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| Amina Mohammed's New Milestone by huthmanadam(m): 11:27am On Dec 18, 2016 |
It is now official. By his well thought out decision, UN new Secretary General, Antonio Guterres last week named Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed as the Deputy Secretary General of the world body. Amina’s choice couldn’t be better as she comes to the job with tremendous experience in international civil service and the public service of Nigeria. As Head of Nigeria’s Millennium Development Goals( MDGs), the precursor to Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), Amina drove the programme so well and attained very high points in some of the targets set in the various intervention areas. Her role in the successful negotiation of the 17 targets set by the UN in the SDGs to end extreme poverty stood her out as an astute diplomat well horned to take up higher responsibilities. Since becoming Minister of Environment, Amina has taken her job most seriously, displaying passion and a great sense of patriotism in the discharge of her duties. It is the commitment which she brought to the job, coupled with her depth of understanding of the issues that enabled her to successfully launch the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Climate Change Agreements. Under her watch also, the Ministry of Environment successfully launched the Sovereign Green Bonds and flagged off the Ogoni Clean up Programme, a highly sensitive exercise which could not take off for years in spite of availability of the needed funds to that effect due to the complex security and socio- economic issues involved. The Development of the Great Green Wall caps Amina’s various remarkable achievements as Nigeria’s Minister of Environment which no doubt combined to put her in good consideration for the top UN assignment. Beyond all these is her record at UN where she served as Special Advisor to the immediate past Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. It would not be wrong to assume that either Ki Moon recommended Amina to Guterres or the new UN scribe may have spotted her while both of them worked with the out- gone Secretary General, since the former Portuguese Prime Minister was appointed by Ban Ki Moon as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Either way, it speaks volumes about her competencies and records while she served at the UN. As Nigerians celebrate Amina for the new global responsibility accorded her, it is important to mainstream Nigeria’s contributions to the UN since becoming a member in 1960. It is well known that Nigeria has played significant roles in the pursuit of global peace, the primary objective for which the UN was founded 71 years ago. In the area of peace keeping for instance, Nigeria has since 1960 participated in 25 UN Peace Missions, contributing finances, weapons, military personnel, police and civilian experts to various peace missions around the world. At the moment Nigeria is participating in about 10 UN Missions in Africa and beyond. Nigeria’s numerous contributions to global peace have endeared her to the UN and an appreciative international community has constantly acknowledged this with the recognition of Nigerians for top UN assignments. List of Nigerians who have held top positions in the UN include late Major General Joseph Garba, the suave diplomat who served as President of the 42nd Session of UN General Assembly 1989-’90. After Garba, Nigeria came close to winning the top post of Secretary General of the UN in 1992 when General Olusegun Obasanjo was presented as the candidate by the Babangida regime. He unfortunately lost to Egypt ‘s late Dr Boutrous Boutrous – Ghali. Since then however, Nigerians have never exited the UN stage. In peace keeping operations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari was appointed Joint AU-UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in Darfur [UNAMID], having earlier served as Special Assistant to the UN Secretary General and later as Under Secretary General. Ambassador Olu Adeniji also served as Head of Peace Mission to Central African Republic (CAR), while Margaret Vogt served as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Sierra Leone. Six Nigerians have also held the post of UN Force Commander. They include Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (ONUC Congo), Major General Chris Garuba (Angola), Lt. Gen. Isaac Obiakor (UNMIL Liberia), Major General Joseph Owonibi (Liberia), Gen, Martin Luther Agwai (UNAMID Darfur), and Maj. Gen. Moses Obi (UNMIS South Sudan). Generals Obiakor and Agwai also served as Chief Military Adviser and Deputy Military Adviser at UN Headquarters respectively. Although these appointments clearly brought Nigeria to the limelight within the context of the UN system, Amina’s appointment stands out as she would be the Nigerian ever to hold the highest position, at the UN Head Quarters. As important as her appointment is to the country, there is an equally important issue at stake which is Nigeria’s long sought membership of the Permanent Security Council. For over a decade, the reorganisation of the UN Security Council to include other regions in the exclusive club of countries wielding veto powers has been a hotly contested issue. The last Secretary General, Ki Moon did not however, place much emphasis on the controversial subject as did Kofi Annan, his predecessor. It however, remained a matter the UN cannot afford to continue to sweep under the carpet as agitation persists. In all permutations, Nigeria, South Africa and Egpyt have constantly appeared as the frontline countries to take Africa’s slot in the event of the much canvassed restructuring of that critical organ of the UN. Other countries like Brazil, India, Germany and Japan have appeared as favorite candidates to take up representation of their various regions in the envisaged Permanent Security Council. Amina’s appointment, a very welcome development should be an additional reason why Nigeria should represent Africa in the restructured Permanent Security Council in view. The new Deputy Secretary General General who is taking over from the Swedish Jan Eliasson has a date with history. She would have stamped her name in gold in the annals of history if she can work with her boss to reorganize the UN and make it more democratic by increasing the Permanent membership of the Security Council. And history would remember her the more if Nigeria fills Africa’s slot in the new arrangement. That would indeed be the crowning of Nigeria’s contributions to the UN. Source http://leadership.ng/blogposts/564323/amina-mohammed-and-nigerias-contributions-to-the-united-nations
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| Re: Amina Mohammed's New Milestone by Nikeruka(m): 11:43am On Dec 18, 2016 |
Okay, i will come back to type my comments....kindly keep this space for me |
| Re: Amina Mohammed's New Milestone by Babacele: 11:50am On Dec 18, 2016 |
nice and congrats. let her use her experience in the MDGs and the lessons learnt therefrom especially why we- third worlds-couldnt meet many of the goals, to help us achieve the SDGs. |
| Re: Amina Mohammed's New Milestone by DerideGull(m): 11:56am On Dec 18, 2016 |
One of the most idiotic, useless and hypocritical organization in the world is the so-called United Nations (UN). |
| Re: Amina Mohammed's New Milestone by huthmanadam(m): 12:51pm On Dec 18, 2016 |
DerideGull: Please educate me on the reason/reasons y u said so |
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