AS MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY , I WAS A MEMBER OF THE SIERRA LEONE UN DELEGATION THAT JOINED UN MEMBER STATES TO APPROVE RESOLUTION BANNING FGM IN 2012 SIERRA LEONE’S PARLIAMENT TOAY RELEASED A PUBLIC STATEMENT TO SAY THAT THE CHILD RIGHTS ACT 2025 DOES NOT PROTECT EVEN GIRLS UNDER 18 FROM FGM ——MEANING THAT FGM IS LEGAL FOR ALL AGES OF CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE . On that day, December 12, 2012 , the United Nations General Assembly unanimously pas…
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