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Ambassador Sowa At The Plenary Meeting Of The General Assembly Under Agenda Item 121 “Question Of Equitable Representation On And Increase In The Membership Of The Security Council And Other Matters Related To The Security Council

Ambassador Sowa At The Plenary Meeting Of The General AssemblyUnder Agenda Item 121 “Question Of Equitable Representation OnAnd Increase In The Membership Of The Security Council And OtherMatters Related To The Security Council

By:H.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWA AMBASSADOR/DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, I am honoured to speak, on behalf of the African Union Member States. I thank you, Mr. President for convening this Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly dedicated to adopting the draft oral decision under agenda item 121 […]

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75 years of Geneva Convention: A Renewed Commitment to Upholding International Humanitarian Law

75 years of Geneva Convention: A Renewed Commitment to Upholding International Humanitarian Law

Welcome Statement by His Excellency Alhaji Timothy Musa Kabba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone at the Panel Discussion Organized by Switzerland and Sierra Leone on the Occasion of Security Council Members Visit to Geneva Excellency, Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Esteemed Colleague Head of the Federal Department of Foreign

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Sierra Leone Statement at the UN Security Council Monthly Briefing on the Middle East - Palestine Question with H.E. DR. MICHEAL IMRAN KANU

Sierra Leone Statement at the UN Security Council Monthly Briefing on the Middle East – Palestine Question

BYH.E. DR. MICHEAL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and I also thank Dr. Louisa Baxter, Operations Lead, Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit, Gaza, for the valuable and deeply concerning information provided.  The conflict in the Gaza Strip has gone on

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Ms. Hawa Samai, Executive Secretary of the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion (Sierra Leone) Briefs the UN Security Council

Ms. Hawa Samai, Executive Secretary of the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion (Sierra Leone) Briefs the UN Security Council

BYMS. HAWA SAMAIEXECUTIVE SECRETARY INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR PEACE AND NATIONAL COHESION SIERRA LEONE Mr. President,  Distinguished United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members, Esteemed Colleagues, Ladies, and Gentlemen.  I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and commend the leadership of the current President of the UNSC for August 2024, whose dedication and efforts have been

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Sierra Leone Statement at the uN Security Council Presidency Trio Joint Action for the New Agenda for Peace - 21st August 2024

Sierra Leone Statement at the UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace

BYH.E. ALHAJI MUSA TIMOTHY KABBAMINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Excellencies,  Let me start by thanking the briefers Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ms. Hawa Samai, Executive Secretary, Independent Commission for

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Security Council Presidency Trio Joint Action for the New Agenda for Peace

Security Council Presidency Trio Joint Action for the New Agenda for Peace

A Security Council Presidency Trio for Conflict Prevention  Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Switzerland August, September, and October 2024  Recognizing the primary responsibility of the United Nations Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Switzerland emphasize also its critical role in supporting preventive action.  We commit to proactive and comprehensive

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UN Security Council Presidential Press Statement on the alarming situation of humanitarian personnel

Press Statement on behalf of the UN Security Council by H.E. Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone,  in his capacity as President of the Council for the month of August 2024, on the  Alarming Situation of Humanitarian Workers Worldwide ​“The Members of the Security Council met this afternoon to address the alarming

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Joint Press Stake-in Statement by the Security Council signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the Principles of Women, Peace and Security Women and Peace and Security: “Sustaining WPS Commitments in the context of accelerated drawdown of peace operations

Joint Press Stake-in Statement by the Security Council signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the Principles of Women, Peace and Security

Women and Peace and Security: “Sustaining WPS Commitments in the context of accelerated drawdown of peace operations  We, the Security Council signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the principles of Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), Ecuador, France, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United

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Ms. Sonia Umu Karim, Deputy Political Coordinator, At The High-Level Forum On The Culture Of Peace “Cultivating And Nurturing The Culture Of Peace For Present And Future Generations”, UNHQ Trusteeship Council Chamber.

Ms. Sonia Umu Karim, Deputy Political Coordinator, At The High-Level Forum On The Culture Of Peace “Cultivating And Nurturing The Culture Of Peace For Present And Future Generations”, UNHQ Trusteeship Council Chamber.

STATEMENTBY MS. SONIA U. KARIMMINISTER COUNSELLOR Mr. President,  Sierra Leone expresses it gratitude to you for convening the High-Level Forum to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of the Programme of Action on the Culture of Peace.  Sierra Leone recognizes and affirms its support for the UN framework on the culture of peace

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Sierra Leone Presidency at the UN Security Council

Press Stakeout

Statement by Japan and SwitzerlandICC Co-Focal Points in the UNSCStakeout to the PressThe situation in Darfur (ICC referral pursuant to resolution 1593) New York, 5 August 2024 We make this statement on behalf of the following members of the Security Council, as well as incoming members, that are State Parties to the Rome Statute of

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