By Favour Ulebor, Abuja
Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the eightieth Session of the United Nations Basic Meeting (UNGA), scheduled to open on September 23, 2025, in New York, United States.
In a press assertion issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs introduced that the Vice President can be joined by the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, alongside different Ministers and senior authorities officers.
The ministry defined that Nigeria’s participation would supply a chance to have interaction in world discourse on peace, safety, improvement, local weather change, and different urgent worldwide challenges.
In accordance with the ministry, Nigeria’s engagement can be guided by its strategic priorities, specializing in financial development, worldwide peace and safety, human rights, humanitarian help, justice and worldwide legislation, disarmament, and cooperation in opposition to terrorism, drug trafficking, and crime prevention.
Vice President Shettima is scheduled to deal with the Basic Meeting on September 24, the place he’ll current Nigeria’s nationwide assertion.
His remarks will spotlight the nation’s contributions to world peace, regional safety, and measures to sort out local weather change.
Past the Basic Debate, Nigeria may also take part in a number of high-level aspect occasions. These embrace the Worldwide Convention for the Peaceable Settlement of the Query of Palestine, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia; a roundtable on power, oil and fuel, and safety within the Gulf of Guinea; and the Ahead Africa Leaders Symposium hosted by the African Peer Overview Mechanism, which is able to deal with digital transformation, fintech, and AfCFTA’s digital commerce coverage framework.
The ministry confused that Nigeria’s participation at UNGA 2025 would reinforce its dedication to multilateralism and world solidarity in reaching the 2030 Sustainable Growth Targets.
This 12 months’s session of the UNGA is themed “Higher Collectively: 80 Years and Extra for Peace, Growth and Human Rights.” The theme underscores world dedication to inclusivity, cooperation, and the pursuit of shared options, whereas reaffirming the UN’s position in fostering peace, improvement, and respect for human rights.
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