ZAGREB, September 26, 2018 - Addressing the United National General Assembly on Wednesday, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović called on world leaders to common action, not just in crisis management situations and problem solutions but in spreading hope and optimism, recalling the recent success of Croatia's national football team which showed that small countries like Croatia can inspire others to reach the top.

ZAGREB, September 26, 2018 - Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić attended the official beginning of the 73rd session of the United Nations' General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, and this year the session was dedicated to the UN role and its responsibility for peace, equal and sustainable societies, the Croatian ministry said in a press release on Wednesday.

ZAGREB, September 25, 2018 - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said in New York on Monday, after meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, that they shared concern about the situation in southeastern Europe ahead of forthcoming important events.

ZAGREB, September 21, 2018 - President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović will travel to the United States next week to attend a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, the president's advisers announced on Friday.

ZAGREB, April 24, 2018 - Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić held talks with the chairman of the United Nations' General Assembly, Miroslav Lajčak, in New York on Monday on the current issues and on possibilities for the international community to step up its efforts aimed at making Bosnia and Herzegovina more stable country that abides by its principle of having three constituent peoples.

ZAGREB, April 19, 2018 - Croatia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Marija Pejčinović Burić will pay a visit to Canada and the United States from Friday to Tuesday, her ministry announced on Thursday.

ZAGREB, April 18, 2018 - The first Croatian contingent to serve in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was seen off at a ceremony in Karlovac on Wednesday.

ZAGREB, February 27, 2018 - Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić attended a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on February 26-27, the ministry said on Tuesday.

The UN peacekeepeing mission operates in a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel.

Plenković is in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting.