[1] Both countries were member states of the Non-Aligned Movement and cooperated in the United Nations in bridging the Cold War divisions.

Just a couple of months after the independence of Sierra Leone Yugoslavia became one of 17 original members of the Special Committee on Decolonization where its representative Miša Pavićević urged the General Assembly to push United Kingdom to give independence to its remaining colonies.

[3] Sub-Committee on Southern Rhodesia held its meetings in London between May 30 and June 5 and submitted its Report to the C-24 on June 22 in which it criticized British unwillingness to cooperate with the United Nations and to take an active role in resolution of the Southern Rhodesia situation.

[4] British unwillingness was caused by London's position that Southern Rhodesia is a self-governing entity.

Those conflicts subsequently influenced writings of Scottish and Sierra Leonean writer Aminatta Forna whose novels were translated into Serbo-Croatian in Bosnia and Croatia.