Nigeria has been re-elected for the 48th
time to chair the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations,
regarded as UN’s most strategic committee.
The Charge d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of
Nigeria to the United Nations, Ambassador Samson Itegboje, was elected Chair of
the committee also known as C-34 by acclamation at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York during opening of the 2020 Session. Nigeria has
chaired the special committee on peacekeeping operations from 1972 till date
and has always been re-elected to lead the most critical committee of the
United Nations. Nigeria is among the world’s 15th largest troops contributor
to UN Peacekeeping operations and the eighth in Africa.
Canada was re-elected as Vice Chair, while
Argentina, Poland Japan and Egypt were elected as Bureau members.
The Nigerian envoy’s election has been viewed as a
demonstration of confidence reposed by the UN in Nigeria regarding the envoy’s ability,
personality and charisma within the diplomatic community. The Special Committee
on Peacekeeping Operations was established in 1965 by the General Assembly in
order to review and provide recommendations on United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations.
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