On behalf of the Nigerian delegation, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as the President of the General Assembly at its
fifty-sixth session. We assure you and the other members of the Bureau of the support of the Nigerian delegation in ensuring that at this session the Assembly succ…
I feel particularly proud and privileged to speak today on behalf of the African Group.
We have today unanimously re-elected the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for another term of five years to run from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006. We have done so mindful of the qualities we all expect o…
Nigeria appreciates the important and admirable role the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continues to play in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and in preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. We are also delighted at the achievements recorded by the Agency in the past, …
Permit me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your recent election to the Security Council and on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. My delegation has great confidence in your ability to effectively guide the Council during your presidency, and we want to assure you …
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I wish to speak in explanation of action to be taken regarding the report of the Second Committee (A/55/584) on agenda item 97, entitled “Training and research”.
I wish to refer to draft resolution III, entitled “United Nations Institute for Training and Rese…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the honour of introducing draft resolution A/55/L.38/Rev.1, entitled “International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters from relief to development”, on behalf of its original sponsors, the Group of 77 and China, and Mexico.
Nigeria …
It is very ironic that a gift of nature so beautiful and precious as a diamond, a gem which is supposed to bring joy and happiness to its owners, has become an instrument for destabilization and insecurity. Recently, its possession and control have become one of the major causes of conflict in Afric…
My delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to present our views on the question of Palestine in this meeting of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. Indeed, the question of Palestine has remained one of the most intractable international problems on the agenda of the…
Let me start by expressing the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for his report on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies (A/55/489).
The Nigerian delegation noted with satisfaction the General A…
The Nigerian delegation wishes to thank Judge Navanethem Pillay, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the report of the Tribunal to the General Assembly. I commend the team of dedicated judges and other officials of the Tribunal for their tireless efforts in carryin…
Let me start by referring the Assembly to the illuminating statement of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, at the Millennium Summit, during which he declared that
“We are at a new dawn; what it portends we cannot say. But this much we owe to ours…
At its fifty-fourth session the General Assembly adopted resolution 54/93, of 7 December 1999, entitled “Special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children”. This resolution scheduled the special session for September 2001 and, among other things, establis…
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on agenda item 30, “Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda
for the Development of Africa in the 1990s”. I would first of all like to congratulate the Secretary-General on a very enlightening progress report. We commend the report for stu…
Nigeria is happy to co-sponsor the draft resolution being coordinated by India.
We attach great importance to cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU), as our country has only recently returned to democratic governance after many years of military dictatorship…
Nigeria wishes at the outset to express its full support for the statement made by the representative of Togo on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). We also thank the Secretary-General for his detailed report on cooperation between the United Nations and the OAU. We request that all t…
Allow me at the outset to express appreciation to the Director General for his comprehensive report on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is noteworthy that under his leadership, the Agency has continued to fulfil its three major mandates, namely to serve as a catalyst for the develop…
I wish at this juncture to convey my delegation’s heartfelt condolences to the Governments and the peoples of Angola and of Singapore in connection with the losses sustained in the recent aeroplane crashes.
The Nigerian delegation welcomes this opportunity for the General Assembly to focus once aga…
It is my honour and privilege to address the Assembly on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda item 37, on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the special session of the General Assembly in this regard. May I also express the Group’s appreciat…
The Nigerian delegation wishes to congratulate Judge Gilbert Guillaume on his election on 7 February 2000 by the International Court of Justice to be the President of the Court. We also congratulate Judge Shi Jiuyong and Mr. Philippe Couvreur on their elections as Vice-President and Registrar respec…
I should like first of all to convey to you, Sir, the warm greetings of my Ambassador, Chief Arthur Mbanefo, and his regret for his inability to be present here personally because of other, more pressing engagements. Accordingly, I am delivering this statement on his behalf.
I have the honour to sp…
