I welcome Your Excellency Ms. Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, to the Council and thank you for convening this meeting. I also thank Her Excellency Ms. Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, in her capacity as the curr…
I also thank Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his informative briefing.
This briefing on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) reminds us of our shared responsibility to ensure that Security Council resolutions are not mere words on paper…
I thank the presidency for submitting this draft resolution (S/2025/561) in line with paragraph 11 of resolution 2231 (2015). We welcome the participation of the representative of Iran in this meeting.
Sierra Leone notes the geopolitical context in which the Security Council has been called on to d…
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 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…
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 you, Madam President, for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. We thank His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his powerful reminder about the Council’s responsibilities, and Mr…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her comprehensive briefing. Sierra Leone welcomes the participation of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in this important meeting.
At this critical juncture in the devastating conflict, Sierra Leone reiterates its urgent call fo…
I thank the briefers, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov and Ms. Natalia Gherman, for their invaluable insights on the evolving threats posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Da’esh (ISIL/Da’esh) and its affiliates.
At the outset, we express our sincere condolences to all those Member States that have su…
I thank Algeria for requesting this meeting, supported by Somalia, with a focus on the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). I also thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the Agency, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Secretary General o…
I thank Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary- General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, for his comprehensive briefing.
Sierra Leone condemns the reported latest weapons test by the Democratic People’s Republi…
I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing.
Sierra Leone takes note of the different perspectives on the transfer of arms in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. In particular, we take note of claims that on the one hand, the transfer of arms prol…
Sierra Leone co-sponsored and voted in favour of resolution 2764 (2024) and welcomes its unanimous adoption. More than 470 million children are affected by armed conflict globally, with approximately 30 million of them displaced, many of them exploited or separated from their families and many more …
We thank Under- Secretary-General Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for her important briefing. We take note of the contribution of Mr. Jonah Leff.
At the outset, Sierra Leone reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation and international peace and security, and calls …
I would like to thank Assistant-Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his important briefing on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), and Ms. Shira Efron of the Israel Policy Forum and Mr. Michael Levy for their perspectives on the situation in the occupied Palestine territory.
We acknowledge…
I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; His Excellency Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta, in her capacity as Security Co…
Let me thank Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for the very insightful briefing.
Nearly three years have passed since the onset of the conflict in Ukraine, and the heavy bombardments and air stri…
Sierra Leone welcomes the unanimous adoption of this important resolution to extend the humanitarian carveout for the sanctions regime established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/ Al-Qaida (resolution2761 (2024)). This resolution balances count…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing. I welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Sierra Leone remains deeply concerned about the escalating security situation and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in a conflict that has contin…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important briefing on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also thank Director Lisa Doughten from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as well as Mr. Gilles Michaud, Under-Secretary-General for Safety a…
