Tag: United Nations
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UN sees increased prospects for peaceful, credible elections in Nigeria
The United Nations says that there are increased prospects that the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria will be peaceful and credible. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Chambas, said this in his latest briefing to the Security Council. Chambas said: “In…
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Nigeria ranks 11th highest in child marriage – UN
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), on Wednesday said Nigeria ranked 11 among the 20 countries in the world with highest prevalence of child marriage. Mr Edward Kallon, UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, said this at the ongoing UN Women Conference 2018 in Lagos. The News Agency…
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COP24 to focus on carbon neutrality, gender equality – UN
The two-week 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), which started on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, will focus on carbon neutrality and gender equality. The world is gathering to define how the 2015 Paris Agreement would be implemented and moved forward by its 197 parties, days after…
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1,100 journalists murdered over a decade – UN
No fewer than 1,100 journalists were murdered over a decade in the , the UN has said. In 2018 alone, at least 88 journalists have been killed, according to the UN. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message for the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’, marked annually on Nov. 2,…
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Jonathan advocates for effective leadership, reform, democratisation of United Nations
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the reform and democratisation of the United Nations in order to make it more representative and responsive to the security challenges that is now becoming a recurring issue globally. Jonathan made the call on Friday while presenting his remarks at the opening panel of the Dialogue of Civilisations…
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Guterres pledges to reform United Nations
Sworn in on Monday as the ninth and next UN Secretary-General, António Guterres pledged to carry out a far-reaching reform of the global organisation to make it effective and efficient in its response to global challenges. Guterres, in his remarks after taking the oath of office, said he would reposition development at the centre of…