The Nigerian delegation co-sponsored decision 75/555, submitted by the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, in support of the postponement of the organizational session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communic…
Nigeria commends the determination of the President of the General Assembly to move the intergovernmental negotiations process on Security Council reform forward during the seventy- fifth session. We thank him for convening today’s important meeting and affirm that, as always, we are ready to engage…
I would like to extend the warm regards of my delegation to the President of the
General Assembly and to commend him on his able leadership of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session during this difficult period of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The delegation of Nigeria ha…
My delegation appreciates the reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/321 and A/75/323) submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC). We are also grateful to Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, P…
At the outset, Nigeria wishes to align itself with the statement delivered by the President of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
I now have the honour and privilege to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nige…
My delegation aligns itself with statements delivered by the Permanent Representative of Togo, on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/74/PV.54), and by the Permanent Representative of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/74/PV.55). My delegation welcomes the quality report …
My delegation appreciates the reports of the Secretary-General (A/74/325 and A/74/326) submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC). We are also grateful to Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, t…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation, and congratulate South Africa on its successful presidency and leadership of the Council this month.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of No…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this very important plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests. Allow me also to thank Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-…
My delegation aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representative of South Africa, on behalf of the Group of African States, and by the observer of the observer State of Palestine, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
We are honoured to join in commemorating the twenty-fifth annive…
At the outset, let me thank the delegation of Peru for organizing today’s open debate. Our special appreciation goes out to the representatives from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate for their remarks. We also thank the other brief…
Let me begin by thanking the President for convening this important meeting on the responsibility to protect (R2P).
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Denmark on behalf
of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect (see A/73/PV.93).
We wel…
I am honoured by the trust the Assembly has placed in me through my election by acclamation to the position of President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. I am grateful to the Federal Republic of Nigeria for nominating me for this position, the Group of African States for endors…
I thank the delegation of Germany for organizing today’s open debate. Our special appreciation goes to Secretary-General António Guterres for his remarks. We thank Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and the other briefers for sharing t…
Nigeria would like to express its solidarity with the Government and the people of New Zealand in the wake of last month’s heinous terrorist attacks. We categorically condemn any act of terrorism wherever it may occur. Terrorism is a phenomenon that has no place in human history and should be condem…
I should like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination under the theme “Mitigation and countering of rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies”.
The Durban Declaration and Program…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States in my capacity as its Chair for the month of March.
I wish to extend our sincere gratitude to the Steering Committee, with membership drawn from Member States belonging to the Caribbean Community and the African Un…
Permit me, through you, Mr. President, to condole with our host, the Government of the United States of America, for the loss of their forty-first President, Mr. George Herbert Walker Bush.
I thank the presidency of Côte d’Ivoire for convening this open debate. My sincere appreciation goes to Mr. A…
We express our condolences at the demise of President George Herbert Walker Bush. May he rest in peace.
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/73/L.39, entitled “International Day of Education”. Nigeria is introducing this draft resolution, which calls for the observance of 24 January of…
