BYH.E. AMARA. S.M. SOWADEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President, Distinguished Board Members, ladies and gentlemen. Sierra Leone aligns itself with the remarks delivered by the Representative of Uganda on behalf of the G77 and China [if G77 make statement] At the outset, I wish to thank Ambassador Muhit and all other Bureau members for their support. […]
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
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
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
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
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
BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Chair, Excellencies, I thank you Chair and the members of the Liberia Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for inviting me to share experiences and lessons learnt on Sierra Leone’s peacebuilding journey. Let me also thank the Peacebuilding Support Office for their unwavering and commendable efforts. Sierra
BY H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Let me thank our esteemed briefers, Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism, and the Executive Director of Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate ASG Ms. Natalia Gherman, for their invaluable insights on the evolving threats posed by ISIL (Da’esh) and associated individuals and groups. We acknowledge the
BY H.E. MRS. FRANCESS PIAGIE ALGHALI DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION I thank Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women and Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations for their comprehensive and insightful briefings. I also thank Ms. Kholood Khair, Founding Director, Confluence Advisory
BY H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), Mr. Karim Khan, for his valuable and sobering briefing. I also thank the Prosecutor and his team for the 39th report of his Office to the Security Council. Sierra Leone commends the Prosecutor’s work and assures
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