Statements – Mission

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

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

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

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

Explanation of Vote – DRC Resolution Mr. President, Sierra Leone thanks France for its efforts leading to the adoption of resolution 2773. We have voted in favor of today’s resolution on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in line with our firm commitment to African-led solutions, regional peace efforts, and the

DELIVERED BY H.E. MR. ABUKAR DAHIR OSMAN, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE BRIEFING ON DRC Mr. President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3 Algeria, Sierra Leone and my own country Somalia.  We would like to thank SRSG Madam Bintou

STATEMENT BYH.E. MRS. FRANCESS PIAGIE ALGHALIDEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF SIERRA LEONE Mr. President, Your Excellency Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Sierra Leone commends the People’s Republic of China for convening this important high-level open debate on the crucial topic of “Practicing Multilateralism, Reforming and Improving

STATEMENT BYH.E. MR. SULAY MANAH-KPUKUMUMINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY Thank you, Madam Chair, At the outset, Sierra Leone congratulates you on your re-election as Chair of this Committee and be assured of my delegation’s support for a successful tenure. Let me also seize this opportunity to express Sierra Leone’s appreciation to Members of the Committee for endorsing our

H.E. MR. ALAN E. GEORGEMINISTER COUNSELLOR/POLITICAL COORDINATOR Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the briefers, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Ms. Natalia Gherman, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), for their invaluable insights on the evolving threats posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and its