I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Ms. Pramila Patten, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for her briefing highlighting the critical findings of the report of her official visit to Israel and Palestine, in particular the occupied West Bank, f…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. Let me also thank the briefers — Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari and Director Lisa Doughten — for the information provided. I welcome the presence and participation of the representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Sierra Leone con…
This meeting is being held at a time when the situation in the Gaza Strip has further deteriorated significantly. It was our hope four months ago, when this issue was brought to the General Assembly, that a definitive solution could have been reached by this time whereby the Security Council would m…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting on this very critical topic. I also thank Mr. Rajasingham, Mr. Martina and Mr. Skau for their briefings and the context provided.
The recent updates on the harsh realities of life in the Gaza Strip are deeply distressing. The persistent hosti…
I thank you, Madam President for convening this briefing. I also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his very informative briefing.
Tomorrow, 24 February, will mark exactly two years since the start of the conflict in Ukraine. The war has had profound repercussions that have gone beyond re…
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Mr. Chris Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins sans frontières, for their timely and comprehensive but sobering briefings.
The situation in the Middle East, with specific reference to the Palestinian question,…
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 take note of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2024/170) and thank Special Representative of the Secreta…
The delegation of Sierra Leone would like to thank Algeria for proposing and facilitating efforts to agree to a draft resolution (S/2024/173) that among other things would have led to an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. We also thank the Algerian delegation for leading a reasonable, transparen…
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+1).
We would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of th…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing. Let me also thank the briefers, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under- Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and head of the Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), Ms. Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive D…
I have the high honour of conveying the highest and warmest sentiments of President Julius Maada Bio and to extend congratulations to Guyana on assuming the Presidency of the Security Council, as well as for its excellent stewardship of the Council this month. I thank you, Mr. President, for organiz…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing and note the
views shared by Mr. Sweeney. I also acknowledge the presence and participation of the representatives of Ukraine and Germany in this meeting.
Resolution 2202 (2015), of 17 February 2015, endorsed the Minsk II agreement. In tha…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. Let me also thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her informative briefing. I acknowledge the presence of His Excellency…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her valuable briefing. I welcome the presence and participation of the representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Sierra Leone continues to be gravely concerned about the regrettable situation created in Ukraine by the war, with its serious rami…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. We also want to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her informative briefing. We welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Syria, Iran and Iraq in this meeting.
Sierra Leone is deeply concerned about the recent deve…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also want to thank the Algerian delegation for requesting it and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his detailed briefing to the Council.
Since Hamas’s atrocious attack of 7 October 2023 on Israel, we have witnessed several inter…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s briefing. Let me also thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, for his informative and sobering briefing, and for his Office’s thirty-eighth report to the Council. We also take this opportunity to commend the …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Sierra Leone reiterates the sobering message that we are once more convened to consider a situation that is sad, sorrowful and regretful because there is an ongoing confl…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important ministerial-level meeting. I am also grateful to Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing.
“The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” has been a long-standing item on the Security Council’s agenda. The r…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. Let me also thank the Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, for his briefing.
Sierra Leone continues to express grave concern about the regrettable serious situation created in Ukraine by the…
