May 2024

BY H.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWACHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I./ DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President,    I thank you 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. Mohammed Khaled Khiari for his briefing. Sierra Leone thanks France, […]

STATEMENT BYAMBASSADOR AMARA SHEIKH MOHAMED SOWACHARGE D’AFFAIRES AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President,  I thank you for convening this important briefing. I thank UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for his sobering update on the global situation for refugees and displaced people.  Armed conflicts, socio-economic insecurity, and climate change disasters continue to impact on the lives

BYMR. ALAN E. GEORGE MINISTER COUNSELLOR/ POLITICAL COORDINATOR  Mr./Madam Chair  I thank you for convening this meeting and we thank the United Kingdom for continued attention to the situation in Myanmar.  We also thank UNICEF Director of Emergency Operations Lucia Elmi for the comprehensive update on the situation in Myanmar. Mr./Madam Chair Sierra Leone remains deeply

BYH.E. MR. AMARA SOWA/ CDA a.i.AMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President,  Thank you for convening this meeting.  I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and valuable insights on the protracted conflict in the Occupied Palestine Territory (OTP), and in

BYH.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWACHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I./ AMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Madam President, Thank you for convening this Debate. We also thank the briefers, Under Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs Felipe Paullier, UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous, and AU Youth Ambassador for Peace

BYMS. SONIA U. KARIM MINISTER COUNSELLOR Mr.  President,  Sierra Leone commends Switzerland for the leadership, successful negotiation and adoption of resolution 2730 of 2024 on the Protection of Humanitarian and United Nations and Associated Personnel and their premises and assets. We also commend the Security Council for demonstrating unity on this important issue, and Sierra Leone is pleased to

BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President, Informed by our difficult experience of a decade of armed conflict, characterized by 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 atrocity crimes

BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President, I thank you for convening this very timely open debate on the significant topic – “Strengthening the role of African states in addressing global security and development challenges” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security agenda”, even as we will celebrate Africa day, in