I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. Let me also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his important and informative briefing and insight.
On 10 January, the Council adopted resolution 2722 (2024) to address the continued attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Se…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. Let me also thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris for their important briefings.
When Sierra Leone first addressed the agenda item entitled “The situation in the Middle East” in the S…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council plus one (A3+1), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my country, Sierra Leone.
Allow me to thank our briefers, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leonardo Santos Simão and Ms. Lori-…
Sierra Leone thanks the co-penholders on resolution 2722 (2024), Japan and the United States, for their timely proposal on a matter of international concern and for their constructive engagement and consultations during the negotiation process.
We believe that the Security Council should pronounce …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. Let me also thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, and Director Edem Wosornu, for their important briefings, which are most useful.
Sierra Leone first expressed its principled view on the conflict in Ukraine in the explanation of vot…
I thank the President for convening this very important meeting mandated by resolution 76/262 with the hope that its outcome will remind the Security Council of its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, especially as it relates to the current situation in th…
Sierra Leone congratulates you, Mr. President, and the French Republic on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January 2024, and we extend our best wishes to you and your team. Sierra Leone notes with appreciation the working methods of the French presidency for an effect…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African Union member States.
We commend you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate and welcome your important remarks this morning. We wish to reiterate our commitment to achieving progress on the critical issue of the reform the Se…
I thank President Francis for having convened this joint debate.
My delegation is pleased to share perspectives on the two sub-items on the agenda — 65(a) and 65(b).
Sierra Leone aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Tunisia on behalf of the Group of African States.
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Sierra Leone conveys its heartfelt sympathy and offers its deepest condolences to the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco following the devastating earthquake and to the people and the Government of Libya following the equally devastating floods.
The delegation of Sierra Leone thank…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I commend Albania for organizing today’s open debate. Let me further thank you, Mr. President, for your briefing in your capacity as Chair of the Informal Working Group on D…
The delegation of Sierra Leone aligns itself with the statement delivered by Mr. Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, on behalf of the core group of States, including Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone thanks the Government and the people, in particular the young people, of V…
We join other delegations in thanking the Republic of Botswana for spearheading the introduction of the important draft resolution A/77/L.61, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution …
I am honoured to speak on behalf of the Group of African States, as we commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,
which is being held on the theme “Fighting slavery’s legacy of racism through transformative education”. I would also …
On behalf of the Group of African States, I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting today to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The African Group reaffirms the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discriminat…
The delegation of Sierra Leone is pleased to join the States Members of the United Nations, the United Nations system and of course the States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in marking the fortieth anniversary of UNCLOS’s opening for signature in Montego Bay,…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
I thank you, Sir, for convening this debate under agenda item 125, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”…
I take this opportunity to commend Mr. Kőrösi’s stewardship of the General Assembly at this seventy-seventh session. I bring him and the Assembly warm greetings from His Excellency Mr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and his best wishes for the smooth adoption of the dra…
The delegation of Sierra Leone is pleased to join debate on the agenda item “Report of the International Criminal Court”. My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the African States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (see A/77/PV.22).
We wel…
The delegation of Sierra Leone associates itself with the statements delivered on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the core group of States on the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change (see A/77/ PV.20).
Sierra Leone thanks Judge Joan E. Donoghue, Pres…
