In my capacity as the Chairman of the Group of African States for the month of October 1998, I have the honour to address the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on this agenda item on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Please allow me at the …
I am speaking towards the end of this debate as the current Chairman of the African Group to thank all delegations for their supportive statements on this agenda item. In that capacity too, I wish to recall that at the commencement of this decade — in 1991 to be precise — the desire of the internati…
The General Assembly is meeting today to discuss the report of the Security Council for the past year, submitted for the consideration of the Assembly. My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, President of the Council for the month of October 1998, fo…
It is a happy coincidence that the General Assembly, at this fifty-third session, will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that today it is commemorating 50 years of United Nations peacekeeping. There can be no peace without fundamental freedoms, and human …
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Although Nigeria left the Security Council as a non- permanent member more than two years ago, my delegation recalls the occasions when you presided over the Council during …
Permit me, at the outset, to join those who have spoken before me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Coming from the same subregion of Africa, we are doubly confident that under your able leadership the deliberations of the Council will b…
It is a great honour to be invited to address the Security Council and a great pleasure to be here once again among friends.
Today we reach another important milestone in the fruitful cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the efforts to…
My delegation would like first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his very comprehensive and forward-looking report on the work of our Organization. Its sheer volume, which increases annually, enables us to imagine how wide and varied the activities of our Organization have been in the common…
The civil war in Angola has gone on for too long, at enormous cost to the country. The fratricidal conflict has caused thousands of deaths and resulted in considerable material damage that has sapped the fragile economy and diverted energy from economic and social development. We have had a generati…
It is with great concern that we in Nigeria have been following developments with regard to the military actions of Israel in Lebanon. The barrage and bombardments along the Lebanese coast, in Lebanese villages and towns, including parts of Beirut, and in the Bekaa valley, along with other large-sca…
My delegation welcomes the recent positive developments in the former Yugoslavia, because we believe sincerely that they could usher in an era of peace in a region that has been ravaged by war in the last four years.
However, the prospect of peace may not fructify unless there is justice for the ma…
My delegation is particularly delighted to contribute to the consideration of agenda items 20 (b), entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
My delegation would wish to state in particular that although the General Assembly, in resolution 49/7, reque…
Permit me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. Your well-known diplomatic skills and experience and, in particular, your great sense of humour assure my delegation that, this month at least, the Council will…
The objective of the international community’s involvement in the territories of the former Yugoslavia is to promote peace and discourage more war, and therefore the outbreak of hostilities and the broad military offensive of the Croatian
The launching of the military offensive has produced very se…
With regard to the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, my delegation has mixed feelings and reactions.
On the positive side, we note with satisfaction that the three-year siege on the enclave of Bihac has been lifted and that a supply line for humanitarian assistance to its population has been est…
Permit me at the outset, Sir, to express my delegation’s delight at seeing you preside over the affairs of our Council this month. We have no doubt whatsoever that with you as our President the work of the Council is indeed in excellent hands. My delegation would also like to express hearty thanks t…
At the time of the adoption of resolution 998 (1995), on the establishment of the rapid reaction force, my delegation called the Security Council’s attention to the fact that, contrary to the Secretary-General’s request in his earlier report, in document S/1995/444, we had failed to clarify and clea…
My delegation believes that, on the Israeli-Palestinian question, there is no real alternative to a peaceful and negotiated settlement. Hence, my Government has always supported every effort made to achieve this objective, including the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangemen…
For the second time in less than three months, the Security Council is deliberating the situation in the Middle East at a particularly crucial and delicate time in the peace process, when it seems that the parties to the Middle East conflict are beginning to lose faith in the negotiating frameworks …
Mr. President, permit me first of all to express my delegation’s sincere congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. Under your guidance which, as in the past, has been characterized by so much grace, great skill and confidence, the business of the Coun…
