PHOTO: Ambassador Sarah Fyneah
Liberia’s Ambassador-designate to the United Nations has assured that, if confirmed she will lobby to get Liberia on the UN Security Council.
Ambassador-designate Sarah S. Fyneah further said, she stands ready to increase the Country visibility at the UN through increase participation in UN Peacekeeping activities so as to generate income for the Country and individuals.
In her presentation Thursday, December 1, 2022 when the Ambassador-designate appeared before the Senate Statutory Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Maryland County Senator, James P. Biney, the nominee asserted that she will also work to increase representation in UN bodies by advocating employment for Liberians.
According to a release from the Liberian Senate, the UN Ambassador-designate promised to forge alliances and lobby for investment opportunities in support of Weah’s Government’s Pro-poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development. “If I am fortunate to be confirmed, I stand ready to consult, advice and lobby in support of a successful mission,” Madam Fyneah noted.
She at the same time pointed to the role of the United Nations to collectively build a better World by addressing and responding to shared values that promotes human rights, food security, advance peace and security; mitigate climate crisis among many others, adding “Notwithstanding, it cannot be done along, hence forging strong partnership with regional and sub-regional organizations is key to addressing and responding to these interconnected global challenges”.
“Like my predecessors, I come to this very important job to defend Liberia’s value and articulate its interest; advice on issues of concern; work closely with other member states in demonstration of Liberia’s beliefs in the values and principle of which the United Nations was established” the nominee added. Madam Sarah S. Fyneah was recently nominated by President George M. Weah as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary-designated, Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations and all its organs with non-resident concurrent accreditation to Brazil and Cuba.
The nominee has served as Assistant Minister/ Special Assistant to three Ministers of Foreign Affairs, followed by foreign service assignments to Freetown, Sierra Leone, Doha, Qatar, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and most recently in Washington DC, USA, where she served as Charge’d’ Affaires, and spearheaded the planning and preparatory activities for the participation of President Weah as head of delegation to the upcoming U. S. Africa Leaders’ Submit scheduled to take place from December 13, to 15, 2022.
The nominee also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at Liberia’s Embassy in Washington DC, United States of America. Prior to that, the nominee headed the mission in Ethiopia as Charge’d’ Affaires, with non-resident accreditation to Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.With respect to her academic achievements, the nominee earned a BA in Mass Communication from the University of Liberia, a Post Graduate Diplomas and Certificates in Diplomacy and International Relations and a recent Master of Arts in Development Studies.
Following Thursday’s hearing, the Chairman of the Senate Statutory Committee on Foreign Affairs, informed the nominee that the Committee will report its findings and recommendations to the Plenary of the Senate for subsequent action, and that the nominee will hear from the nominating authority as regard the decision of the Senate.