The members of the Security Council recalled the Houthi attack and seizure of the MV Galaxy Leader on November 19, 2023, and demanded the immediate release of the vessel and its 25 crew members, who have now been unlawfully detained for almost one year. They also condemned in the strongest terms continued Houthi attacks against […]
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STATEMENT BYH.E. MR. AMARA S. SOWAAMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE / CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES a.i. Thank you, Mr. President, Excellency Mr. David Lammy MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. I thank, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her briefing. I welcome the participation of the Ministers in this meeting,
Against the backdrop of ongoing hostilities along the Blue Line, the members of the Security Council condemned the several incidents that impacted United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) positions and injured UNIFIL peacekeepers in the past weeks, including the ones on 29 October, 7 November and 8 November 2024. They urged all parties to
BY H.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWAAMBASSADOR & DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you, Mr. President. I thank Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Acting Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Joyce Msuya and the Director, Office of Emergencies and Resilience, Food and Agriculture Organization, Mr Rein Paulsen, Food and Agriculture Organization; for their
STATEMENT BYH. E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUPERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African Member States (the African Group). We commend you for convening today’s all-important general debate on this critical agenda item. As I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to lead our work
Statement delivered byAmb. Amar BENDJAMA, Permanent Representative of Algeria On behalf of the A3+ members Thank You Mr. President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+ members, namely, Guyana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and my own country, Algeria. At the outset,we wish to thank the United Kingdom for convening this important
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H.E. Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, reaffirmed Sierra Leone’s commitment to an Appellate Mechanism within a two-tier permanent standing framework for Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) during the 8th Intersessional Meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III, held on October 24-25, 2024, in Chengdu, China. The intersessional
BYH.E. AMBASSADOR PEDRO COMISSÁRIO,REPRESENTATIVE OF MOZAMBIQUE TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL Madam President, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+, namely, Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, and my own country, Mozambique. We express our deepest appreciation to the Assistant-Secretary-General for Africa, Ms. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, for the insightful briefing on
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STATEMENT BYMR. ALAN E. GEORGE POLITICAL COORDINATOR Thank you, Madam President. Let me also thank, Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, for his briefing. Sierra Leone is concerned about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) recent launch of an ICBM, the Hwasong-19, with a capability and range that
Good afternoon. Thank you for being here. The United States and [insert countries] condemn in the strongest possible terms the DPRK’s October 30 intercontinental ballistic missile launch. This launch—in addition to the more than 100 ballistic missile launches since 2022—is a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions, jeopardizes international peace and security, and
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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.