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
A Security Council Presidency Trio for Conflict Prevention Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Switzerland August, September, and October 2024 Recognizing the primary responsibility of the United Nations Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Switzerland emphasize also its critical role in supporting preventive action. We commit to proactive and comprehensive
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SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON LIBYA We, the Security Council signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the principles of Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), Ecuador, France, Guyana, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, take this opportunity to reaffirm our support to
Press Statement on behalf of the UN Security Council by H.E. Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, in his capacity as President of the Council for the month of August 2024, on the Alarming Situation of Humanitarian Workers Worldwide “The Members of the Security Council met this afternoon to address the alarming
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
Women and Peace and Security: “Sustaining WPS Commitments in the context of accelerated drawdown of peace operations We, the Security Council signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the principles of Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), Ecuador, France, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United