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“As we continue to make steady progress in addressing the three risks areas of youth unemployment, corruption and illicit drug trafficking and organized crime identified in our Agenda for Change and endorsed by the Sierra Leone PBC configuration, we are equally committed to making progress in strengthening our health care, energy, education, agriculture and transport infrastructure. Those areas, when fully developed, will catalyse prospects for job creation, address key peacebuilding priorities and put Sierra Leone on the path to sustainability and resilience. Fostering partnership with the international community to achieve the highly interlinked and desirable goals of peace, security and development remains a primary concern of the Government and the people of Sierra Leone.”
2012-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6829 (2012) · source
“As we commend all of us and relevant stakeholders for the gains made, some of which are quite irreversible, it is crucial that together we continue to tackle the remaining challenges in order to further advance and consolidate comprehensively our peacebuilding priorities. Key among them is the increasing need to address the economic, social and governance challenges to match the growing expectations of Sierra Leoneans. As already stated by the Chair of the configuration, several of those challenges are long-term in nature and will require sustained effort over a substantial period of time, since much depends on the global economic situation and the overall subregional security climate.”
2012-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6829 (2012) · source
“Rishchynski's rundown on the preparations for the conduct of the elections on 17 November and the necessary support required of UNIPSIL and the agencies and programmes before and during the post- election transition, as well as his views on future support to Sierra Leone's political and economic priorities. We are quite in agreement with the facts set forth in his briefing. The end of the conflict in 2002 marked the collective resolve of the people of Sierra Leone to bring an end to 11 years of nightmare, and their preference for peace, security and development. Since then, with the support of the Security Council, the United Nations in general and international partners, remarkable progress has been made in charting a path for a peaceful, secure, democratic Sierra Leone and its future prosperity.”
2012-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6829 (2012) · source
“The report meticulously highlights the progress made and the remaining challenges in our efforts at peace consolidation and transition to a more development- oriented phase. We note with profound appreciation the instructive review provodied courtesy of Executive Representative of the Secretary-General Jens Toyberg- Frandzen, which critically focused on the upcoming elections and issues of interest and concern in the post- election phase in Sierra Leone. We also express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the members of the Sierra Leone configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) through its Chair, Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski of Canada, for the unremitting commitment and strong support they continue to demonstrate in the pursuit of peace and security in Sierra Leone. We note with particular interest Mr.”
2012-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6829 (2012) · source
“While congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September and thanking you for giving my delegation an opportunity to contribute to today's briefing on the situation in Sierra Leone, I should like, on behalf of His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma, the Government and the people of Sierra Leone, to convey our profound appreciation for the continued support and unfailing interest of the Security Council, the wider membership of the United Nations and our international partners in consolidating our hard-won peace and security. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his ninth report (S/2012/679) on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL), which covers the period 1 March to 31 August.”
2012-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6829 (2012) · source
“I believe that he reaffirmed that, in addition to our existing political will and commitment, there is an interest on the part of all right- thinking people and citizens of the country, State and non-State actors in general, to ensure a smooth and successful outcome to the 2012 elections and to help gravitate the country from a peacebuilding mode to a development and growth mode. At this juncture, I would solicit the Council's assistance and cooperation to that end, including that of all right-thinking people and international players.”
2011-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6611 (2011) · source
“I have only asked for the floor to express our sincere gratitude to the Security Council for unanimously adopting resolution 2005 (2011) this morning, on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone. It is indeed a reflection of the solidarity and commitment of the Council to ensuring that the gains so far made in our peacebuilding efforts are kept on track, and not derailed. A few days ago, my Foreign Minister addressed the Council (S/PV.6609).”
2011-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6611 (2011) · source
“I would also like to acknowledge and commend the Council's very speedy response and action, and we hope that this unanimity will continue. For our part, the political will is there, and we will continue to make sure that we do not disappoint expectations and that the trust and confidence shown in Sierra Leone are not misplaced. We will continue to do our part to make sure that we follow the dictates of international norms and pursue the right path. We thank Council members for their magnanimity, and will never forget it.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6392 (2010) · source
“Although of course there are still some bottlenecks to be resolved, we think that there will now at least be a free-trade flow of goods. Some other issues that were affecting the growth of the economy will now be resolved, and problems relating to insurance freight and some of the doubts that had been entertained about dealing with us because of the existence of the sanctions will now go away. The Council's decision to lift the remaining sanctions on Sierra Leone has created quite an important enabling environment for the Government to continue the implementation of the priorities it has laid out for itself based on the Agenda for Change. The 10-55432 multiplier effects of peace consolidation and economic development will of course undoubtedly continue.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6392 (2010) · source
“I have the privilege and honour to address the Security Council this morning to express our thanks and appreciation for the very effective and speedy way the Council has treated some of the issues affecting my country, Sierra Leone. We are grateful that the Council has deliberated on this matter and that its voice was unanimous in arriving at decisions affecting the sanctions issue and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone. These 10-55432 decisions mark a very important milestone in the ongoing recovery of my country from conflict. The lifting of the sanctions imposed on Sierra Leone serves as an important signal that we are indeed moving along the right path in our post-conflict recovery process.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6392 (2010) · source
“In conclusion, I deem it imperative to stress the need for the Council to intensify cooperation with regional and subregional actors in concrete ways in order to promote preventive diplomacy by way of measures to support and facilitate the coordination of international assistance in resource mobilization, in enhancing national capacities to monitor frontiers and territorial waters, in the positive use of mediation options and in putting in place robust security sector reform. At the national level, it also important to provide support for and collaborate with civil society and women's organizations to develop and implement programmes aimed at preventing conflicts and to help in fostering the requisite political will in doing so.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Regional and subregional organizations like the African Union, ECOWAS, the Southern Africa Development Community and even the Mano River Union have developed, within their respective architectures, viable mechanisms for the prevention of conflicts, yet are handicapped in their capacity to implement these mandates in terms of matching resources and capacity-building constraints. In addition to the perennial problems of the illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons and the lack of surveillance and patrol mechanisms for long and porous borders and territorial waters, the continent is also experiencing new and/or emerging threats involving narcotic drug trafficking and transnational organized crime, piracy and terrorist activities, such as the recent cowardly act of terrorism committed against the innocent citizens of Kampala.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It is safe to say that what the international community needs to do is to muster the necessary political will to fully implement these mechanisms by providing the much-needed resources and human capital for global peace and security. Until the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission, engagement with societies emerging from conflict had often been fraught with constraints ranging from weaknesses in disarmament and demobilization programmes, justice and security sector reform processes and resource mobilization to human and institutional capacity- building in order to create a more secure environment for peace to take root and for the promotion of economic growth and sustainable development.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Developments that have taken place on the African continent in the past decade with the adoption of the Constitutive Act establishing the African Union have significantly changed the conflict transformation landscape on the continent. Thus, there appears to be a fair quantum of normative mechanisms or measures to prevent conflict, ranging from Boutros Boutros-Ghali's 1992 Agenda for Peace (S/24lll) to the 1998 recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (S/1998/318), along with the numerous initiatives undertaken thereafter, including the recent establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Although we all seem to believe that the best way to end wars is not to start them, the fact, however, is that the international community has over decades been more inclined to engage in what one could describe as "firefighting diplomacy" than to use preventive diplomacy in maintaining international peace and security. Clearly, and in comparative terms, we all are aware of the colossal nature of the human and material costs involved in the former as opposed to the cost- saving investment of resources in preventive measures. Experience has shown that the use of preventive measures or early action in addressing looming crisis situations has often received little attention or at best come as an afterthought. The need for a paradigm shift cannot now be more overemphasized.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Preventing conflicts requires the application of varying normative mechanisms, different sets of tools and skills as well as the involvement of diverse stakeholders at the local, national, regional and international levels. And key among the players at the heart of the maintenance of international peace and security is, undoubtedly, the Security Council. Given, however, the complexity of the task and the dynamics involved, cooperation between the United Nations and the regional and subregional organizations is imperative if the Council is to carry out its mandate effectively and efficiently.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It is evident that many of the conflicts that have erupted in Africa in recent decades were deeply rooted in the failure of States to meet their obligations to their citizens, particularly in providing much-needed protection in order, inter alia, to safeguard human rights, in the improvement of the quality of life of citizens and in the taking of appropriate measures to avoid political and economic exclusion and marginalization. The key indispensable tools of preventive diplomacy include development, education and the wider recognition and promotion of human and political rights. At least the lessons we in Sierra Leone have learned and continue to learn from the results of our Truth and Reconciliation Commission have put us in a vantage position to appreciate this.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“These conflicts have erupted, festered and spread easily beyond national frontiers as a result of sheer complacency, leading to the failure to adopt timely preventive measures and early action. Preventing violent conflicts involves, for the most part, the institution at the international, regional and local levels of structural mechanisms imbued with effective capability to apply measures designed to monitor early warning indicators and predict potentially violent situations. That would be conducive to the timeous adoption of effective measures and initiatives in order to prevent impending conflicts as well as to address the root causes of previous conflict situations or disputes.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Asha-Rose Migiro, and the representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank and to thank them for their participation in this debate. This meeting is more than timely as we approach the stock-taking high-level event on the tenth year of the implementation of the Millennium Declaration. It cannot be gainsaid that the present predicament reflecting Africa's sluggish progress in meeting the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), is significantly related to the incessant spate of conflict that the continent has had to grapple with over the last half century.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“I believe this is an opportune moment to extend our sincere congratulations to His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Nigeria on his appointment and to warmly welcome him to New York. I also want to place on record our appreciation to the delegation of Nigeria for organizing this open debate on this all-important subject of "Optimizing the use of preventive diplomacy tools: Prospects and challenges in Africa". And we are grateful too for the concept note on the subject matter, circulated on 12 July (S/2010/371, annex), highlighting the need for more use of preventive diplomacy and the Council's role under Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations. Allow me also to welcome the Deputy Secretary- General, Ms.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“That is why we will always recognize the role of the United Nations, particularly the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in efforts to make women and gender issues central to the peacebuilding agenda of the United Nations. Let me conclude on the note that, as a nation emerging from a conflict situation, Sierra Leone has done much indeed to promote and protect the needs of our women and girls. With continued political will and commitment, we earnestly believe that we can still do more with the available resources given the right level of international support, assistance and collaboration.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The increasing number of street children, especially child hawkers, those orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable young people, has become a critical issue, particularly in the face of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. There is also a need to pay attention to the matter of training personnel to deal with issues such as human trafficking, juvenile justice and the sexual abuse of children. In the light of these constraints, I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to thank all our development partners for their continued support for our efforts at empowering our women and at transforming them from victims of sexual abuse, violence and exploitation into respected members of our global community. Only through sustained collaborative efforts can we succeed in promoting their rights and contain gender-based violence.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Achieving women's full and equal participation and representation at all levels of Government, in Parliament and in the judiciary, which already headed by a female chief justice and with no less than three female Supreme Court judges and a woman heading the Office of Administrator and Registrar General, is still a major objective of our Government. The capacity of our national machinery for the advancement of women is, however, restricted by a lack of much-needed human and financial resources. Health and education facilities remain inadequate, especially in rural areas. Cultural practices that favour boys over girls still exist, though on a minimal scale. We have yet to introduce human rights education, which has the potential to increase the quality of education and respect for all in the learning environment, into our school curriculum.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“That is why we see the move to develop policies and guidelines relating to children and HIV and AIDS, such as support for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, as well as pediatric care, as appropriate and timely. With barely a year until the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) in October 2010, we in Sierra Leone still believe that, in spite of the gains accrued thus far, there is still a need for more action if we are to fully implement resolution 1325 (2000) and other relevant resolutions. For our part, given our post-conflict situation, much has been done to promote and protect the rights of our women and girls. Nonetheless, we earnestly believe that we still need to do more if our women and girls are to fully enjoy their inalienable right to a life free of discrimination, abuse and exploitation.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I do not wish to repeat all that was said in the previous debate on the use of sexual violence in armed conflict. Rather, I would like to place on record the following additional measures taken to contain that phenomenon. First, with assistance from UNICEF and other development partners, we have worked to reunite war- affected children with their families and have been able to successfully reintegrate them into their communities. Secondly, we have set up a couple of technical and vocational training institutions in most areas in the country to keep them gainfully engaged. Thirdly, we have enacted a law against human trafficking to address the problem of human trafficking and abduction as a cross-cutting issue. The global fight against the HIV and AIDS pandemic remains a priority of the Government of Sierra Leone.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In addressing the need for those children whose educations were interrupted by the war, or who never had the opportunity to attend school, we have modified some of our education programmes to cater to children 10 to 15 years of age by introducing a programme providing complimentary rapid education for primary schools, in which the normal six-year primary education programme has been compressed to three years in order to give beneficiaries an opportunity to eventually join the formal education system. Several other measures taken to eliminate gender disparity and promote the education of the girl child have also yielded positive results. For instance, more parents are now proud to send their girls to school, even in regions of the country that were previously against the education of girls.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“At the same time, he made another commitment to defeat malaria, which is a major killer of children and women, and in particular of pregnant women. We have made significant strides in the area of education by adopting affirmative action to promote girl-child education - a measure taken to eliminate gender disparity in education. In order to translate that into reality, we have introduced free and compulsory primary education and created incentives to encourage the retention of girls in schools. That has led to a higher primary school enrolment of girls in recent years.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“First, the plan aims to introduce a fair health care financing mechanism that includes the protection of women and children through the abolition of fees charged for services. Secondly, it is intended to move us towards universal coverage, especially with regard to safe motherhood and child health. Thirdly, it will endeavour to improve collaboration with partners, including in strengthening the transparency and accountability of health spending and in enhancing accountability to citizens. In order to achieve those priorities, the President also pledged to increase health sector spending to the 15 per cent target of the Abuja Declaration. Under the Roll Back Malaria programme, the President of Sierra Leone joined other African leaders to launch an African leaders' malaria alliance.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“For instance, quite recently, at a high-level event on the sidelines of the general debate that was co-hosted by the British Prime Minister and the President of the World Bank on the theme "Investing in Our Common Future: Healthy Women, Healthy Children - More money for health and more health for the money", President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone made a commitment to launch a new health sector strategic plan to respond to challenges such as the high cost of drugs and inadequate facilities and health care delivery services, in particular for those residing in rural areas. The President views those challenges as detrimental to his agenda for change in the area of health; and thus the need for the new health policy sector strategic plan, which is intended to achieve the following.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The sensitization campaign on immunization, family planning, obstetric care and the training of traditional birth attendants, among other actions, is contributing to a reduction in maternal and infant mortality rates. Even in the face of the current global economic meltdown, the Government of Sierra Leone has not relented in adopting measures to mitigate the impact of the crisis on health care delivery services for our women and girls by adopting a gender-sensitive response to the issue. The Government of Sierra Leone has made commitments to support the right of women and girls to basic health care delivery services.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is also important to note the Government's support for the Mano River Women's Peace Network, an organization comprised of women from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone that has worked to complement nationally driven initiatives to consolidate peace, prevent future conflicts and restore the confidence needed to establish sustainable peace and security, not only in the Mano River Basin but also in Africa as a whole. A major priority of my Government has been a commitment to ensure that our women and girls enjoy the highest attainable standards of health in our bid to achieve the objective of healthy living. In that regard, we have continued to take initiatives that are consistent with Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by embarking upon extensive programmes to enhance maternal and infant health care.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We are also raising awareness for a 30 per cent quota for women's representation in the Cabinet. In 2001, we embarked upon setting up a task force for women in politics within the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs to work on reducing barriers to women's participation in politics, increase the registration of women voters and advocate for women's political empowerment. However, the task force, which would have been in a better position to lobby and advocate for an increase in the participation of women in public activities, could not be sustained owing to the lack of funds.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Producing a child-friendly version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report was meant to increase the involvement of children in the process. The 50/50 Group, a non-partisan organization that works to increase women's influence in public policy through sensitization has improved the public perception of women in politics. In its drive for gender equality, it has brought on board other partners to look into laws that are discriminatory against women. In 2002 and 2004 we organized a series of nation- wide training programmes for female aspirants to both parliamentary and local government elections. The training was meant to provide female aspirants with the relevant skills to overcome some of the barriers that have over the years inhibited them from taking an active part in politics.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“As I speak, we now have more female heads of chancery in our diplomatic missions than ever before. In the security sector, one of the steps we have taken to demonstrate our commitment to the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) was to establish an institution known as Women in Security Sector-Sierra Leone, which has a mandate to promote the issue of women, peace and security. As a further demonstration of our commitment to see women in management positions in the security sector, a female combatant officer was promoted to the rank of brigadier and appointed assistant chief of defence staff for personnel and training. Similarly, a senior female police officer is now the assistant inspector-general of police for professional standards.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In the years since the Lome Peace Agreement and the Beijing Conference, there has been considerable improvement in the status of women in Sierra Leone at the national, regional and international levels vis-a-vis their participation in public affairs. There has also been an increase in women's representation in decision-making positions. Women are now appointed to important ministerial positions in the areas of foreign affairs, gender and housing. They were already represented in 2000 in the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning. Women have headed important Government commissions, such as the National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights and, quite recently, the National Electoral Commission. They have also been appointed Chairpersons of strategic parastatal bodies and given ambassadorial positions.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Consistent with those commitments, and with a view to ensuring that our hard-earned peace and democracy are sustained, we have continued to adopt practical measures to respond to the needs of our women and girls, especially in areas such as decision- making and women's full participation in, and ownership of, peacebuilding and recovery processes, health, education, protection against abuse, exploitation and violence and combating HIV/AIDS. Driven by the conviction that, as principal victims of war, women and their children should be brought on board in peacemaking, peacebuilding and peace consolidation processes, as well as with regard to national recovery, some practical measures have been taken by our Government along those lines.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We further reiterate our support for the Secretary-General's call for the appointment of a Special Representative to enhance effective coordination. In addition to the international human rights instruments dedicated to the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of women and children that we have ratified, Sierra Leone, as a post-conflict country, has continued to demonstrate its strong commitment to promoting the agenda of women and girls by mainstreaming their concerns into our national development policies, programmes and plans - as evident in our setting up of a ministry devoted to the affairs of women and children, the adoption of a national policy on both gender mainstreaming and the advancement of women, the amendment of laws considered to be discriminatory against women, as well as the inclusion of this issue into our poverty reduction strategy paper.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We also highlighted the legislative and administrative measures adopted to address that scourge, as well as the challenges faced in their implementation. We made concrete proposals on how we could work in concert to prevent and respond to sexual violence, including with regard to the need to appoint a Special Representative of the Secretary-General on women, peace and security to lead our collective response to the use of sexual violence in armed conflict. That is why we wholeheartedly welcome the recent adoption, on 30 September, of resolution 1888 (2009) to complement resolution 1820 (2008), which was the first-ever resolution to recognize the threats posed by sexual violence to the maintenance of sustainable peace and security.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We are particularly encouraged by the collective resolve over the years to address the issue of gender equality and the advancement and empowerment of women, which is evident in the number of resolutions and presidential statements adopted by the Council alone, not to mention those adopted by the General Assembly. Almost two months ago, on 7 August, we met in the Chamber to assess the progress we have all made in implementing resolution 1820 (2008), which was adopted in June of last year and pertained to the use of sexual violence in armed conflict. During that debate, we provided a detailed account of our own experience with sexual exploitation and abuse, which was used as a tactic of war by the belligerent forces during our decade-long civil war.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I would also like to register my delegation's thoughts and sincere condolences to the peoples of the two Samoas, Indonesia and the Philippines after the recent disasters that have befallen their communities. As we meet today to evaluate the progress made so far in the implementation of this historic resolution, my delegation is delighted to note that much progress has been made in the implementation of the relevant resolutions adopted in that regard at the levels of our individual countries, the United Nations and other related institutions.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“As you know, Mr. President, Sierra Leone is in the labyrinth of a post-conflict situation. We are also on the Council's agenda. We therefore welcome the convening of another meeting on the issue of women and peace and security, which this time focuses on measures taken to respond to the needs of women and girls in post-conflict situations. I would like to thank you, Sir, for taking the initiative. I also congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. My thanks also go to the entire membership of the Council and to the Secretary- General for their continued engagement in promoting and protecting the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding and the fight against sexual violence in armed conflict.”
2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source
“On behalf of the Government and the people of Sierra Leone, including the opposition, members of civil society and all vulnerable groups, I would like in conclusion to reiterate our sincere gratitude to the Council, the United Nations, our bilateral partners and the wider international community for their continued engagement on Sierra Leone for a better and peaceful transformation and transition and to reassure the Council again of the Government's determination to maintain the momentum towards national recovery and peace consolidation by striving steadfastly to overcome the lingering socio-economic problems of the country and to secure its future development free from want and fear.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“We believe that security within the subregion is still a considerable challenge and too fragile, considering the current subregional dynamics, the Yenga issue and the narcotic drug trafficking and cross-border organized crime in the West Africa subregion in general and in the Mano River Basin and Gulf of Guinea in particular, to warrant any foreseeable safe exit of the much- needed international presence, assistance and support that UNIPSIL offers and provides before the 2012 elections in Sierra Leone.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“On the issue of benchmarks, we consider that there are already built-in benchmarks in the implementing and monitoring mechanism of the United Nations Joint Vision agreed with the Government and that there is no need for additional ones that, in any event, would require the further express support of the Government and all stakeholders, which may not be readily and timeously forthcoming. On an exit strategy and its time frame, much as Sierra Leone undoubtedly does not wish to remain indefinitely on the Council's peacebuilding agenda and to overstay its welcome, we are however mindful of the existing and emerging threats and challenges to peace, security and development confronting the subregion and of the need to continue monitoring progress through a UNIPSIL mandate within the framework of the ongoing strategies now being implemented.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“Zainab Hawa Bangura, and the Chair of the Sierra Leone country-specific configuration, Ambassador John McNee, on 10 June co-hosted a high-level event to mobilize support and marshal resources for the Government's Agenda for Change and the Joint Vision of the United Nations country team as a coordination mechanism for partner collaboration with the Government. In that respect, I wish to reiterate the need for support to the projected $350 million multi-donor trust fund for the implementation of the strategic frameworks announced at the June high-level event, due to be formally launched in London in November this year. We welcome any resolution of the Council that extends the mandate of UNIPSIL for a further one year, to be reviewed biannually.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“Although significant progress is being recorded in promoting, among other things, inter-party dialogue and in combating corruption, narcotic drug trafficking and cross-border organized crime, as well as in enhancing security across the country, at the same time the Government is not oblivious to the challenges in addressing governance, human rights issues and the youth unemployment situation and its attendant uncertainties and consequences, and in establishing and making basic relevant institutional mechanisms and structures operational. The economic and financial downturn is no doubt also negatively impacting the Government's ability to address some of the socio-economic challenges confronting our fragile peace consolidation process. In an effort to address those challenges, the Foreign Minister, The Honourable Mrs.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“The rapid and innovative approach that the UNIPSIL leadership adopted to address the 16 March skirmishes that were sparked off between followers of the two main political parties truly exemplifies the raison d'etre of the Office. In this regard, I am pleased to place on record my appreciation of the high level of maturity and commitment that the two main political parties have demonstrated, and continue so to do, in implementing the joint communique signed on 29 April to foster peaceful coexistence and responsible dialogue in governance.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“Michael von der Schulenburg, for his very helpful and insightful briefing today; and to the entire membership of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Fund for their tireless efforts in ensuring that the process remains on course. Three months ago, we met in this Chamber to consider the quarterly review of the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone. At today's meeting, we are undertaking another review, which should lead to an extension of UNIPSIL's mandate for the next 12 months. In retrospect and by way of an attempted assessment, the Government and the people of Sierra Leone are convinced that there has been some significant value added.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“Madam President, may I extend to you my delegation's heartiest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September. My delegation's sincere appreciation also goes to the Council for the consideration of the Secretary- General's comprehensive report on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL), contained in document S/2009/438, and we thank the Secretary-General for such a well- accomplished effort. Through you, Madam, allow me also to convey my gratitude to the members of the Sierra Leone country-specific configuration, and particularly its Chair, Ambassador John McNee, for his effective leadership and instructive statement to Council; to the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr.”
2009-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6187 (2009) · source
“to facilitate the provision of victim- and witness-protection services for the ongoing Justice Bankole Thompson Commission of Inquiry, established by His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma to investigate the allegations of rape and sexual violence that occurred during the political clashes in March this year. The Secretary-General states in his report that "when it comes to sexual violence, we cannot expect peace without justice, reparation without recognition, and sustainable development without the full empowerment of those who have suffered sexual violence or are at risk". (5/2009/362, para. 58) That could not be truer of the situation in Sierra Leone. Finally, the Security Council's leadership in controlling sexual violence has been invaluable and praiseworthy.”
2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source