Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations

Project Overview

BRG's work for this mission seeks to accomplish two tasks: First, to categorize the trends within the global landscape of advocacy surrounding protecting water in armed conflicts since the 2023 UN water convention. Slovenia seeks to understand whether traction is being gained or lost, if nations are tending toward one format over another, and whether the measures they advocate for changed. Slovenia is particularly interested in identifying other nations that strongly advocate on this issue and are flying under the radar, with whom they could reach out to as potential new partners in their advocacy.

Second, to quantify Slovenia's impact in advocating for this issue. Is their claim that Slovenia has been a global leader in advocacy true, and how can this be proven? What aspects of Slovenia's rhetoric have been most effective? How could they shift their advocacy to become more effective?

This research will be conducted by examining debates and outputs from the UNSC, the GA, expert bodies on climate, peace, and security, international conventions, and international messaging. Upon delivery of a successful product, this research will be presented to the Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the UN, Samuel Žbogar.