Events
March 2007
Deputy Chief of Mission Maryruth Coleman Speaks to Participants of the National Children’s Parliament, Ljubljana, Slovenia
March 19, 2007
The 17th National Childrens Parliament convened on March 19th in the building of Slovenia's National Assembly with representatives from all regions of Slovenia. Deputy Chief of Mission Maryruth Coleman greeted the children and other guests, including National Assembly Speaker France Cukjati and Minister of Education and Sport, Milan Zver. The topic of this year’s Children’s Parliament was "Our Opinion about the 9th Grade of the Primary School". The US Embassy sponsored the project for 4th year in a row.
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Franc HoÄ?evar, President of the Association of Friends of Youth, Milan Zver from Minister of Education and Sport, Alenka Šverc State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Maryruth Coleman, Deputy Chief of Mission and Mrs. Mojca Skrinjar, General Director of the Directorate for Pre-school and Primary School Education |
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Panelists and speakers discussing topics at this year's National Children's Parliament |
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| Deputy Chief of Mission Maryruth Coleman addressing participants |