The topic of the session was mediation in settling conflicts by peaceful means.
President Josipovic said that peace in post-conflict countries must be strengthened and reinforced and that the justice was necessary in order to ensure the sincere reconciliation and lasting peace.
Croatia firmly supports efforts to put an end to the impunity of serious crimes, Josipovic said reiterating that his country supported international criminal law and notably the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
He went on to say that Croatia supported the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and that it highly appreciated the legacy of that UN tribunal in its contribution to international justice and reconciliation. However further development of international and national judiciaries should be based on drawing lessons from the weaknesses of the ICTY, he added.
Josipovic said that being a NATO member and a prospective member of the European Union, Croatia wants southeastern Europe to be a region of security, stability and progress.
Upon its admission to the EU, Croatia will advocate the enlargement of the European Union and will not use outstanding bilateral issues as a precondition for the integration of other aspirants into the EU, he said.
Josipovic said that Croatia continued promoting human rights and paid attention to efforts to abolish the death penalty as well as to gender equality and to the struggle against any form of discrimination.
According to his speech, Croatia supports values and goals of the UN global anti-terrorist strategy.
As for the latest developments in the Arab world, Josipovic said that those political developments were rooted into legitimate aspirations of peoples for the improvement of their economic conditions and increasing participation in the political life.
He conveyed Croatia's readiness to help the people of Libia to reconstruct their country after the conflict.
He reiterated that it was necessary to start soon the negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians so as to achieve a solution resulting in the mutual recognition of the two states.
On Friday morning Josipovic departed from New York to Warsaw where he will attend the "Music and Politics" to be organised by the International Association of Music Information Centres.