Statements – Mission

STATEMENT BYH.E. MR. AMARA S. SOWAAMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE / CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES a.i.  Thank you, Mr. President, Excellency Mr. David Lammy MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.  I thank, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her briefing. I welcome the participation of the Ministers in this meeting, […]

BY H.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWAAMBASSADOR & DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you, Mr. President. I thank Assistant Secretary General  for Human Rights Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Acting Under-Secretary General  for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Joyce Msuya and the Director, Office of Emergencies and Resilience, Food and Agriculture Organization, Mr Rein Paulsen, Food and Agriculture Organization; for their

STATEMENT BYH. E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUPERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President,  I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African Member States (the African Group). We commend you for convening today’s all-important general debate on this critical agenda item.  As I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to lead our work

Statement delivered byAmb. Amar BENDJAMA, Permanent Representative of Algeria On behalf of the A3+ members Thank You Mr. President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+ members, namely, Guyana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and my own country, Algeria. At the outset,we wish  to thank the United Kingdom for convening this important

STATEMENT BYMR. ALAN E. GEORGE POLITICAL COORDINATOR Thank you, Madam President.  Let me also thank, Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, for his briefing.  Sierra Leone is concerned about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) recent launch of an ICBM, the Hwasong-19, with a capability and range that

STATEMENT BYMR. ALAN GEORGEMINISTER COUNSELLOR  Madam President. I thank you for convening this debate and congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the Presidency this month of November. I assure you of Sierra Leone’s full support. I also congratulate the delegation of Switzerland for its successful presidency during the month of October. I welcome the participation

STATEMENT BYMR. ALAN E. GEORGEMINISTER COUNSELLOR  Thank you, Madame President. I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing.   We also note the information provided by Mr. George Szamuely, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute.  I welcome the participation of

STATEMENT BYH. E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU AMBASSADOR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY MEETING ON AGENDA ITEM 73: “REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE” Mr. President, The delegation of Sierra Leone aligns this statement with those delivered on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Core Group of States requesting an Advisory Opinion on Obligations of

BYH.E. MR. ALAN E. GEORGEMinister Councilor / Political Coordinator Thank you, Madam President. I thank Mr.  Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe Central Asia and the Americas for his briefing. Sierra Leone remains deeply concerned about the escalating conflict in Ukraine, which has persisted for over two and a half years. Recent intensification in fighting has