I also thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for his briefing. Nigeria welcomes the entry into force of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 18 October, which is a major step in the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). In our view, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action provides a clear road m…
First of all, I welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and thank her for her briefing.
Nigeria takes due note of the twenty-second report of the Prosecutor, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005), and the judicial activities undertaken by the Court and the Off…
I would like to thank the briefers — Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson, Mr. Šimonović, Mr. John Ging and Ambassador Apakan — for their informative remarks.
We have been following the developments in Ukraine very closely and are concerned by the tenuous peace prevailing in the country. In our view,…
Nigeria associates itself with the statements made by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, by the representative of South Sudan on behalf of the Group of African States, and by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Family (see A/70…
I also thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their presence.
Nigeria attaches great importance to respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms everywhere. We consider it an obligation for States to promote…
Mr. President, the Nigerian delegation thanks you for convening this meeting. We also thank our briefers for their briefings.
Concerning the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), we have carefully studied the twenty-second annual report (see S/2015/585), which provides detailed i…
We would like to thank Special Envoy Sellassie for her briefing today. We see considerable merit in increasing the frequency and tempo of the Council’s engagement with the Special Envoy.
The Sahel is facing multifaceted challenges — drug trafficking, human trafficking, irregular migration, environm…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for the concept note (S/2015/846, annex) provided to guide our discussions. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing.
We commend the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) for consulting wi…
The attacks carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Paris and Beirut, the attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria and today’s attacks by Al-Qaida-linked extremists in Bamako serve to underscore the fact that terrorist groups are a major threat to international peace and security. Niger…
First of all, we would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on recent developments in Kosovo. We congratulate him on his appointment as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in K…
The Nigerian delegation thanks you, Madam President, for convening this open debate on a topic of considerable contemporary importance. We also thank you for the concept note (S/2015/845, annex) provided to guide our discussions today. We acknowledge the presence of participating
Ministers and welc…
Madam President, we welcome you to the Security Council and thank you for having convened today’s meeting. We also want to thank Under-Secretary General O’Brien, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bangura for their soul-stirr…
Nigeria joins other delegations in conveying our condolences to the Governments and the peoples of France, Iraq and Lebanon, who have suffered unwarranted attacks on harmless and innocent individuals. Nigeria views those attacks as directed not only against those people, but against all of humankind…
Mr. President, let me join others in thanking you for having convened this briefing. I wish also to thank Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous for his informative remarks. We owe a great debt to the Police Commissioners for the first- hand knowledge they have provided to us in their briefings, espe…
We wish to thank High Representative Inzko for his briefing, and in particular for introducing the forty-eighth report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2015/841, annex). We have studied the report carefully.
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 22…
Your presence in the Council today, Sir, demonstrates the importance that the United Kingdom accords to the search for peace and security in Somalia. We welcome the Prime Minister Sharmarke of Somalia to the Security Council, and thank him for his statement. We deeply appreciate the statements of ou…
We wish to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, for her comprehensive report (A/70/350) and to congratulate her and the seven new judges who were elected to serve in the Court during the reporting period. We wish to seize this opportunity…
I would like to thank the President for convening this important meeting to consider the report of the International Court of Justice (A/70/4). Nigeria is grateful to Judge Ronny Abraham, the President of the Court, for his comprehensive briefing and remarks. We also congratulate him on his election…
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing. We commend the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its significant contributions to the development of substantive and procedural international criminal law. We also recognize the important contributions of the Court to the promotion of the rule of la…
Let me first thank the President and the secretariat for accommodating us to speak at this time at the end of the morning’s meeting.
First, Nigeria would like to commend the President for the determination that he has shown to move the intergovernmental negotiations process on Security Council refo…
