Nigeria will assume the one-month rotational Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, today, August 1.

The Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu, takes over from Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, the Permanent Representative of New Zealand, who was in charge for the month of July, 2015.

A statement released on Friday, July 31, by the Spokesperson to the Permanent Representatives, Dr. Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, disclosed that this will be the first time in the history of the UN that an elected member of the Security Council would assume presidency of the Council for the 4th time in two separate tenures within 5 years.

The statement said: “This is the fifth time since independence that Nigeria has been elected to serve on this most powerful decision-making organ of the United Nations charged with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security. Nigeria previously served on the Council from 1966 – 1967, 1978 – 1979, 1994 – 1995 and 2011 – 2012.

“Nigeria’s return to the Council in January 2014, after having left only in December 2012, represents one of the shortest periods in the annals of the United Nations that a Member State has spent between two terms on the Council. This is even more remarkable as it is occurring under the institutional memory of the same Permanent Representative, Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu.

“Nigeria currently holds the chair of two Security Council Committees: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau and Iraq Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003).

“In addition, Nigeria is one of the three vice-chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), concerning the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and one of the two vice-chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/08/prof-joy-ogwu-now-presidency-of-un.html


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Nice

INTROVERT:
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Since introvert came here, let me follow too.

Thank God!! Thank God for giving us great patriots like Prof Ogwu

Congrats to her

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Oh wailers!
What shall we say to this?

onomeasike:
Thank God!! Thank God for giving us great patriots like Prof Ogwu

She will even be more patriotic to her soon to be formed Country.

Buhari would have preferred an Ab0ki

onomeasike:
Thank God!! Thank God for giving us great patriots like Prof Ogwu

Which useless country?

She should use this opportunity to hear Biafra case of cessation from Nigeria. Opportunity comes but once

Since the daura dullardd won't appoint Igbos in his abokii cabinet, the rest of the world seems to notice the importance of the Igbos.
Kudos to Joy Ogwu.
Nl rats can quote freely, it's allowed.

Kai. Wot is permanent representative. Abef Buhari should please commot that woman and put Abubakar Abdulhakim who is next in line... [size=8pt][/size]

PPAngel:
Buhari would have preferred an Ab0ki

you think UN is Nigeria where you can change a dg within three days in office cos his an Igbo.

Pangea:

Oh wailers!
What shall we say to this?

can you ijiots ever make a reasonable comment devoid of the bolded? foolish fool


@post congrats to Mrs Ogwu

[size=20pt]Isn't that woman Igbo?

Buhari and APC should immediately retire her fast!

SHAME ON THEM IF THEY CANNOT DO IT![/size]

her wikipadia page:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Ogwu

actualization of Biafra ,like play, likeplay e don dey be.

It would appear she is from Anioma part of Igboland. Choi! Anioma kwenu! Igbo kwezuonu!

Igbo women doing us proud!

Good.