The United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, on Thursday abducted a motion, calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human Rights Council, HRC. On its official website, the UN made known that the resolution received a two-thirds majority in the 193-member Assembly, with 93 nations voting in favour and 24 against. Fifty-eight abstained from the […]
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday strode to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to “share the extraordinary progress” the U.S. has made during his time in office. The reaction he received from the assembled world leaders wasn’t what he was expecting. “In less than two years, my administration has […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart for New York to participate in the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which officially opened on September 18, presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has disclosed. The theme for this year’s Session is: “Making the United Nations relevant to all People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for […]
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The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opened on Wednesday with its President, Ms María Fernanda Espinosa, pledging to use her tenure to bring the world body closer to the people. Espinosa, in her inaugural keynote address to the 73rd session of the 193-member General Assembly, also pledged to use her tenure to […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after attending the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York. The president, thereafter left for London. On Friday, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, had said his principal would return to the country on Monday. However, he did […]
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Addressing world leaders at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari says the frontiers of democracy, good governance is expanding in Africa. He urged the international community to come up with strategies and mobilise effort to stop the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) from […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari will lead Nigeria’s delegates to the 71st UN General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled to begin at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, has said.Onyeama, who made the fact known in Abuja on Friday at a news conference, said the president would be discussing series of issues […]
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