Republic of Croatia
Ambassador Neven Jurica
Croatia is an elected member of the UN Security Council whose term expires on December 31, 2009. Ambassador Neven Jurica has served as Croatia’s permanent representative to the United Nations since February 19, 2008. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Jurica’s statement during the UN Security Council debate on July 11, 2008. Croatiais a sponsor of the draft resolution that a majority of delegations just a fewminutes ago clearly voted in favor of. We deeply regret the fact that theCouncil, due to vetoes, fell short of its mandate by failing to adopt the draftresolution on sanctions today. We firmly…
