My delegation has congratulated you, Sir, in the Council’s private consultations, and we are delighted to repeat those congratulations in this public meeting by congratulating you once again on your assumption of the office of President of the Council for the month of April. Given your
distinguishe…
My delegation, too, would like to thank the Secretary-General for his useful reports dated 11, 16 and 24 March and for his letter of 30 March 1994 on the situation in former Yugoslavia, especially as it relates to the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and the situation in and…
My delegation too would like to thank the Secretary-General for his useful report on the situation in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia, which was the basis for our deliberations leading to the resolution we have just adopted, and of which my delegation voted in favour.
My Government remains concerned …
The Nigerian Government and people join others in condemning the outrageous massacre of Muslims who were worshipping peacefully at the Mosque of Abraham in Hebron, which occurred on Friday, 25 February 1994, during the holy month of Ramadan. By that horrific incident, the international community was…
My delegation commends the Secretary-General’s report. We also wish to commend the tireless efforts of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Angola, Mr. Blondin Beye; the representatives of the three Observer States - the United States, the Russian Federation and Portugal; and the Govern…
Let me convey to you, Sir, the courtesies of the Nigerian delegation on your assumption of the office of the presidency of the Council for the month of March. By the same token, we should like to express our appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Djibouti, Ambassador Olhaye, for the effecti…
I want to thank the representative of Guinea-Bissau, a sister African country, for the conclusion of his statement. Nigeria has always acted in the best spirit of Africa unity, but, to put the record straight, I wish to say this:
There were indeed differences of opinion with regard to the recommend…
My delegation welcomes the adoption by consensus of this draft resolution, which was adopted as draft resolution A/C.2/48/L.88 in the Second Committee.
My delegation, which co-sponsored the original draft resolution (A/C.2/48/L.71), would like to make the following clarification and specifically to…
The new phase of international relations, which may be described as being characterized by a shift from confrontation to cooperation and by a renewal of commitment to solving long-standing regional conflicts, gives my delegation the belief that a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Pal…
I should like at the outset to join previous speakers in congratulating the Secretary- General on compiling the valuable report entitled "Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council", which is now before the Assembly.
As one of the original sponsor…
Since 1986, when the General Assembly by a solemn declaration established the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic, the international community has continued to give moral and material support towards the realization of the objectives of the zone.
Member States of the zone have, for …
My delegation is pleased to speak on agenda item 24, entitled "United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s".
It will be recalled that in its resolution 45/178 A of 19 December 1990, the General Assembly - by establishing an Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the forty-fifth s…
The delegation of Nigeria has carefully read the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 1992, contained in document GC(XXXVII)/1060, and thanks the Director General for his comprehensive statement highlighting the progress made in the activities of the Agency during the y…
My delegation is pleased to be participating in these high-level meetings to review the
The escalation of drug abuse and illicit trafficking continues to endanger the health of individuals and to threaten the very fabric of society, particularly with respect to national security, economic stability…
The Nigerian delegation would like to join other delegations that have congratulated the Secretary-General on the lucidity and painstaking manner in which he has drawn up and presented his report.
There is no doubt that this report is, as the Secretary- General has himself admitted, a long one, but…
Since 1948, when the Middle East question was
first raised in the General Assembly, numerous concerted efforts have been
made by this body to find a just and lasting political solution to the
problem. The numerous conferences and seminars on Palestine, together with
other efforts, have helped to…
The Nigerian delegation welcomes the positive
developments that have taken place on the international scene during the past
two years. Those developments, which relate to matters of international peace
and security, disarmament, development and the environment, will no doubt
contribute to the ac…
My delegation supports all efforts aimed at
strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and various regional
organizations. We believe that the United Nations has a responsibility in the
present context of the evolution of international relations to encourage
regional organizations, esp…
As Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid and a member of the United Nations Council for Namibia, Nigeria has fol- lowed with keen interest and concern the arduous work of the Council for Namibia, culminating in the report [A/37/24] and the draft resolutions recommended to the Assembly …
Since assuming the historic mandate of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the Namibian people, the community of na- tions has committed itself to obtaining the unconditional
149. After South Afri.:a's blatant refusal to implement the United Nations plan in January of this year, the i…
