It is one of the ironies of our time that some 35 years after its creation the United Nations is still grappling with the seemingly intractable problem of the racial practice and policies of the regime in Pretoria; for it should be remembered that almost from its very inception the United Nations ha…
At the outset, I would like to commend you, Mr. President, and your country, Uruguay, for convening today’s open debate on women and peace and security in relation to sexual violence in conflict. I would also like to commend Justice Rapid Response and UN-Women for their initiatives.
Sierra Leone is…
Let me by thanking you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor to make a statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
The African Group holds in high regard the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see A/70/95). That is understandable, given the fact that a high pr…
The delegation of the Republic of Sierra Leone wishes to express its profound appreciation for the significant contribution of the President of the General Assembly at its fifty- ninth session to the work of the Assembly and to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the leadership of this body…
I would like to join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to direct the affairs of the General Assembly — this great parliament of nations — at its fifty-ninth session. Let me also take this opportunity to pay tribute to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Julian Hunte, esp…
Launched at a time when the country is emerging from the grip of an 11- year armed conflict, the war on HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest post-conflict challenges facing Sierra Leone.
In June 2001, at a special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, our Government, among other nations, made a c…
I would like to say here that important lessons come from the engagement in Sierra Leone of the United Nations Mission (UNAMSIL), and that those lessons can be applied in the subregional context. It is important to note that the job of UNAMSIL, as a lesson, is not yet complete in Sierra Leone. There…
I believe the situation in Sierra Leone is not one in which you can easily single out mistakes, because it was a very fluid situation, a situation that was evolving as time went on. We are all aware of the teething problems that the United Nations encountered. One would say that this was probably on…
I would like to thank the United Kingdom Government for its initiative in convening this meeting in the form of a workshop. We are grateful that it will provide an opportunity for an interactive discussion and an exchange of views on the situation in the Mano River Union subregion.
Madam President,…
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…
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 …
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 …
Although the ques- tion of Palestine appeared as such on the agenda of the Assembly in 1974, Palestine itself has been before this body since 1947. Because of the human tragedy surround- ing this issue, emotion and passion have tended to obfus- cate the real issue whenever the question of Palestine …
On this question my delegation would like to say that we are fully aware of the historic~l circumstances and desiderata surrounding the adoption of Article 27 of the Charter, particularly its
204. It will be recalled that, this year alone, some per- manent members of the Security Council cast a tri…
We regret very much that an attempt was m~de this morning to make a plaything of the question of Namibia. For us this is a very important matter and it is not a mudslinging match.
158. When we address ourselves to the question of those who strengthen or lend succour to apartheid, we are thinking of…
For some 30 years the Palestinian people have known little else but torment and despair in their daily lives and have woken up many mornings only to find their innocent blood mixed with the debris of their camps. Now, this international forum is once again called into session to deliberate on the qu…
It is almost 21 years now since the Assembly adopted the now famous resolu- tion 1514 (XV) containing the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. During that period we have witnessed the disintegration of the colonial system and its replacement by the emergen…
The question of Afghanistan is once again before the General Assembly, as it has been for the past two years. The Government of Sierra Leone sincerely hopes that Afghanistan will not be- come one of the perennial items on the agenda of the Assembly-in any case, not in the form in which it is at pres…
