Statements – Mission

BY H.E. AMARA. S.M. SOWADEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President, Distinguished Board Members, Observers, good morning. Sierra Leone aligns itself with the remarks delivered by the Representative of Uganda on behalf of the G77 and China [if G77 makes statement] I take this opportunity to thank Mr. Gilles Fagninou and all other Bureau members for endorsing the UNICEF Sierra Leone Country Programme(2025-2030). In August, the Situation Analysis of Children […]

BY H.E. DR. MICHEAL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  Mr. President,  Thank you for convening this meeting at the request of the delegations of France, the United Kingdom and the United States and separately from the delegation of Algeria to discuss various issues related to the conflict in Gaza.  I thank the briefers, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo,

EXPLANATION OF VOTE AFTER THE VOTE Sierra Leone reaffirms its commitment to promoting international peace and security and averting a full-scale war in Lebanon and a possible regional conflagration. In line with this end state, on 19th August 2024, Sierra Leone welcomed the request from the government of Lebanon and the recommendation of the United

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