NEW YORK – Liberia has reaffirmed its support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, calling for an immediate ceasefire that can lead to a comprehensive and lasting peace in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
By: Gegee Brima – alhajigegeebrima@gmail.com
Speaking on Monday, November 9, 2026, at a United Nations Security Council briefing on the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine, Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Lewis G. Brown II, condemned attacks on civilians and civilian objects and urged all parties to respect international humanitarian law.
Ambassador Brown called for the protection of hospitals, schools and infrastructure essential to civilian survival.
He also said the International Committee of the Red Cross should have full access to prisoners of war, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, and stressed that humanitarian personnel must be able to work safely and reach those in need rapidly and without obstruction.
Liberia welcomed the facilitation by First Lady Melania Trump and cooperation between Russian and Ukrainian representatives that enabled a humanitarian operation.
Ambassador Brown also acknowledged her efforts to help reunite children with their families.
“The task now is to make such cooperation sustained and repeatable,” he said. “Further arrangements should enable safe and voluntary evacuations, assistance for civilians who remain, expanded humanitarian access on both sides of the front line, and additional exchanges of prisoners of war and releases of unlawfully detained civilians.”
Ambassador Brown encouraged the parties, as well as those facilitating their contacts, to use available channels to pursue humanitarian agreements and sustained negotiations aimed at ending the war.
He concluded by underscoring that the people of Ukraine, as well as civilians in the Russian Federation affected by the war, deserve a future beyond repeated loss and uncertainty.
