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STATEMENT BYMS. SONIA UMU KARIMMINISTER COUNSELLOR/ DEPUTY POLTICAL COORDINATOR Thank you, Mr. President. I also thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her comprehensive briefing. Sierra Leone welcomes the participation of His Excellency Mr. Marko Djurić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ms. […]

STATEMENT BYMS. SONIA KARIMMINISTER COUNSELLOR/DEPUTY POLITICAL COORDINATOR Mr. President, I thank you for convening this briefing, requested by Denmark and the United Kingdom, and supported by Slovenia, Greece, and Panama. I also thank Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his important briefing. We welcome the participation of the Representative

Sierra Leone convened a UN Security Council  Arria-formula meeting on “Small Arms Control and Weapons Management in UN Sanctions Regimes”.  The meeting was co-sponsored by Algeria, Guyana, and Somalia, the other member states who make up the A3 Plus at the Security Council. Briefers were Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

DELIVERED BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+ members, Algeria, Guyana, Somalia, and my own country, Sierra Leone. We thank Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa

STATEMENT BYH.E. MS. MICHAELA BARBARA EDDINIA SWALLOWAMBASSADOR & DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you. Mr. Chair. I note the information provided by the briefers. Three years have now passed since the onset of the conflict in Ukraine, three years marked by immense human suffering, destruction, and displacement. The facts and true account of this tragedy are that

STATEMENT BYH.E. DR. MICHEAL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you, Mr. President. I wish to extend our warm congratulations to France on assuming the Presidency of the Security Council for the month of April (2025). I assure you of our full support. I also take this opportunity to commend Denmark for its successful and

DELIVERED BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Madam President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the members of the A3+, namely – Algeria, Guyana, Somalia, and my own country, Sierra Leone. We thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the