Liberia: Liberia Backs Ukraine Truce At UN, Urges Lasting Humanitarian Deals

What the report says

Liberia used a U.N. Security Council briefing in New York to back Ukraine’s sovereignty and call for an immediate ceasefire followed by a durable peace, according to AllAfrica’s sourcing of The Liberian Investigator. Liberia’s envoy to the United Nations, Ambassador Lewis G. Brown II, said humanitarian cooperation achieved by Russia and Ukraine with U.S. assistance should be extended into a regular and repeatable process.

Brown said that kind of arrangement should support safe civilian evacuations, broader humanitarian access, further prisoner exchanges and the release of detained civilians. He also praised efforts linked to first lady Melania Trump and said the recent operation helped reunite children with families. The article said the arrangement followed a brief ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, which allowed aid delivery and the evacuation of residents.

Liberia’s statement placed emphasis on international law, civilian protection and access for aid workers. Brown urged respect for the Geneva Conventions, including access for the International Committee of the Red Cross to prisoners of war, and called for hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure to be protected.

The position is notable because Liberia is serving a 2026-2027 term on the Security Council and is scheduled to hold the rotating presidency in December, giving it a more visible role in debates on the war in Ukraine.