Mr. Kanu

Mr. Kanu

Sierra Leone
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SLE S/PV.9723 Sept. 12, 2024

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 own country, Sierra Leone. We thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary-General Joyce Msuya and Ms. Linda Al Obahi for …

SLE S/PV.9719 Sept. 9, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. Sierra Leone commends troop- and police-contributing countries and all peacekeepers and, in addition, pays tribute to the police- and troop-contributing countries and peacekeepers who have paid the ultimate price. I thank the brie…

SLE S/PV.9717 Sept. 4, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of Israel, supported by the delegations of France, the United Kingdom and the United States, and at the separate request of the delegation of Algeria, to discuss various issues related to the conflict in Gaza. I thank the briefers…

SLE S/PV.9696 July 31, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of Algeria, China and the Russian Federation. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. Sierra Leone takes note of the identical letter dated 31 July 2024 from the Permanent Representative of the Is…

SLE S/PV.9692 July 23, 2024

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. The A3+ thanks the Special Envoy, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Acting Under-Secretary-General, Ms. Joyce Msuya, for…

SLE S/PV.9691 July 22, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of the United States, the United Kingdom and France. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Major General Michael Beary for the valuable information provided. At the outset, Sierra Leone notes with serious con…

SLE S/PV.9690 July 22, 2024

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council plus one (A3+), namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my own country, Sierra Leone. We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Director Ramesh Rajasingham for their valuable briefings and acknowledg…

SLE S/PV.9687 July 17, 2024

I thank the Russian Federation’s presidency of the Security Council for convening this high-level open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing, read out by the Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Courtenay Rattray. It has been 283 days since the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas an…

SLE S/PV.9686 July 16, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely debate on the agenda item “multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order”. Sierra Leone welcomes the debate, not only in view of the forthcoming eightieth anniversary of the United Nations, the mo…

SLE S/PV.9685 July 12, 2024

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely, Algeria, Mozambique and my country, Sierra Leone, as well as Guyana. I thank Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Unit…

SLE S/PV.9682 July 9, 2024

I thank Acting Under- Secretary-General Ms. Joyce Msuya for her briefing, and I take note of the sobering information provided by Mr. Volodymyr Zhovnir. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine and Poland and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union. Sierra Leone notes …

SLE S/PV.9681 July 8, 2024

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, plus Guyana (A3+). We thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic R…

SLE S/PV.9678 July 2, 2024

Sierra Leone congratulates and expresses its full support to the Russian Federation on its assumption of the presidency for the month of July. We also commend and congratulate the Republic of Korea for their successful presidency in June. I thank the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinato…

SLE S/PV.9676 June 28, 2024

I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her important briefing. We take note of the contribution of Mr. Jonah Leff. Sierra Leone will make three points regarding the agenda item under consideration. First, we wish to reiterate our unambiguous position that all transfers of weapons in confl…

SLE S/PV.9662 June 20, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. I also thank His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary- General, for his insightful brief. We also thank Mr. Stéphane Duguin and Ms. Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo for their insights. We welcome the participation of the high-level Mini…

SLE A/78/PV.82 May 23, 2024

Informed by our difficult experience of a decade of armed conflict, characterized by the perpetration of some of the serious crimes of international concern, and our transitional justice process, including the investigation, trial and conviction of those who bore the greatest responsibility for the …

SLE S/PV.9633 May 23, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very timely open debate on the significant topic of strengthening the role of African States in addressing global security and development challenges, even as we celebrate Africa Day in just two days, on 25 May. At the outset, let me congratulate Mozam…

SLE S/PV.9632 May 21, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and Mr. Hichem Khadhraoui for their i…

SLE S/PV.9631 May 20, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, requested by Algeria and Slovenia. We thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Director Edem Wosornu for their briefings, which emphasized the gravity of the situation in the Gaza Strip and the entire Occupied territory. The conflict in t…

SLE S/PV.9624 May 14, 2024

I thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his informative and sobering briefing and for presenting the twenty-seventh report of the Prosecutor on the situation in Libya, as mandated by resolution 1970 (2011). Sierra Leone commends the Prosecutor and his Office…