It is not often that we have occasion to celebrate the successful conclusion of a United Nations peace-keeping operation. Today, however, El Salvador joins the small but, we hope, growing list of conflict situations where United Nations intervention has
We pay tribute, therefore, to the accomplishm…
My delegation would like first of all to welcome into our midst the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, His Excellency Mr. Alexander Vondra. We also wish to express our most sincere condolences to the Government of the United States of America and to the families of those who lost t…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your patience and your indulgence.
This draft resolution is not really about oil production, about oil pipelines and oil sales: it is about the alleviation of the sufferings of real people, the unintended victims of the sanctions against Iraq. It is the view of my Go…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his latest report on the situation in Liberia (S/1995/279), which constitutes the basis of the draft resolution now before the Council. To a large extent, the report gives an accurate account of the current state of play in Liberia, which, …
Allow me to extend to you, Sir, the courtesies of the Nigerian delegation as you perform the duties of President of the Council this month. Let me also express our gratitude to the Permanent Representative of Botswana for his conduct of the Council's business during February.
It can be rightly stat…
My delegation is delighted that today we are able to consider the text of a draft resolution which the Friends of Haiti have put together on the situation in that country, the substance of which derives from the content of the Secretary-General’s report of 17 January 1995. Nigeria is especially plea…
I should like to begin by welcoming to the Council the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, His Excellency
The Nigerian delegation is particularly delighted that Mozambique, a brotherly country, has succeeded in overcoming a very difficult phase of its history in its effort to…
For over four years now the Liberian people have been at the mercy of factional leaders and parties whose desire for power, as well as the allure of high office, would appear to have blinded them to the need for a negotiated settlement to their political differences. The months immediately preceding…
The delegation of Nigeria extends its courtesies to you, Sir, as you assume the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. We are convinced that you will bring your proficiency to bear on the work of the Council. You may rest assured of the cooperation of my delegation as you disch…
My delegation is delighted to extend its congratulations to the Trust Committee for the United Nations Fund for Namibia on the successful completion of its work. At this important moment in the political development of Namibia, all those who have worked tirelessly to ensure the realization of the ma…
My delegation would like, through you, Mr. President, to thank the delegation of
In our view, however, it is proper to place in perspective some of the important steps which the Security Council has taken recently in response to the strong feelings expressed by the United Nations membership for mor…
My delegation fully supports the statements made by the representative of Algeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and by my colleague the representative of the current Chairman
The United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990 prepared the groun…
I should like to begin by giving a warm welcome to Mr. Venâncio De Moura, Foreign Minister of Angola, and thank him most sincerely for his very important statement to the Council.
The Angolan situation has recently recorded significant developments, the most important of which was the signing of th…
The delegation of Nigeria wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the office of President of the Security Council for the month of December. You may rest assured of our full support and cooperation in the discharge of your duties.
I should like also to express my delegation’s appreci…
The delegation of Nigeria wishes to point, with a sense of vindication and accomplishment, to the fruits of the optimism it so strongly advocated during the deliberations on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine at the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Nigeria re…
The situation in Rwanda is once again before the Security Council. This relates to the trauma which Rwanda has had to contend with in the aftermath of the incident of 6 April 1994. The consequences of that tragedy have remained far-reaching, the most important ones being the destabilization of the s…
My delegation would like to express our appreciation to the Chairman of the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa and the members of the Advisory Committee for their invaluable contribution and personal commitment to its success.
The changed situation in South Africa…
The Nigerian delegation welcomes the opportunity to participate in the debate on an “Agenda for Development”, on which the representative of Algeria, in his capacity as Chairman of the Group 77 and China, has already made a statement. My delegation lends full support to that statement. We would, how…
It is about two months now since the international community met in Cairo, Egypt, for the International Conference on Population and Development, with the aim of drawing up a 20-year plan of action to address the issues of population and development. We went to Cairo with great hopes, though aware o…
For my delegation, the issue at stake here is the need to punish collectively criminal acts against humanity; the issue is not the geographical location or the political complexion of the alleged criminals. Therefore, Nigeria welcomes the fact that the Security Council was able this afternoon to app…
