The Chief Minister of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, is currently participating in a five-day expert meeting at the UNHQ in New York. The 23rd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA), commenced on April 15, 2024, in Conference Room 1 and will conclude on April 19, 2024. […]
The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia. They stressed the importance of ensuring the comprehensive implementation of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement and expressed appreciation to the Government of Colombia for hosting a visit of the Council in February 2024. The Council welcomed the
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I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3 Plus members, namely: Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique, and my own country Sierra Leone. We thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings. We also that Ms. Wameedh Shakir, Founder and
Madam President, I thank you for convening this meeting, and let me also thank Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency for his important briefing. I also acknowledge the presence of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in this meeting. In Sierra Leone’s statement in this Council on this agenda item, on 22nd January
We, the Security Council members that have joined the Joint Pledges on Climate, Peace and Security; France, Guyana, Japan, Mozambique, The Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and my own country Malta, have come together to express deep concern at the climate security challenges facing Yemen
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The members of the Security Council expressed their concern about the possible escalation of tensions between Venezuela and Guyana. They urged the parties to exercise maximum restraint, reminding them of their obligations to comply with the Order of Provisional Measures issued by the International Court of Justice on 1 December 2023. The Council also underlined
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Madam President, I thank you for convening this meeting. I also thank the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. António Guterres, for his important briefing on the latest gravely concerning development in the Middle East. Sierra Leone refers to an identical letter of 13 April 2024 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the President of
In a solemn ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN, represented by Ambassador and Permanent Representative, H.E. Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, join the Mission of Rwanda, member States of the UN, the UN Secretariat, survivors, and Rwandese community to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
Madam President, I thank you for convening this briefing. Let me also thank Mr. Ivor Fung, Chief, Conventional Arms Branch, Office for Disarmament Affairs for his briefing. We also note the contribution of Ms. Karen Kwiatkowski. As the Security Council is once more convened to deliberate on matters relating to the conflict in Ukraine, with
The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations is entrusted with the primary responsibility to advance, promote, and protect the best interest of Sierra Leone in the work of the organization and its specialized agencies primarily located in New York, and with member States of the United Nations.