Statements – Mission

STATEMENT  BY MR. ALAN E. GEORGE, Minister Counsellor and Political Coordinator  Mr. Chair, Sierra Leone expresses its appreciation to you and the co-organizers for convening this meeting. I wish to also thank Prof. Halperin-Kaddari, Ayelet Samerano and Gili Roman for their briefings today.  [I also thank Dr. Shoshan Haran for her compelling contribution in this meeting]. Notwithstanding […]

BYMR ALAN E. GEORGE MINISTER COUNSELLOR /POLITICAL COORDINATOR Mr. President, I thank you for convening this debate. We thank Mr. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive briefing.  We welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Denis Bećirović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Representative of Serbia and

BYMR. ALAN E. GEORGE MINISTER COUNSELLOR/POLITICAL COORDINATOR Mr. President,  I thank you for convening this briefing. I also thank Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Caitlin Howarth, Director, Conflict Observatory team, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab for their briefings.  I welcome the presence and participation of the Representative

BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President, I thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his informative and sobering briefing and for presenting the ICC Prosecutor’s 27th report on the situation in Libya, as mandated by Security Council resolution 1970 (2011). Sierra Leone commends the Prosecutor and

BY H.E. AMARA SOWACHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I.AMBASSADOR & DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President,  Thank you for convening this important discussion under agenda “item 63 the Use of the Veto” as requested in resolution 76/262 of 2022 following the exercise of the Veto by a Permanent Member in the Security Council.  We believe that this debate provides Member

BYMR. ALAN GEORGEMINISTER COUNSELLOR/POLITICAL COORDINATOR Madam President, I thank you for convening this briefing. I thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations ; Ms. Željka Cvijanović and Mr. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for their insightful briefings.  Sierra