Sir, my delegation would like to extend its courtesies to you as you assume the presidency of the Council during the month of June. You may rest assured of the full support of the Nigerian delegation.
My delegation has always believed that the United Nations cannot and will not shirk its responsibi…
The situation in Rwanda, following the sad event of 6 April, has generated major concern on the part of the international community, and rightly so. As a result of the political and ethnic killings which have taken place and which, as we speak this evening, show no signs of abating, no fewer than 20…
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…
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…
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 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…
I wish to make a state- ment in interpretation of resolution 36/92 A on the United Nations programme of fellowships on disarmament, which has just been adopted.
140. On 6 November my delegation was privileged to introduce in the First Committee draft resolution AI C.1I36/L.I. It was subsequently ad…
In participating in the debate on agenda item 27, the Nigerian delegation reiterates its belief, which it has on so many occasions adverted to in this and other forums, that it is the sovereign right of every State to seek to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes within the framework of its s…
