The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack on a Jaffar Express Passenger Train travelling from Quetta to Peshawar near the city of Sibi, Balochistan province, Pakistan, on 11 March 2025 and the taking of passengers as hostages. This reprehensible act of terrorism resulted in the […]
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STATEMENT BYH.E. DR. ISATA MAHOIMINISTER OF GENDER AND CHILDREN’S AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE Mr Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Sierra Leone is honored to participate in this 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the landmark Beijing +30 review. We align ourselves with the statements delivered on behalf of
New York, 9 March 2025 – The Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs of Sierra Leone, Dr. Isata Mahoi, has arrived in New York as the head of delegation to participate in the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10
STATEMENT BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE ON AGENDA ITEM 63 “USE OF THE VETO”(Special report of the Security Council (A/79/804) Mr. President, Thank you for convening this meeting as mandated by resolution 76/262 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2022; and following the exercise of the veto by a Permanent
BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Madam President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+ members: Algeria, Guyana, Somalia, and my own country, Sierra Leone. We thank the briefers, Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Yemen; Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for
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We, the Security Council members that have joined the Joint Pledges on Climate, Peace and Security—France, Greece, Guyana, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and my own country, Denmark—have come together to highlight the multiple pathways through which the effects of climate change interact with fragility, instability and conflict in
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STATEMENT:MS. SONIA KARIMMINISTER COUNSELLOR & DEPUTY POLITICAL COORDINATOR Thank you, Mr. President, I thank Under Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Police Adviser Mr. Faisal Shahkar, Police Commissioner Mr. Christophe Bizimungu, and Senior Police Adviser Ms. Mingzhu Xu for their informative briefings. UN Police operations remain integral to the achievement of global peace and security, as we promote peace
The Annual Retreat of the African Member States Plus in the United Nations Security Council(A3 Plus) (Sierra Leone 🇸🇱, Algeria 🇩🇿, Somalia 🇸🇴 and Guyana 🇬🇾) commenced yesterday, February 25th, in Georgetown, Guyana- this year’s host. Permanent Representatives and Political Coordinators of the A3 Plus and African Union representatives are in attendance. The theme for
STATEMENT BYMR. ALAN GEORGEMINISTER COUNSELLOR & POLITICAL COORDINATOR Thank you, Mr. President. I express my gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for her comprehensive briefing. Sierra Leone welcomes the participation of the Representative of Ukraine in this important meeting. At this critical juncture in the devastating conflict, Sierra Leone reiterates its urgent call for good
Sierra Leone participated in a two-day meeting organized by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in New York. The colloquium focused on reflecting on globally befitting norms required to regulate the emerging frontier of digital finance, particularly the use of new types of assets for secured financing. The two-day intense meeting converging
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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.