His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio yesterday Tuesday 12th September, 2023 departed for the United States of America (USA) to attend the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
This is the first time President Bio will be attending UNGA with a significantly greater level of responsibility now that Sierra Leone is a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Sierra Leone, voted for by 188 countries out of 193 UN Member States on 6th June, 2022, is returning to the Council in that capacity after 53 years, a demonstration of respect for the small West African nation.

Sierra Leone is now among other countries like Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea and Slovenia to join the premier body for the period 2024 to 2025 and starting in January 2024, serving for a two-year period.

President Bio is the Coordinator of the African Union Committee to Twn Heads of State and Government (C - 10) on the reform of the UNSC.
The President is aldo on record to have successfully moved for a UN resolution on sexual violence survivors in 2021, a historic feat that marked the first time in the history of the UNGA, to have sexual violence survivors on the agenda.