In his address, Prime Minister Janez Janša pointed out that the times 30 years ago could not have been more different than they are today. "We are now living in times that we could not have imagined 30 years ago." He highlighted the words of US Congressman DeConcini, who said in May 1991: "It seems that the 20th century will end the way it began, with a war in the Balkans. And he was right." He then recalled the events of 30 years ago. "When we gathered here in Poljče at the time, to discuss the guidelines for Slovenia's defence, it was a time when we struggled to get the defence budget, the defence code, and the laws on military service through the then assembly. When the last phase of preparations for the training of the first soldiers in Slovenian history finally began, it was a time when we started to hope that we might get back some of those weapons which had been confiscated from the Slovenian Territorial Defence (TD) a year earlier. This was the time when the Slovene TD, together with the Slovene Police, was actively preparing for the defence of the homeland."

The Prime Minister said that in order for the defence to be successful, they were missing weapons, as well as several strategic plans. "After the meeting, the enlarged presidency, which consisted of the members of the presidency, the prime minister, the president of the assembly, and some government ministers, was also joined by the commanders of the TD and special police units. After the adoption of the political decision, the guidelines were practically detailed in a circle, which at that time bore the greatest responsibility on its shoulders, so that Slovenia would be able to defend the proclaimed state. Six months earlier, the ruling coalition took part in a meeting of the Demos parliamentary club in Poljče, while a wider assembly took part in this meeting. The structures of the Slovenian government at that time were not monochromatic, they were different." According to the Prime Minister, this meeting was probably the first time they realised that this is it. This realisation was reached through Demos, through a core that went to the elections the year before with the motto of an independent Slovenia. "Two weeks earlier, the Demos coalition had reconsidered the situation on Ducks' Island in Brdo, and despite the fact that there were many risks and disapprovals outside, partly also inside, decided that independence would be carried out de facto. Not only on paper, not only lightly, not only with a declaration or a constitutional law, but so that Slovenia also takes over the effective authority." He pointed out that everyone knew that this would mean a clash with the Federation, with the YPA.

In the days when the guidelines were being prepared in Slovenia, the new president of the presidency was not confirmed in Belgrade. "It was becoming increasingly clear that the authority was effectively directly passing into the hands of those who would use armed force to keep Yugoslavia together." He said that this was also the time when Slovenia was alone, as Europe, as well as the United States and the world, were concerned with how to keep Yugoslavia united. Slovenian delegations across Europe came across kind words, but at the same time a firm position of support for a united Yugoslavia.

Under those circumstances, guidelines were being adopted in May 1991 stating not only that we would resist, but also how we would resist and how we would try to reap the benefits. "We had one strategic advantage – that the fight will be at home and that we have the plebiscitary, united, fatal decision of the people behind us. The plebiscite was the only time in history that the Slovene nation wrote its own judgment."

He went on to say that everyone has their own memories of those times; what remained the same in everyone's mind is that "we adopted these guidelines unanimously". "Even in regard to some operational issues that we resolved with the TD commanders and commanders of special police units." Based on this decision, a formal document was prepared – the guidelines which were adopted as an act. On the basis of these guidelines, which provided for various levels, Slovenia operated and organised its defence on 26 June 1991. After the meeting in Poljče, the Slovenian police and the Slovenian TD elaborated a number of plans in detail. On this basis, 5,000 reservists, young boys from the YPA reserve, were called up, and assault troops were formed around the regional headquarters. "Most of the combat operations successfully carried out by the TD later in the June and July wars were carried out by assault troops."

In his address, the Prime Minister thanked all those who were in Poljče at the time, all those who helped put the guidelines into practice, and all those who believed that they could be realised. “When we look back today, when we see what all happened and was happening later in other parts of the former state, it may seem easy. But it was a little different, here, at that time, alone and almost barefoot." He also added that at that time, all those who gathered, regardless of political affiliation, regardless of which body they belonged to, were aware that this is it, and that they had huge responsibility on their shoulders for the fate of the decision the people voted for in the plebiscite.

He concluded his speech by saying that today, despite the difficulties we are facing, we can be happy that it ended as it did. "That today we can unveil this memorial plaque on the building of the institution, which directly testifies that today, Slovenia is successfully included in the Western system of collective security, that we are an equal partner and that we confirm the words of Bruce Jackson, US chairman of the NATO Committee, who said to the US Senate when we became a member of NATO, that among the candidate countries, there is one country that stands out, and that is Slovenia, because this is a country that has recently proved that it will not only be a consumer of security, but is capable to defend itself, and that a country capable of defending itself is also a serious partner in the collective security system." The Prime Minister sincerely congratulated all those who continue to work on the foundations laid 30 years ago in the Centre in Poljče, at the Ministry of Defence, in the Slovenian Army and the Police, and wished them much success.