2000 Statements and Speeches

December 2000

Statement by Chief Arthur C.I. Mbenafo, MFR, Ambassdor/Permanent Representative of Nigeria and Chairman of the Group of 77, on agenda item 97: Training and Research, at the plenary of the 55th UNGA Session (New York, 20 December 2000)
Statement by Dr. Imeh Okopido, Honourable Minister of State for Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the Fourth Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (Bonn, Germany, 11 December 2000)

November 2000

Currently No statements or speeches for this month.

October 2000

Statement delivered by Mr. A.L. Olukanni, Delegation of Ngieria on behalf of the Group of 77, on agenda item 92, Macroeconomic Policy Questions: (A) Trade and Development; (B) Commodities; (c) External Debt Crisis and Development, in the Second Committee of the 55th UNGA (New York, 26 October 2000)
Statement delivered by H.E. Mr. I.B. Mohammed, Director, International Economic Cooepration fo the Minsitry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77, on agenda item 99: Implementation of the first United Nations Deacade for the Eradication of Poverty, in the Second Committee of the 55th UNGA (New York, 25 October 2000)
Statement delivered by H. E. Mr J.K. Shinkaiye, Ambassador of Nigeria to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the OAU and ECA, on behalf of the Group of 77 on agenda item 100: Globalisation and Interdependence, in the Second Committee of the 55th UNGA (New York, 24 October 2000)
Statement delivered by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu, Delegatoin of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77, on agenda item 94: Sustainable Development and International Economic Cooperation, in the Second Committee of the 55th UNGA (New York, 12 October 2000)
Statement delivered by A. P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group fo 77 and China, on agenda item 96: Operational Activities for Development (Advancement of Women: Activities of the UN Development Fund for Women), at the 14th meeting of the Second Committee, 55TH UNGA (New York, 9 October 2000)
Statement by Ambassador Simeon A. Adekanye, Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on agenda items 107: Advancement of Women; and 108: Implementation of the Outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the Special Session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty First Century”, at the Third Committee of the 55th session of UNGA (New York, 9 October 2000)
Statement delivered by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu, Delegation of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 on agenda item 92(d): Science and Technology for Development, in the Second Committe of the 55th UNGA (New York, 6 October 2000)
Statement by by H.E. Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, MFR, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, on agenda item 92(e): Financing of development, including net transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, in the Second Committee of the 55th UNGA (New York, 6 October 2000)
Statement by Ambassador Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, on agenda item 169: Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the United Natiosn peacekeeping operations, in the Fifth Committee of the 55th General Assembly (New York, 5 October 2000)
Statement by H.E. Mr. S. A. Adekanye, Director, International Organisation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77, at the general debate of the Second Committee of the 55th General Assembly (New York, 2 October 2000)
Statement by Ambassador Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, on agenda item 122: Scale of assessments of the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, in the Fifth Committee of the 55th General Assembly (New York, 2 October 2000)

September 2000

Statement by Ambassador S.A. Adekanye, Director, International Organizations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China in the Third Committee, during the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on agenda items 103 and 104: Social Developemnt, including questions relating to Youth, Ageing, Disabled Persons and the family, and Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons (New York, 26 September 2000)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Nigeria on the organization of work of the Fifth Committee during the main part of the fifty-fifth General Assembly (New York, 19 September 2000)
Address by H.E. Sule Lamido, Minister of Foreign AFfairs of Nigeria, at the 24th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 15 September 2000)

August 2000

Currently No statements or speeches for this month.

July 2000

Statement by H.E. Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, MFR Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77 to the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Third United Nations Conference for the Least Developed Countries (LDC-III) (New York, July 24, 2000)
Address by H.E. Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, MFR, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, at Third Meeting of the Consultative Forum of the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (New York, 21 July 2000)
Presentation by H.E. Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Republic of Nigeria, Chairman of the Group of 77, at the dialogue with G-8 Leaders (Tokyo, Japan, 20 July 2000)
Presentation by H.E. Mr. Alhaji Sule Lamido, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Meeting of the G-8 Foreign Ministers on behalf of the Group of 77 (Miyazaki, Japan, 13 July 2000)
Statement by Chief Ebitimi Banigo, Minister of Science and Technology of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 at the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC 2000 (New York, 6 July 2000)
Comments by Chief Ebitimi Banigo, Honourable Minister of Science and Technology, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the High-level segment of ECOSOC Substantive Session (New York, 5 July 2000)

June 2000

Statement delivered by A.P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the annual session 2000 of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA (Geneva, 19 June 2000)
Statement delivered by by A.P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at the annual session 2000 of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA (Geneva, 14 June 2000)
Closing statement by Hajia Aisha Ismail, Honourable Minister for Women Affairs and Youth Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on “Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century”, at the 23rd special session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 10 June 2000)
Address by H.E. Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo MFR, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, to the Twenty-eighth Meeting of the Chairman/Coordinators of the Chapters of the Group of 77 (Geneva, 8 June 2000)
Statement by Hajia Aisha M.S. Ismail, The Honourable Minister for Women Affairs and Youth Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century, at the twenty-third special session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 7 June 2000)

May 2000

Statement delivered by A.P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the first substantive session of the Prepcom for the High-Level Intergovernmental event on financing for development (New York, 31 May 2000)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 by Dr. Imeh Okopido, Honourable Minister of State for Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Conventionon Biological Diversity (Nairobi, Kenya, 24 May 2000)
Remarks delivered by A. P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on the causes of conflict and promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (New York, 19 May 2000)
Statement by Ambassador Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, on agenda item 151: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, in the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 16 May 2000)
Statement by the delegation of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, in the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly on the review of resource requirements for the High-Level Intergovernmental Event for Financing for Development and the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Agenda Item 112 (New York, 11 May 2000)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Tanko A. Suleiman, Delegation of Nigeria, at the 22nd session of the Committee on Information, on agenda item 7: General debate and consideration of substantive questions (New York, 2 May 2000)

April 2000

Remarks by H.E. Ambassador (Dr.) Hassan Adamu, The Honourable Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the informal High-level Consultative Meeting on Climate Change (New York, 28 April 2000)
Statement delivered by Ambassador (Dr.) Hassan Adamu, The Honourable Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the High-level Segment of the Eighth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Developemnt, on Financial Resources and Investment (New York, 27 April 2000)
Statement delivered by Ambassador (Dr.) Hassan Adamu, The Honourable Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the High-level Segment of the Eighth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, on Trade (New York, 27 April 2000)
Statement by Olusegun Apata, Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77, at the High-level Segment of the Eighth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (New York, 26 April 2000)
Statement by Mr. O.A. Edache, Director of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture of the Federal Republic of Niteria, on behalf of the Group of 77, at the High-level Segment of the Eighth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, on Rio +10 (New York, 26 April 2000)
Remarks by H.E. Dr. Jubril Martins-Kuye, Minister of State for Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the Special high-level Meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institutions (New York, 18 April 2000)
Address by His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Group of 77, at the closing ceremony of the South Summit (Havana, Cuba, 14 April 2000)
Address by His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Group of 77, at the opening ceremony of the South Summit (Havana, Cuba, 12 April 2000)
Statement by His Excellency Sule Lamido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Group of 77, at the opening ceremony of the ministerial segment of the South Summit (Havana, Cuba, 11 April 2000)
Statement by His Excellency Chief Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the Group of 77, on the occassion of the flag-raising ceremony at the Havana Convention Centre, venue of the South Summit (Havana, Cuba, 7 April 2000)

March 2000

Statement delivered by A.P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the resumed organizational session of the PrepCom for High-Level International Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development (New York, 27 March 2000)
Statement by Ositadinma Anaedu of Nigeria on behalf of G-77 and China before Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernemntal Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development (New York, 6 March 2000)

February 2000

Statement by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the Commission on Sustainable Development Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on Agriculture and Rural Development (New York, 29 February 2000)
Statement by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the Commission on Sustainable Development Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on Integrated Planning and Management of Land Resources (New York, 29 February 2000)
Statement by the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs and SOcial Development, Hajia A.S. Ismail of the Nigerian delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at the forty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women on agenda items: 3b: Emerging Issues, Trends and New Approaches to Issues Affecting the Situation of Women or Equality between Women adn Men; and 4: Comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform for Action (New York, 28 February 2000)
Statement delivered by A.P. Etanomare Osio, Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the organizational session of the Preparatory Committee for the High Level International Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development (New York, 25 February 2000)
Statement by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the Commission on Sustainable Developemnt Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on Economic Growth, Trade and Investment (New York, 23 February 2000)
Statement by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the Commission on Sustainable Developemnt Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on Financial Resources/Trade and Investment/Economic Growth (New York, 22 February 2000)
Statement by Mr. Mustapha Betera Aliyu, Delegation of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda item 3(b): Review of the relevant United Nations plans and programme of action pertaining to the situation of social groups, at the 38th session of the Commission for Social Development (New York, 10 February 2000)
Statement by H.E. Mr. Olusegun Apata, Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the 38th session of the Commission for Social Development on agenda item 3(a): Contribution of the Committee on the Overall Review of the Implementation of the Outcome of the Summit (New York, 8 February 2000)
Preliminary reactions of the Group of 77 and China to the draft proposal submitted by the Co-Chairman on International Arrangements on Forests (E/CN.17/IFF/2000/L.1), delivered by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu, Delegation of Nigeria (4 February 2000)
Statement delivered by Mr. Ositadima Anaedu, Delegation of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, (New York, 1 February 2000)

January 2000

Statement by Ms. Lilian Onoh, Nigerian Delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the first regular session of the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board (New York, 25 January 2000)
Statement by H..E. Mr. Olusegun Apata, Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the first regular session of the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board (New York, 24 January 2000)
Inaugural address by His Excellency Sule Lamido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the turn-over ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (New York, 13 January 2000)
Statement by H.E. Mr. Clement J. Rohee, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana, at the ceremony marking the turnover of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (New York, 13 January 2000)

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