Topic: 2025 – Situation in Ukraine
Country: Sierra Leone
Delegate Name: Daniel Hernanz Tello
The situation in Ukraine is one that involves global geopolitics, claims to heritage and tensions between the major powers, making it an extremely complex and difficult issue to solve. Most trace this issue’s start with the fall of the Soviet Union, or more specifically, with Ukraine’s independence from it. When Ukraine became an independent country, it not only split up people whose heritage can be traced back to both Russia and Ukraine, but it gave a chance for the USSR’s enemies, NATO, to get closer to Russia. The critical moment was when Russia requested to join and was not allowed to, which is when something that could have been a new pseudoalliance between two conflicting world powers increased the tensions between them. Afterwards, Ukraine became a fighting ground for the west and the east, with both trying to influence the region and control it, leading to political instability and military conflict. In more recent history, Ukraine tried to join NATO and the EU, after which Russia invaded the region, leading to the disastrous war that seems to be endless. Now a humanitarian crisis continues to plague the region as Russia pushes further and further.
Sierra Leone has continuously condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and fully supported its sovereignty. Sierra Leone has always empathized deeply with the Ukrainian people in their struggle towards sovereignty and safety, and has been a close partner of Ukraine, with many of their international students attending schools in Ukraine prior to the conflict. The delegation supported the UNSC resolution 2774 in February 2025, calling for a lasting peace between the two nations. It has also stated that the war’s effects go beyond the region, and disproportionately affect developing nations, like Sierra Leone, as food and energy security are threatened by this conflict. Although the delegation is in full support of the Ukrainian cause, it also looks for a more bilateral solution as its relations with Russia have been improving in recent years.
This is why the delegation of Sierra Leone urges all countries to continue to encourage peace talks between the two countries, and to prioritize a solution over political bargaining between world powers. It is clear to Sierra Leone that if this conflict ensues, more nations will suffer as the price of energy and food increases, political instability continues, and as the people of Ukraine continue to pay the price. Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has recommended African mediation to maintain neutrality and mainly “for the sake of humanity.” The delegation of Sierra Leone will push for more neutral and faster means of mediation. Sierra Leone urges all countries in the UNSC to prioritize Ukrainians, remember that this conflict will hurt them in the long run if it does not stop, and to move for more creative ideas that might bring the conflict to a close, as not much has been working.
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