Nigeria and the United Nations

Federal Republic of Nigeria

United Nations membership
Membership| Full member
Since| 7 October 1960 (1960-10-07)
UNSC seat| Non-permanent
Permanent Representative| Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

Nigeria is a member of the United Nations. Nigeria did not become independent from the United Kingdom until 1960, while the United Nations had already been established by the Declaration by United Nations in 1942. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is the permanent representative of Nigeria.[1]

In 2013, Nigeria contributed the fifth largest number of peacekeepers to  United Nations peacekeeping operations.[2][3] Nigeria has recently served a two-year term from 2014–2015 as a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council. The United Nations helped negotiate adjusting the border of Nigeria and Cameroon resulting in the Greentree Agreement in 2006.[4]

## See also[edit]

* Nigeria portal
* Politics portal

* List of countries by number of UN peacekeepers
* List of members of the United Nations Security Council

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ambassador/Permanent Representative". nigeriaunmission.org. Archived from the original on 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2017-06-29.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2017-06-29.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ Agbakwuru, Johnbosco (11 June 2014). "Nigeria: UN Boundary Adjustment Nigeria: UN Boundary Adjustment - Nigeria May Lose Obudu Resort, Agbokim Waterfalls to Cameroon - Ndoma-Egba". Vanguard. Lagos. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014 - via allafrica.com.

## External links[edit]

* Official Website of Nigeria's UN Mission

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Foreign relations of Nigeria

Africa|

* Angola
* Cameroon
* Chad
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Kenya
* Malawi
* Niger
* Sahrawi Republic
* South Africa

Americas|

* Barbados
* Brazil
* Mexico
* United States

Asia|

* Azerbaijan
* Bangladesh
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Israel
* Japan
* Malaysia
* North Korea
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Saudi Arabia
* Turkey

Europe|

* Germany
* Greece
* Kosovo
* Poland
* Russia
* Spain

Former states|

* Yugoslavia

Diplomatic missions|

* Diplomatic missions of Nigeria / in Nigeria
* Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Africa|

* Ethiopia
* The Gambia
* Nigeria

Americas|

* Brazil
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Mexico
* Peru
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bangladesh
* People's Republic of China
* India
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Korea
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Russia
* Singapore
* Turkey

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* France
* Germany
* Holy See
* Kazakhstan
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* New Zealand
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

Former members|

* Republic of China
* German Democratic Republic
* Soviet Union
* Byelorussian SSR
* Ukrainian SSR
* Yugoslavia

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