Speaking in her remarks at a Security Council Briefing on the Prevention and Fight Against Genocide at the Council’s Chambers in New York yesterday, Ambassador Power said that Nigeria’s leadership of the council under the Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Joy U; Ogwu, should be appreciated for making the combat against genocide one of the major priorities of its one month rotational presidency of the council.
The US envoy who lauded Ogwu’s leadership for its commitments to make the world become free from genocide and unreasonable killings of people also lauded the Nigerian government for its efforts during the Rwandan genocide.
In her presidential address, the rotational president of the council who is also the Nigeria’s envoy to the United Nations, Professor Joy Ogwu, provided an overview of steps that the United Nations had taken to address genocide, including efforts by then-Secretary-General Kofi Annan to establish prevention tools in 2004, and to set up early-warning systems.
According to her: “In 2005, world leaders had agreed to a set of principles on human rights issues, including preventing genocide and mass atrocities. In the coming years, the Secretary-General had issued reports on related issues, some of which had been debated, including the 2010 Security Council’s dialogue on genocide. The Secretary-General had also made several significant appointments, including Special Advisers.
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