Mr. Sowa

Mr. Sowa

Sierra Leone
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SLE S/PV.9660 June 18, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I also thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. The conflict in Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly two and a half years with a continuously deteriorating humanitarian and security situation, resulting in massive loss of life …

SLE S/PV.9654 June 13, 2024

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus one (A3+), namely Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone. We would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advoca…

SLE S/PV.9655 June 13, 2024

I am delivering this explanation of vote on behalf of the African members of the Security Council (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone. At the outset, we would like to express our appreciation to the United Kingdom for the efforts deployed during negotiations …

SLE S/PV.9653 June 12, 2024

Sierra Leone joins Mozambique in expressing its deepest condolences to the people and the Government of Malawi on the passing of its Vice-President, His Excellency Mr. Saulos Chilima, and others in the tragic plane crash. May their souls rest in peace. I wish to thank Mr. Volker Türk, United Nation…

SLE S/PV.9651 June 11, 2024

I thank Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the Mechanism, for briefing the Council as part of the fifth review of the progress of the Mechanism’s work. As Chair of the Informal Working …

SLE S/PV.9650 June 10, 2024

Sierra Leone would like to thank the United States for its initiative in working on this resolution (resolution 2735 (2024)). We further acknowledge and support the ongoing diplomatic efforts spearheaded by Qatar, Egypt and the United States aimed at achieving a deal that will bring about tangible r…

SLE S/PV.9649 June 10, 2024

Sierra Leone welcomes the adoption of resolution 2734 (2024), which reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to fighting against terrorism and terrorist acts, especially those committed by Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates. We voted in favour of the resolution to renew the mandate of the …

SLE S/PV.9647 June 7, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. Let me also thank Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, for her valuable briefing. I welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine in this meeting. Sierra L…

SLE S/PV.9643 May 31, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open briefing on the critical issue of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Let me also thank the Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Mohamed Khaled Khiari, for his briefing. Sierra Leone thanks France, Japan…

SLE S/PV.9644 May 31, 2024

I have the honour to deliver this explanation of vote on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council  — Algeria, Mozam­ bique and Sierra Leone — as well as Guyana (A3+). The A3+ reiterates the importance of the implementa­ tion of the arms embargo on Libya and supports the inspec­ t…

SLE S/PV.9641 May 30, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important briefing. I thank United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for his sobering update on the global situation for refugees and displaced people. Armed conflicts, socioeconomic insecurity and climate change disasters cont…

SLE S/PV.9638 May 29, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing and valuable insights on the protracted conflict in the occupied Palestine territory, and in particular the ongoing hostilities in the Gaza Strip with catastrophic consequences. The c…

SLE S/PV.9637 May 28, 2024

I thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. We also thank the briefers  — Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary-General Felipe Paullier Olivera, Director Sima Bahous and African Union Youth Ambassador Simone Mbode Diouf — for their insightful presentations. The …

SLE S/PV.9630 May 20, 2024

Sierra Leone reaffirms its commitment to promoting peace, security, and stability in outer space and beyond. In line with our principled stance on preventing the weaponization of outer space, Sierra Leone voted, on 24 April (see S/PV.9616), in favour of draft resolution S/2024/302, sponsored by Japa…

SLE S/PV.9629 May 20, 2024

Sierra Leone learns with immense sadness of the passing of the President, the Foreign Minister and other officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. On behalf of my delegation, we express our deepest condolences to the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran on this very tragic loss, and may the souls…

SLE A/78/PV.75 May 1, 2024

I thank the President for convening this important discussion under agenda item 63, “Use of the Veto”, as requested in resolution 76/262 of 2022 following the exercise of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council (see S/PV.9609). We believe that this debate provides Member States with a…

SLE S/PV.9616 April 24, 2024

We thank the United States and Japan for the immense work invested in drafting the draft resolution (S/2024/302) and in negotiations thereof. Sierra Leone voted in favour of the draft resolution on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in outer space because we believe in the importance of the Treaty …

SLE S/PV.9617 April 24, 2024

We want to thank Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, for her very comprehensive briefing. My delegation recalls resolution 2720 (2023), which calls for the establishment of that position and of an effective United Nations mechanism for providing humanitaria…

SLE S/PV.9607 April 17, 2024

I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting at the request of Jordan to discuss this very important issue. I also thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), for his briefing, in which …

SLE S/PV.9604 April 15, 2024

I thank you for convening this meeting, Madam President, and Director General Grossi for his very important briefing. In Sierra Leone’s statement to the Council on this agenda item on 22 January (see S/PV.9533), we made the important point that one of the main areas of focus in the Ukraine conflic…