UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried the existence of racism in the organisation. He indicated that the situation was ironic and worrisome, considering the fact that the organisation’s principles forbid all forms of discrimination. Guterres spoke at the launch of “Awareness and Action”, a campaign initiated by the world body to address racism in its ...

The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General and ex-Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has visited Banki, a border town in Borno State. She arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on board a UN jet, and immediately flew to Banki. The deputy secretary-general was accompanied by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, other principal ...

The United Nations is aware of the recent protest by young Nigerians against police brutality and will make the necessary effort to ensure the issues raised by the youths are resolved. UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday when she appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “What is the UN doing about that? We ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerian youths to keep the peace, saying that it is in their own interest to do so. Buhari made the call on Monday during a visit by the United Nations, UN, Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, “It is in the interest of ...

The UN climate change secretariat, UNFCCC, has underlined its commitment to work with stakeholders in the United States and beyond, to accelerate climate action in line with a historic treaty on limiting global warming and curbing greenhouse gas emissions. On Wednesday, the U.S. formally withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a decision ...

The United Nations, UN, Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for an end to police brutality in Nigeria, condemning violent clashes that has claimed multiple lives and caused many injuries. This position was contained in a communiqué by his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric. According to the statement, the Secretary-General has been following recent developments in Nigeria and ...

The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, says the ministry made tremendous progress in the promotion of the rights of the girl-child. She made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday to launch a campaign to support girl-child education and activities for the 2020 International Day of the Girl-Child. She, however, ...

The UN refugee chief said Wednesday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 after leading the first day of the agency’s main annual meeting in person. Filippo Grandi, who kicked off UNHCR’s week-long Executive Committee meeting in Geneva on Monday, told participants via video-link that he would need to continue following the event from home. ...

The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavier toll on jobs than previously feared, the UN said Wednesday, with hundreds of millions of jobs lost and workers suffering a “massive” drop in earnings. In a fresh study, the International Labour Organization (ILO) found that by the mid-year point, global working hours had declined by 17.3 percent ...

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 75TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 22ND SEPTEMBER 2020 Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me on behalf of the Government and good people of ...