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]

## List of permanent representatives

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#  | Portrait  | Name

(birth–death)

| Start  | End  | President/

Head of State

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1  |  | Jaja Wachukwu

(1904–1996)

| 7 October 1960  | 1961  | Nnamdi Azikiwe
2  |  | Muhammad Ngileruma[5]

(1908–1968)

| 1961[6] | 1962
3  |  | Simeon Adebo[7]

(1913–1994)

| 1962  | 1967  | Nnamdi Azikwe

Nwafor Orizu

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

4  | [8] | Edwin Ogebe Ogbu

(1926–1997)

| 1968[9] | 1975  | Yakubu Gowon
5  | [10][11] | Leslie O. Harriman[12][13]

(1930–1995)

| 1975[14] | 1979[15] | Murtala Mohammed

Olusegun Obasanjo

6  |  | Yusuf Maitama Sule

(1929–2017)

| 1979  | 1983  | Shehu Shagari
7  |  | Joseph Nanven Garba

(1943–2002)[16]

| 1984  | 1990  | Muhammadu Buhari

Ibrahim Babangida

8  |  | Ibrahim Gambari

(b. 1944)[17]

| 1990  | 1999  | Ibrahim Babangida

Ernest Shonekan

Sani Abacha

Abdulsalami Abubakar

9  |  | Arthur Christopher Mbanefo[18]

(b. 1930)

| 1999[19] | 2004  | Olusegun Obasanjo

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

10  |  | Aminu Bashir Wali

(b. 1941)

| 2004[20][21] | 2007
11  | [22] | Joy Angela Ogwu

(b. 1946)

| 7 May 2008  | 3 May 2017  | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Goodluck Jonathan

Muhammadu Buhari

12  |  | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

(b. 1957)

| 3 May 2017[23] | present[24] | Muhammadu Buhari

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

## See also

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* Nigeria portal
* Politics portal

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

## References

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1. ^ "Ambassador/Permanent Representative". nigeriaunmission.org. 12 January 2013. 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.
5. ^ "LETTER DATED 28 MARCH 1962 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL" (PDF).
6. ^ "LETTER DATED 3 NOVEMBER 1961 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES OF ETHIOPIA, NIGERIA AND SUDAN ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL" (PDF).
7. ^ Nagata, Yukata (25 January 1966). "Press Conference by Chief S.O. Adebo of Nigeria". United Nations| UN Photo.
8. ^ Admin, Web (2013-02-15). "H. E. Mr. Edwin Ogebe OGBU, Permanent Representative of Nigeria (1968)". Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
9. ^ chrismoffat. "Edwin Ogebe Ogbu". Commonwealth Oral History Project. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
10. ^ Admin, Web (2013-02-15). "H. E. Leslie Oriseweyinmi HARRIMAN, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN (1975)". Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
11. ^ "Portrait of Ambassador Leslie O. Harriman". 10 April 1978.
12. ^ Admin, Web (2013-02-15). "Permanent Representative of Nigeria, H. E. Leslie O. Harriman at the United Nations Headquarters (1979)". Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
13. ^ "subjectheading:[Harriman, Leslie O.] \- Search Results - United Nations Digital Library System". digitallibrary.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
14. ^ "Letter, James F. Leonard to Leslie O. Harriman containing Report on the Activities of the United Nations Command (UNC) (December 21, 1976 - December 16, 1977)".
15. ^ "Statement at a special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid to pay tribute to Paul Robeson on his 80th birthday, April 10, 1978" (PDF). April 10, 1978.
16. ^ "Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Nigerian Diplomat Joseph Garba, WHO Served as President of Forty-fourth General Assembly". United Nations : Information Service Vienna. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
17. ^ "Former Special Adviser, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari (1999 - 2005) | Office of the Special Adviser on Africa". www.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
18. ^ "Arthur C.I. Mbanefo, Ambassador, Nigeria | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)". social.desa.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
19. ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIAL | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
20. ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
21. ^ "AMINU BASHIR WALI OF NIGERIA SECOND COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
22. ^ "Nigerian Representative Deplores Bombing on UN Offices in Abuja". 26 August 2011.
23. ^ "New Permanent Representative of Nigeria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
24. ^ Schneider, Evan (27 June 2019). "Portrait of President of 74th General Assembly". United Nations| UN Media Office.

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