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STATEMENT BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President,  I thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his important briefing on a tragically escalating situation.  Following the indiscriminate explosions of communication devices in Lebanon a few days ago, reportedly killing 37 people and injuring at least 2,931 people, the UN Secretary-General and most Council members expressed deep concerns […]

BY ALHAJI MUSA TIMOTHY KABBAMINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE Mr. President,  I wish to thank Slovenia for convening this timely High-Level Open Debate. Let me also thank Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and

BY H.E MR. MUSA TIMOTHY KABBAMINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONOF SIERRA LEONE Mr. President,  I thank you for convening this meeting to discuss the security situation in Ukraine at the request of six council members.   I thank the Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres for his comprehensive and sobering briefing.  As the war in Ukraine enters

A3 PLUS JOINT STATEMENTDELIVERED BY H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU – AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Thank you, Mr. President.  I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3 Plus members, namely Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my own country Sierra Leone. We thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ms. Joyce

BYMS. SONIA KARIMDEPUTY POLITICAL COORDINATOR /MINISTER COUNSELLOR Mr. President,  I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing.  Sierra Leone takes note of the call by the Russian Federation to discuss the increasing weapon transfers by the Western countries to Ukraine, which in their view aggravates the crisis in