I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. We thank Mr. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive briefing. We welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Denis Bećirović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, as well as …
I thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his informative and sobering briefing and for presenting the twenty-seventh report of the Prosecutor on the situation in Libya, as mandated by resolution 1970 (2011). Sierra Leone commends the Prosecutor and his Office…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I also thank Ms. Lisa Doughten for her briefing. We acknowledge the contribution of Ms. Caitlin Howarth. I welcome the presence and participation of the Representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Two years of conflict in Ukraine have resulted…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus one (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique, and my own country, Sierra Leone.
We thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their important br…
I thank the President for convening this important discussion under agenda item 63, “Use of the Veto”, as requested in resolution 76/262 of 2022 following the exercise of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council (see S/PV.9609). We believe that this debate provides Member States with a…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča, Ms. Cvijanović and Mr. Christian Schmidt for their insightful briefings. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.
Sierra Leone welcomes the opportunity for …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also wish to thank the three briefers for their contributions.
We note that the convening of this meeting, under this agenda item, comes at a time when there is a collective and urgent call for the building of trust and unity on the Council.…
We thank the United States and Japan for the immense work invested in drafting the draft resolution (S/2024/302) and in negotiations thereof.
Sierra Leone voted in favour of the draft resolution on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in outer space because we believe in the importance of the Treaty …
We want to thank Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, for her very comprehensive briefing.
My delegation recalls resolution 2720 (2023), which calls for the establishment of that position and of an effective United Nations mechanism for providing humanitaria…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my country, Sierra Leone.
The A3+ wishes to express its appreciation to Special Envoy Huang Xia for his comprehensive and enlightening brief…
We thank Malta for convening this open debate. We thank the briefers, Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Niemat Ahmadi, Founder and President of Darfur Women Action Group, and Ms. Danai Gurira, UN- Women Goodwill Ambassador, for th…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Mr. Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), delivered in his capacity as the curr…
We thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting, and we commend the presidency of Malta for the manner in which it has conducted the work of the Committee on the Admission of New Members and the Security Council on the important application for admission to membership of the United Nations…
I thank the presidency of Malta for convening this meeting in the format of a high-level open debate. I also thank the Secretary- General, His Excellency António Guterres, for his comprehensive and sobering briefing.
Today’s debate is being held in the context of the request for admission of the St…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting at the request of Jordan to discuss this very important issue. I also thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), for his briefing, in which …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this high-level meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing, and I thank Mr. Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean, and Ms. Sarra Messaoudi for the valuable information provided. I thank Ms. Me…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique and my country, Sierra Leone, together with Guyana (A3+).
The A3+ thanks Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his update on the situation in Libya…
I thank you for convening this meeting, Madam President, and Director General Grossi for his very important briefing.
In Sierra Leone’s statement to the Council on this agenda item on 22 January (see S/PV.9533), we made the important point that one of the main areas
of focus in the Ukraine conflic…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone, as well as Guyana (A3+).
We thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Director Edem Wosornu for their briefings. We also thank Ms. W…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, for his important briefing on the latest gravely concerning development in the Middle East.
Sierra Leone would like to refer to a letter dated 13 April 2024 from the Pe…
