July 17th, 2024 This year’s commemoration of the Day of International Criminal Justice focused on victims of mass atrocities and their meaningful involvement in international criminal proceedings. At the event, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, H.E. Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, who also serves as Vice President of the Assembly of […]
Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, presided over the fifth meeting of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties (ICC-ASP) New York Working Group at the United Nations headquarters in New York. As Vice President of the ICC-ASP and Coordinator of the New York Working
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Excellency, USG Guy Ryder, Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be in this important company of champions for gender equality, and to deliver this keynote address. I bring you warm greetings from the Government of Sierra Leone, led by the indefatigable gender champion, the President His Excellency Brig. (Rtd.) Dr. Julius Maada Bio,
The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Her Excellency Dr. Fatima Maada Bio has arrived in New York for the 2024 Global First Ladies Academy. Hosted by the Global First Ladies Alliance and the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the Academy brings together the work of the Alliance to support First
In the corridors of global diplomacy, small nations often wield an outsized influence through strategic positioning and advocacy on critical issues. This year, Sierra Leone, a current member of the UN Security Council for the 2024-2025 term, has exemplified this role. The participation of Mr. Isaac Sheku Bayoh, Sierra Leone’s Lead Youth Peace and Security
BY H.E. Amara SM SowaDeputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, Sierra Leone wishes to thank the United States and Japan for their efforts in extending the reporting mandate of the Secretary-General on the Houthi attacks on merchants and commercial vessels in the Red Sea in line with paragraph 10 of resolution 2722. We are gravely concerned about
Building on the successful leadership of the African Group in negotiating the “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), Sierra Leone has been elected as a member of the Bureau of the Preparatory Commission.
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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.
