I too thank Assistant Secretary- General ad interim Toyberg-Frandzen for his briefing.
Nigeria remains convinced that a negotiated settlement represents the most viable path to lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. That is why we are concerned by the lack of progress in the peace process. The…
I thank Deputy Secretary- General Eliasson and Ambassador Patriota for their briefings. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report on progress in United Nations peacebuilding efforts in the aftermath of conflict (S/2014/694). The report indicates that, while progress has been made in United N…
Nigeria believes in the critical role of the Security Council in seeking a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on Security Council resolutions, the Madrid principles of land for peace, the road map for peace in the Middle East, and the Arab Peace Initiative. We are
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My delegation would like to thank Assistant Secretaries-General Zerihoun and Šimonović for their briefings.
Nigeria regards human rights as essential to ensuring that all human beings live in dignity. We also believe that all States have an obligation to promote and protect the rights of their citi…
I thank the delegation of Chad for organizing this wrap-up session, which provides us with an opportunity to assess the work of the Security Council in the month of December.
The open debate on peace operations (S/PV.7343) presented the Council with an opportunity to examine the evolution of the st…
I thank you, Mr. President, for inviting me to open this debate on a topic of great importance to my country and my subregion. I also thank your delegation for the excellent concept note (see S/2014/869, annex) provided to guide our discussions. We have listened attentively to our briefer, Under-Sec…
I thank you, Sir, for having convened this important debate. I would like to welcome the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, and thank him for his inaugural briefing. I also thank the Executive Dir…
I too would like to thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Ambassador Gary Quinlan, for his presentation of the report of the Committee. Nigeria commends the Committee for its continued assistance to States and international organizations in their implementa…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to warmly welcome you to New York, Mr. President. It is a pleasure to see you again only a few days after our meeting in Nigeria. I would also like to welcome His Excellency the former President Pierre Buyoya and thank him for his comments on behalf of the Ch…
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing and for her twentieth report to the Security Council. We recall that in the Prosecutor’s briefing of June (see S/PV.7199), the Secretary-General had been asked to investigate the alleged manipulation of reporting by the African Union-United Nations Hybrid…
I wish to thank Special Envoy Sellassie for her briefing.
The Sahel region continues to face many complex and interconnected challenges in its political, humanitarian and security landscape. Concerning security, which is one of the three pillars of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sah…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate on the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). I join those who have taken the floor before me to thank our distinguished briefers for their succinct briefi…
I thank Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Kosovo, for their statements. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zarif for his briefing.
Nigeria takes positive note of the continued progress in technical talks…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this wrap-up session, which provides us with an opportunity to assess the work of the Council in the month of November.
The first briefing by heads of police components of three United Nations peacekeeping missions was a notable development in the month (s…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important briefing to examine how the United Nations system can work concertedly to give greater effect to the sanctions decisions made by the Security Council. My delegation appreciates the excellent concept note you have provided to guide our discussi…
I wish to thank Ambassador Oh Joon, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for his briefing today.
Nigeria knows that not all countries have the capacity to meet their obligations under resolution 1540 (2004). International cooperation will therefore be vital to fill…
Allow us first of all to convey our high regard and appreciation to Her Excellency Ms. Julie Bishop, your Foreign Minister, for her direct and useful engagement through the Council over the past three days; it is unprecedented for a Foreign Minister to show such interest and presence. We wish her a …
First, let me convey to you, Madam President, the warm regards and greetings of my Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, with whom I was in Abuja just two days ago. He wanted to be here in person, but because of pressing matters and engagements of State, he could not come, so he exten…
My delegation warmly welcomes the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella, to New York for this important event, namely, the presentation of the report of the Human Rights Council (A/69/53). We commend and thank Ambassador Ndong Ella for his leadership of the Council,…
Mr. President, we recall that on your election on 11 June 2014 you remarked that the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform had not made the desired progress and you assured us that you would work with Member States to make further progress on this important issue (see A/68/PV.93)…
