Nigeria commended at UN General Assembly

Posted by admin Latest Politics, United Nations Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has received United States Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, as part of his scheduled activities at the sidelines of the ongoing 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Mrs Clinton, who met Jonathan in his Ritz Carligton accommodation on Tuesday, welcomed the president to the United States, after which they discussed continuing efforts aimed at improving the already warm bilateral relations between Nigeria and the US, as well as matters of multilateral significance to both nations.

Jonathan has also presented the instruments of accession in respect of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness to the United Nations.

He said during the ceremony that Nigeria was committed to the promotion of democratic values and the protection of human rights, as well as “ensuring that everyone has an effective right to nationality.”

Responding, Miss Patriciz O’brien, Legal Adviser to the United Nations, who received the instruments on behalf of the UN Secretary General, expressed the world body’s appreciation to Nigeria for its commitment to ensuring the eradication of statelessness.

In a related development, Jonathan co-chaired the high level meeting on addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. The other co-chair of the session was Mr Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

Meanwhile, Jonathan also received the President of Georgia, Mr Mikheil Saakashvili, who expressed a desire for stronger bilateral relations with Nigeria

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