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Kamara

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1999-10-22

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2019-08-02

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un-security-council

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1. “For a country that has suffered from what has been described as some of the starkest and most brutal human rights violations the world has seen in recent years, no one should underestimate the importance that the Government attaches to the security and safety of the people, especially innocent young children. Indeed, the Council has itself has emphasized that the plight of children is among the most pressing challenges facing Sierra Leone. Therefore, in our View, the draft resolution that the Security Council will be adopting provides for an additional and more durable security blanket for all Sierra Leoneans. Of course, we are aware of and appreciate the role that the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) has played in the peace process.”

   1999-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4054 (1999) · source

2. “The adoption of this draft resolution will bring some relief to our people, who were beginning to ask whether this body, which has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, had relegated their concerns to the bottom of the Council's agenda. By its action today the Council will erase that perception, and convincingly so. For this we are very grateful. On their behalf, and on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all members of the Council, and to non-members as well, for their individual and collective contributions and support. My delegation would like to speak briefly on three aspects of the draft resolution that the Council will be adopting this afternoon.”

   1999-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4054 (1999) · source

3. “Let me first of all congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Allow me also to pay tribute to you, to your predecessors and to other members of the Council for making it possible for us to arrive at this important stage of the Council's deliberations on the situation in Sierra Leone. The people of Sierra Leone are anxiously but patiently waiting for the decision that the Security Council will be making this afternoon to approve the establishment and deployment of a full-fledged United Nations peacekeeping operation in the country.”

   1999-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4054 (1999) · source