Today’s celebration is a momentous occasion, marking not only the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but also the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action at the World Conference on Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of H…
The consideration by the General Assembly at its fifty-third session of agenda item 18, “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples”, could not have come at a better time. The historic Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Co…
Please allow me to join those who have taken the podium before me to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly and to commend him for the able manner in which he has conducted the proceedings at the current session.
I wish to state from the beginning that my dele…
The zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic has continued to represent a valuable framework for the promotion and protection of the interests and aspirations of the coastal countries of Africa and Latin America on both sides of the Atlantic. In this regard, the adoption of resolution 41/…
Since I am addressing the Assembly for the first time, I want to join previous
My delegation wishes to extend its profound appreciation to the Secretary-General for the comprehensive and incisive report on developments pertaining to the implementation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the La…
Permit me at the outset to join other speakers who have taken the floor before me in paying tribute to your skilful guidance, Sir, in preparing the ground for today’s debate. My delegation would also like to express its immense satisfaction with the excellent manner in which, during the fifty-second…
Since this is my first time taking this podium, I want to join the previous speakers in commending the excellent manner in which the President has been conducting the affairs of the General Assembly. I have no doubt that his manifest qualities of leadership will crown our deliberations with astoundi…
As this is the first opportunity I have had to speak here since my head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, addressed the Assembly, I would like to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. Hi…
In my capacity as the Chairman of the Group of African States for the month of October 1998, I have the honour to address the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on this agenda item on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Please allow me at the …
I am speaking towards the end of this debate as the current Chairman of the African Group to thank all delegations for their supportive statements on this agenda item. In that capacity too, I wish to recall that at the commencement of this decade — in 1991 to be precise — the desire of the internati…
The General Assembly is meeting today to discuss the report of the Security Council for the past year, submitted for the consideration of the Assembly. My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, President of the Council for the month of October 1998, fo…
It is a happy coincidence that the General Assembly, at this fifty-third session, will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that today it is commemorating 50 years of United Nations peacekeeping. There can be no peace without fundamental freedoms, and human …
On account of unforeseen circumstances, and considering that copies of our statement have been duly filed with the Secretariat since yesterday morning, when we were to have spoken, my Ambassador, the Permanent Representative of Nigeria, has sent me to deliver the statement of the Nigerian delegation…
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Although Nigeria left the Security Council as a non- permanent member more than two years ago, my delegation recalls the occasions when you presided over the Council during …
Permit me, at the outset, to join those who have spoken before me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Coming from the same subregion of Africa, we are doubly confident that under your able leadership the deliberations of the Council will b…
In contributing to this continuing debate on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other related matters, the Nigerian delegation would like to express its appreciation to the former President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Razali…
The Nigerian delegation is pleased to participate in the debate on the agenda item “Oceans and the law of the sea”. At the outset let me express appreciation to the representative of New Zealand for her introduction of the draft resolutions on the item and for the hard work she has put into their pr…
In contributing to the debate on the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic, the Nigerian delegation wishes to express its appreciation to States Members of the United Nations and
In confronting the issues of peace and security, member States of the zone have equally brought to the for…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the Security Council, the Representative of Chile, for his introduction of the annual report of the Council covering the period 16 June 1996 to 15 June 1997, contained in document A/52/2.
The presentation of the report of the Security Council to the General…
It is a great honour to be invited to address the Security Council and a great pleasure to be here once again among friends.
Today we reach another important milestone in the fruitful cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the efforts to…
