This document summarizes the achievements of John Leigh as Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the United States and High Commissioner to Canada from 1996 to 2002. It details his efforts to support Sierra Leone's democratically elected government during a coup and civil war. Some of his accomplishments include preventing the coup leaders from accessing Sierra Leone's bank accounts, lobbying foreign governments and the UN for assistance, obtaining humanitarian aid and refugee protection, and improving relations between Sierra Leone and other countries. The document outlines over 20 of John Leigh's achievements that helped address the war and its effects in Sierra Leone.