I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of the United States, the United Kingdom and France. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Major General Michael Beary for the valuable information provided.
At the outset, Sierra Leone notes with serious con…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council plus one (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone.
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Director Ramesh Rajasingham for their valuable briefings and acknowledg…
I thank the Russian Federation’s presidency of the Security Council for convening this important debate. Strengthening cooperation between regional arrangements with the United Nations, and in particular the Security Council, is a strong pillar of the Charter of the United Nations in the establishme…
I thank the Russian Federation’s presidency of the Security Council for convening this high-level open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing, read out by the Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Courtenay Rattray.
It has been 283 days since the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas an…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely debate on the agenda item “multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order”. Sierra Leone welcomes the debate, not only in view of the forthcoming eightieth anniversary of the United Nations, the mo…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely, Algeria, Mozambique and my country, Sierra Leone, as well as Guyana.
I thank Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Unit…
I thank Acting Under- Secretary-General Ms. Joyce Msuya for her briefing, and I take note of the sobering information provided by Mr. Volodymyr Zhovnir. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine and Poland and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
Sierra Leone notes …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the members of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone, plus Guyana (A3+).
We thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic R…
Sierra Leone congratulates and expresses its full support to the Russian Federation on its assumption of the presidency for the month of July. We also commend and congratulate the Republic of Korea for their successful presidency in June. I thank the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinato…
I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her important briefing. We take note of the contribution of Mr. Jonah Leff.
Sierra Leone will make three points regarding the agenda item under consideration.
First, we wish to reiterate our unambiguous position that all transfers of weapons in confl…
Sierra Leone wishes to thank the United States and Japan for their efforts in extending the reporting mandate of the Secretary- General on the Houthi attacks on merchants and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, in line with paragraph 10 of resolution 2722 (2024).
We are gravely concerned about the c…
At the outset, let me extend my thanks to the Security Council for entrusting Sierra Leone with the role of Chair of the important Informal Working Group on International Tribunals. I also extend my thanks to the members of the Working Group for their constructive engagement in the negotiations on r…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on children and armed conflict. I also thank former United Nations Secretary-General and Deputy Chair of The Elders Ban Ki-moon, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, Deputy Executive Director of Hum…
I would also like to thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his thorough briefing on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) and the current situation in the occupied Palestine territory overall.
We acknowledge the report of the Secretary- General on this subject (S/2024/480) and note th…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing.
I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis and Ambassador Vanessa Frazier for their very interesting and insightful briefings.
Sierra Leone would like to take its first opportunity to engage on this agenda i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. I also thank His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary- General, for his insightful brief. We also thank Mr. Stéphane Duguin and Ms. Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo for their insights. We welcome the participation of the high-level Mini…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone.
The A3+ thanks Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Koury for her update on the situation in Li…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I also thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
The conflict in Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly two and a half years with a continuously deteriorating humanitarian and security situation, resulting in massive loss of life …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing, and I also thank Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, for her valuable briefing.
Sierra Leone welcomed the adoption of resolution 2686 (2023), which recognized, inter alia, that ha…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I also thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her insightful briefing. We note the contribution of Mr. Daniel Kovalik. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in this me…
