I thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate, and congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I assure you of Sierra Leone’s full support. I also congratulate the delegation of Switzerland for its successful presidency duri…
Sierra Leone acknowledges the efforts of the United States and the engagement on resolution 2756 (2024). We also acknowledge the engagement by the members of the Security Council.
Sierra Leone voted in favour of the resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in…
I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative to the Office for Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing. We also note the information provided by Mr. George Szamuely.
Sierra Leone takes note of the differing perspectives presented on the supply of arms with respect to the co…
Let me thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her comprehensive briefing.
We acknowledge the presence of His Excellency Mr. Marko Đurić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, a…
I thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, for his briefing. We welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Sierra Leone remains deeply concerned about the escalating conflict in Ukraine, which has persiste…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Council plus, namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my country, Sierra Leone.
The A3+ thanks the United Kingdom for the constructive engagement and extensive consultations during the negotiation process on r…
I welcome all the ministers and their participation in this quarterly open debate.
On 24 October, just five days ago, the United Nations commemorated 79 years of its establishment, with the primary purpose of upholding international peace and security, avoiding another major war and saving succeedi…
At a time when international law is severely under constraint, with blatant violations of international humanitarian law, in particular, in ongoing conflicts of international concern, Sierra Leone welcomes the debate on the basis of the 2004 Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the …
Today the Security Council has been convened in response to the urgent request from the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the recent escalations, marked by retaliatory attacks between that country and the State of Israel. Let me thank Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle Ea…
I thank Her Excellency Ms. Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation. I welcome to the Security Council today and thank the Swiss presidency for convening this high-level open debate. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Executive Director Sima Bahous, Justice Effie Owuor a…
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Switzerland for convening this very important meeting. I thank the briefers — Mr. Robin Geiss, Dr. Jocelyne Bloch, Dr. Grégoire Courtine and Mr. Amin Awad — for their valuable contributions to today’s discussion.
The topic “Anticipating the impact of …
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting at the request of Slovenia and the United States, and I also thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča for his briefing. We welcome the participation of Ukraine, Poland, Finland and Estonia in this meeting.
Sierra Leone acknowledges Ukraine’s letter of 14 Oct…
Sierra Leone welcomes the annual report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (see A/79/249), which outlines the Mechanism’s activities in the reporting period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
As a country that has directly benefited from the institution of an internationa…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting, as requested by Algeria. I would also like to thank Ms. Joyce Msuya for her very sobering briefing.
The recent developments in the Gaza Strip, particularly in the north, have once again alarmed the world as Israel intensifies its attacks on …
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting at the request of France. I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for their important briefings.
The resounding and resolute call by our leaders in the general debate of the General Assembly at its sev…
I thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
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I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the members of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique, and my own country, Sierra Leone, as well as Guyana (A3+).
The A3+ wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secret…
It has now been two years since the “powerful explosions due to sabotage” caused damage to the Nord Stream pipelines, as noted in the letter dated 21 February 2023 from the Permanent Representatives of Denmark, Germany and Sweden to the Security Council (S/2023/126). The facts established by the inv…
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.
We take note of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia (S/2024/698) and the updates on th…
The Security Council has been convened in the most difficult of circumstances concerning the Middle East. Allow me, however, to congratulate you and Switzerland, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Council and to assure you of Sierra Leone’s fullest support and cooperation. Similarly,…