UN General Assembly
2024

25. We need to build bridges, and this requires the International Community's commitment to working with the regions to implement dialogue-based, region-led, and region-owned solutions. MR. PRESIDENT, 26. Our current tenure at the UN Security Council has reinforced the view that there is an urgent need for reform. Nearly 80 years after its creation, the Security Council has been stuck in time. 27. Its imbalanced composition is unjust and at odds with current realities, undermining its legitimacy and effectiveness. Unfortunately, Africa remains the unquestionable victim. Without structural change, the Security Council’s effective performance and legitimacy remain questionable. 28. In a historic and successful debate, which I presided over during Sierra Leone’s August Presidency of the Security Council on addressing the historical injustice and enhancing Africa’s effective representation in the Security Council, I spoke as a representative of a Continent that has long been under-represented in the decision-making processes that shape our world on matters of peace and security.