May 2024

BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President,  I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. I thank USG Alice Nderitu, USG Joyce Msuya, ICRC President Mir-jana Egger, and Mr. Hichem Kadhaoui for their invaluable insights and recommendations. Sierra Leone firmly reiterates our full and unwavering commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict as a

BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Distinguished Co-Chairs, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates,  I have the honour to present the African Union Member States’ views in response to the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) revised draft input to the Summit of the Future’s “Pact for the Future.”   I would like to thank the Distinguished Co-Chairs for their

BYMR. SHAEKOU ALLIEU MINISTER COUNSELLOR Chair, We thank the Mission of Switzerland for convening us today on this important topic. We also thank Ms. Henrietta Fore, Dr. Sascha Langenbach, and Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian for sharing their insights and recommendations.  At the closing session of the establishment of the United Nations in San Francisco, President Harry Truman’s statement that, “The

STATEMENT  BY MR. ALAN E. GEORGE, Minister Counsellor and Political Coordinator  Mr. Chair, Sierra Leone expresses its appreciation to you and the co-organizers for convening this meeting. I wish to also thank Prof. Halperin-Kaddari, Ayelet Samerano and Gili Roman for their briefings today.  [I also thank Dr. Shoshan Haran for her compelling contribution in this meeting]. Notwithstanding

BYMR ALAN E. GEORGE MINISTER COUNSELLOR /POLITICAL COORDINATOR Mr. President, I thank you for convening this debate. We thank Mr. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive briefing.  We welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Denis Bećirović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Representative of Serbia and

BYMR. ALAN E. GEORGE MINISTER COUNSELLOR/POLITICAL COORDINATOR Mr. President,  I thank you for convening this briefing. I also thank Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Caitlin Howarth, Director, Conflict Observatory team, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab for their briefings.  I welcome the presence and participation of the Representative