We want to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting, which provides ample opportunity to reflect on recent developments in the Middle East. We also want to acknowledge the presence of the Ministers and to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his profound and inspiring briefing.…
Nigeria is very grateful to Spain for organizing this debate on the working methods of the Security Council and for providing a concept note (S/2015/793, annex) to guide our deliberations. We also welcome the convening of the debate in an open format. It allows the Council to hear from the wider Uni…
I want to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting. I also want to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his very sombre briefing.
All peoples and nations of goodwill acknowledge that the current surge in violence and killings in Jerusalem has become a potent threat t…
Nigeria wishes to align itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/70/PV.34).
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) remains the embodiment of Africa’s aspiration for the inclusive growth and sustainable…
Nigeria welcomes you, Mr. President, to the Security Council and thanks the Spanish delegation for organizing this seminal debate. We acknowledge the presence of participating ministers and welcome them to the Security Council.
Our appreciation goes to the Secretary-General for his abiding commitme…
The Nigerian delegation congratulates you, Mr. President, on your election to steer the affairs of the General Assembly in this historic period marking the seventieth year of the inception of the United Nations. We commend your initiative to convene this meeting, which affords us an opportunity to s…
Nigeria welcomes the adoption of resolution 2240 (2015), which seeks to address the menace of migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Mediterranean, which has developed into a grave humanitarian crisis. As a State party to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime an…
Nigeria voted in favour of resolution 2241 (2015), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), because we acknowledge the role of the Mission as vital to stabilizing South Sudan. The tasks of the Mission are clear: to protect civilians, to monitor and investigate huma…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing and commend her astute leadership of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Nigeria commends the transitional Government in Haiti for the
significant progress recorded in the country’s politi…
I thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of the Russian Federation for organizing this debate on a subject of remarkable significance for international peace and security. This debate is propitious, and the unprecedented presence of so many Ministers in this forum serves to accentuate the glob…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate. The Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, and Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, have provided us with profound insights into the situ…
I thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for his briefing and we commend the Panel of Experts for their work.
As this is the first meeting of the Council on the subject after the adoption of resolution 2231 (2015), we would like to reiterate our support for the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 on the…
As the facilitator of the negotiations process on draft resolution A/69/L.74/Rev.1, entitled “Commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations”, Nigeria has the pleasure to introduce, on behalf of the Group of African States, the draft text in this meeting. I would like to begin by …
I want to thank you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing this seminal and timely debate. We thank you, especially, for the concept note (S/2015/543, annex) that you have provided to guide our discussion.
We are greatly indebted to the Secretary-General, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Prime …
One year ago, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2166 (2014). The resolution calls for an investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines. Most significantly, the resolution calls for accountability, transpa…
I also thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and commend him for his effective leadership. We take this opportunity to assure him of our full support.
Nigeria is concerned about the lack of progress in the Middle East peace process. The status quo does not offer a sustainable solution…
We would like to begin by congratulating the parties — the Islamic Republic of Iran, China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union — on the historic agreement reached
last week on the Iranian nuclear programme. The agreement is a victor…
I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their briefings. The twentieth anniversary of the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica — an atrocious act of genocide — should be an occasion for reflection. We need to reflect on the la…
The Nigerian delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for convening this wrap- up session. June has indeed been a busy month for the Council with various country situations and thematic issues on its programme of work. We would like to focus our comments today on the briefing on peacekeeping operations…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for underlining the salient dimensions of the judicial activities undertaken by her Office. We are encouraged by its continued monitoring and reporting on trends that could potentially constitute crimes under the Rome Statute. Such preventive initiatives in our view will s…
