a session of the UN General Assembly. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

New York, US
Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks to reporters on the margins of a session of the UN General Assembly.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

New York, US Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks to reporters on the margins of a session of the UN General Assembly. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

New York, US
Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks to reporters on the margins of a session of the UN General Assembly.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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