I thank the President very much, on behalf of my delegation, for convening this meeting to consider draft resolution A/54/L.79, on the disaster in Mozambique. As one of the sponsors of the draft resolution, my delegation supports it, and I wish to associate my delegation with the statement made by t…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. My delegation has no doubt that with your diplomatic experience, you will successfully direct the affairs of this important organ during your tenure of office. At the same time, permit me to pay…
Let me first of all congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Allow me also to pay tribute to you, to your predecessors and to other members of the Council for making it possible for us to arrive at this important stage of the Council's delib…
On behalf of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, the Government and people of Sierra Leone, and on my own personal behalf, I would like to congratulate Mr. Gurirab most heartily on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. This is the last session before the end of thi…
The Sierra Leone delegation would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We are grateful for the opportunity to address the Council once again in its consideration of the situation in Sierra Leone.
After lengthy and often…
Permit me, on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone, to thank members of the Security Council, both past and present, and the Secretary- General of the United Nations for the assistance and support they have been giving to the democratically elected Government of Sierra Leone, headed by President…
Permit me to offer, on behalf of President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and the Government and the people of Sierra Leone, our warm felicitations to Mr. Didier Opertti on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, and to express our delegation’s confidence t…
It is a great pleasure for my delegation to see you, Mr. President, in the Chair. Chile and Sierra Leone enjoy very cordial relations, and I personally have known you for a number of years and have come to appreciate your diplomatic skill, tact and human qualities. It is therefore a pleasure for me …
Sierra Leone feels obliged to intervene in this discussion to underscore its concern about recent developments and also to express its regret that once again the use of the veto in the Security Council has frustrated the will of the international community. In this connection, I wish to state that m…
Permit me, first of all, to congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. Indeed, as we commemorate 50 years of the existence of our Organization, his unanimous election to preside over this Assembly is a fitting tribute to…
It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Mr. Amara Essy on his election to the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. His remarkable talent and consummate experience assure us that we can feel proud and confident as he discharges his new functions admirably and with distinct…
A month ago, the Security Council took a major decision in terminating the sanctions and other measures that it had imposed against the then-apartheid Government of South Africa. It was done in the wake of that country’s transformation into a united, democratic and non-racial society, following the …
Allow me, Sir, to express my delegation’s satisfaction at the skilful manner in which Nigeria has been presiding over the Council’s deliberations this month. I also wish to convey our appreciation to the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of New Zealand for his stewardship of the Council’s affa…
As we are all aware, one of the remarkable successes of the United Nations has been in the field of decolonization. Faithful to the Charter, and within the framework of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, resolution 1514 (XV), the United Nations has cha…
It gives me pleasure to participate, on behalf of the delegation of Sierra Leone, in the debate on agenda item 18, "Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples".
I should like, at the outset, to express support for, and to endorse, the stateme…
When the Foreign Secretary of my country addressed this Assembly last month, he expressed the strong concern of the Sierra Leone delegation over the proliferation in the use of mines and other such explosive devices in areas of conflict, especially in intra-State conflicts.
Against the background o…
First of all, may I express the gratitude and appreciation of the Sierra Leone delegation to Sir Robert Jennings, President of the International Court of Justice, for the excellent statement he delivered when introducing the report of the International Court of Justice. My delegation also wishes to …
Last year, my Head of State, Captain Valentine E. M. Strasser, acquainted this body with the devastation visited on Sierra Leone as the result of the civil war in Liberia. He described to this Assembly the pain and agony that Sierra Leoneans have had to endure as a result of that conflict, and the r…
The Sierra Leone delegation attaches importance to the timely initiative on opportunity and participation formulated and proposed by the Government of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
These concepts of opportunity and participation are not only eternal verities but remain essential prereq…
The Sierra Leone delegation welcomes the
efforts to intensify and strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and
the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Indeed, the relationship between the
two organizations, one might say, is even natural, given their symbiosis.
Both organizations have …
