I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting at the request and with the support of almost all of the members of the Security Council.
I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Mr. Rajasingham for their valuable briefings.
Sierra Leone expresses its full solidarity wit…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Somalia and my own country, Sierra Leone, as well as Guyana (A3+).
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leonardo Santos Simão and UN-Women Executive Direc…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing, and in your capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), I also thank you for your detailed report on the activities of the Committee since the most recent briefing on 26 March 2024
At th…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his important briefing, and I also commend Mr. Ilay David for his courage in sharing his testimony today and for his relentless advocacy on behalf of the hostages since the abduction of his brother. To Mr. David, the families of all the hostages…
At outset, I wish to warmly congratulate the Republic of Panama on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We have every confidence in its able leadership in guiding the Council’s work during this critical period and assure it of Sierra Leone’s full support and coope…
I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Sierra Leone takes note of the request by the Russian Federation to discuss the critical issues surrounding the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, in particular the transfer of weapons. We ackn…
We thank the Pakistani presidency for convening this briefing and thank Pakistan, together with the Republic of Korea and Denmark, for their leadership as the Security Council trio on peace operations. We also thank the briefers, Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Assistant Secretary-Gener…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting at the request of Slovenia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their comprehensive and sobering…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Assistant Secretary-General Al-Dobeay for their valuable briefings.
Sierra Leone reaffirms that cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, as envisaged in Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, is ind…
Your Excellency Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Sierra Leone commends the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for convening this timely and significant high-level open debate and for facilitating the resolution adopted today (resol…
At the outset, let me take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Nelson Mandela International Day. In the Security Council, in which United Nations Member States have entrusted us with the solemn responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, may we continue our endeavours with …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Somalia, and my own country, Sierra Leone, as well as Guyana (A3+).
At the outset, the A3+ extends its sincere appreciation to Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent meeting of the Security Council at the request of Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell for their sobering and important briefin…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Council plus one (A3+), namely Algeria, Guyana, Somalia and my own country, Sierra Leone.
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2785 (2025) extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Offi…
Sierra Leone welcomes the participation of the representative of the Sudan in today’s meeting. We warmly welcome the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, and thank her for her compelling, comprehensive and very timely briefing to the Security Council …
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Khiari, for his insightful briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on resolution 2334 (2016) (S/2025/415).
We acknowledge the findings and observations of the Secretary-General on the provis…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Council plus one (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana Somalia and my own country, Sierra Leone. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her informative and comprehensive br…
I welcome and thank you, Ms. Vindhya Persaud, Minister of Human Services and Social Security of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, for presiding over this important open debate. I also thank Special Representative Virginia Gamba de Potgieter and Ms. Sheema Sen Gupta, Director of Child Protection a…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her valuable briefing. I also thank the Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, and Ambassador Samuel Žbogar, the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for the…
I thank you for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council. The gravity of the situation in the Middle East demands the Council’s immediate attention as it discharges its primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security. I thank His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, S…
