August 2024

BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Chair,  Excellencies, I thank you Chair and the members of the Liberia Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for inviting me to share experiences and lessons learnt on Sierra Leone’s peacebuilding journey. Let me also thank the Peacebuilding Support Office for their unwavering and commendable efforts. Sierra

BY H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Let me thank our esteemed briefers, Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism, and the Executive Director of Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate ASG Ms. Natalia Gherman, for their invaluable insights on the evolving threats posed by ISIL (Da’esh) and associated individuals and groups. We acknowledge the

BY  H.E. MRS. FRANCESS PIAGIE ALGHALI DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION I thank Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women and Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations for their comprehensive and insightful briefings. I also thank Ms. Kholood Khair, Founding Director, Confluence Advisory

BY  H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), Mr. Karim Khan, for his valuable and sobering briefing. I also thank the Prosecutor and his team for the 39th report of his Office to the Security Council.  Sierra Leone commends the Prosecutor’s work and assures