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Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by elbaraj001(m): 9:36am On Sep 29, 2015 |
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Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by ArewaWarrior: 9:51am On Sep 29, 2015 |
WHY LIE ABOUT BUHARIS SPEECH JUST TO CREATE HATRED FOR THE MAN. HE IS PRESIDENT ELECT NOW AND NO LONGER AN ASPIRANT. DEAL WITH IT UNTIL IT IS DEALT WITH. FOR THOSE THAT CARE THIS IS THE FULL TEXT OF BUHARI'S UN SPEECH. ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 70TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK, 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015. President of the General Assembly, Secretary–General Your Excellencies Heads of State and Governments Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, to congratulate you and your country on your election to preside over the 70th session of the U.N. General Assembly. 2. May I also express appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa and the Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon both of whom worked tirelessly to ensure proper articulation of the post-2015 Development Agenda and to maintain the focus and commitment to the ideals of the United Nations. I thank Mr. Ban Ki-moon for his recent visit to Nigeria when we held very useful discussions. Mr. President, 3. Fifty-five (55) years ago almost to the day, my great predecessor, Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa stood on this forum to declare Nigeria’s desire to develop and maintain friendly relations with all countries. He also assured the world of our country’s commitment to uphold the principles upon which the United Nations was founded. 4. Mr. President, my country, Nigeria, has lived by this conviction, even when judgement went against us in territorial disputes with our neighbours. We respected those judgements and abided by them as a mark of respect for the rule of law and the charter of this organization. Nigeria’s record in the U.N. peacekeeping is second to none. I myself as a young officer in the Nigerian Army did tours of duty in Congo and the Lebanon. 5. Nigeria has contributed to U.N. peacekeeping efforts in Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Darfur. Furthermore, we are proud of our contributions to other activities of the U.N. including the Peace Building Commission, the Human Rights Council and security sector reform. Mr. President, 6. We are gratified to note that most countries have pledged commitment to the post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with their means of implementation. The successor frameworks of the MDGs have come, Mr. President, with lofty aspirations and if I may say so, heroic assumptions! Nonetheless, they target development cooperation by the international community up to the year 2020. And they deserve universal support. 7. This is because the SDGs mirror the hopes and aspirations of much of the world. 8. I should stress that for the newly adopted SDGs to be truly global, they must be practical. In this regard, the SDGs’ core objectives of poverty eradication and reducing inequalities must be met within the framework of a revitalized global partnership support by concrete policies and actions as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. 9. Luckily, these two core objectives of the SDGs are precisely at the centre of Nigeria’s new Administration’s agenda. It must be emphasized, Mr. President, that Foreign Direct Investment supplemented where suitable by Official Development Assistance as outlined in the Addis Ababa Agenda are necessary, though not sufficient, conditions for accelerated development in countries that are trying to catch up. 10. In this connexion, I would like to appeal to industrialized countries to redeem their pledge of earmarking 0.7% (nought point seven percent) of their GDP to development assistance. With the sole exception of the UK, all concerned countries have, I am told to meet the UN requirement. But, Mr. President, with SDGs we have the opportunity to improve the lives of people not just in the developing world but in all nations. 11. The Secretary General himself has grouped the SDGs into what he calls six “essential elements” namely: • Dignity • Prosperity • Justice • Partnership • Planet • People As a prerequisite to these and as we look at history and remember the terrible events that gave rise to the birth of the United Nations in 1945, I would like to propose a seventh: • PEACE 12. Peace, Mr. President, is close to the hearts of Nigerians, as we are in the front line in the war on terror. Boko Haram’s war against the people of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon may not attract as much worldwide attention as the wars in the Middle East but the suffering is just as great and the human cost is equally high. 13. This is a war about values between progress and chaos; between democracy and the rule of law. Boko Haram celebrates violence against the weak and the innocent and deplorably, they hide behind their perverted interpretation of Islam. Boko Haram is as far away from Islam as any one can think of. 14. Many of my colleagues attending this forum would want to know how our new government intends to tackle the huge problems the government has inherited. Friends of Nigeria and foreign investor partners will be encouraged to know that the new Government is attacking the problems we inherited head-on. 15. We intend to tackle inequalities arising from massive unemployment and previous government policies favouring a few people to the detriment of the many. We intend to emphasize quality technological education for development and lay foundation for comprehensive care of the aged, the disadvantaged and the infirm. But for now terrorism is the immediate problem. 16. Accordingly, Mr. President, Members of the General Assembly, the new Nigerian Government which I have the honour to head, moved with dispatch to put in a bold and robust strategy to defeat Boko Haram. Nigeria and her neighbours Cameroon, Chad and Niger plus Benin are working together to face this common threat within the regional framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission. We have established a multinational joint task force to confront, degrade and defeat Boko Haram. 17. We have driven them away from many of their strongholds, killed or captured many of their operatives or commanders and freed several hundreds of hostages. 18. Mr. President, one of our major aims is to rescue the Chibok girls alive and unharmed. We are working round the clock to ensure their safety and eventual reunion with their families. Chibok girls are constantly on our minds and in our plans. 19. Mr. President, terrorism is by no means the major or the only evil threatening and undermining the wellbeing of societies around the world. • Corruption • Cross border financial crimes • Cyber crimes • Human trafficking • Spread of communicable diseases • Climate change • Proliferation of weapons are all major challenges of the 21st century which the international community must tackle collectively. Let me reaffirm Nigerian government’s unwavering commitment to fight corruption and illicit financial flows. By any consideration, corruption and cross border financial crimes are impediments to development, economic growth, and the realization of the wellbeing of citizens across the globe. 20. Nigeria is ready and willing to partner with international agencies and individual countries on a bilateral basis to confront crimes and corruption. In particular, I call upon the global community to urgently redouble efforts towards strengthening the mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption and ensuring the return of stolen funds and assets to their countries of origin. 21. Mr. President, the world is now facing a big new challenge: human trafficking. This is an old evil taking an altogether new and dangerous dimension threatening to upset international relationships. We in Africa are grieved to see on international networks how hundreds of thousands of our able bodied men and women fleeing to Europe and in the process thousands dying in the desert or drowning in the Mediterranean. 22. We condemn in the strongest terms these people traffickers and will support any measures to apprehend and bring them to justice. At the same time, we are very appreciative of European governments notably Italy and Germany, for their understanding and humane treatment of these refugees. 23. Last year, our continent faced the dreadful occurrence of Ebola. We sincerely thank the international community for the collective efforts to contain this deadly disease. We are not out of the woods yet but we would like to record our appreciation to the United States, United Kingdom, France and China for their outstanding assistance in arresting the spread of Ebola and care of those infected in collaboration with host countries. Mr. President, 24. Nigeria fully subscribes to and fully endorses Goals 13, 14 and 15 of the SDGs regarding Climate Change. In Nigeria, desertification and land erosion and degradation leading to biodiversity loss are real threats to our environment and we shall propose under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission a regional approach to combat these environmental challenges. 25. We look forward to the UN Summit on climate change in Paris in December 2015. This summit should provide optimism to humanity on addressing the looming threat faced by many communities around the world. Mr. President, 26. We are witnessing a dreadful increase in conflicts fuelled by availability of small arms and light weapons. I call upon all member countries to demonstrate the political will needed to uphold the UN charter. For a start, a robust implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty will guarantee that small arms and light weapons are only legally transferred. Arms traffickers and human traffickers are two evil species which the world community should eradicate. Mr. President, 27. As we engage in these annual debates, we need remind ourselves of the principles that led to the founding of the United Nations. Among those are peaceful coexistence and self-determination of peoples. In this context, Mr. President, the unresolved question of self-determination for the Palestinian people and those of Western Sahara, both nations having been adjusted by the United Nations as qualifying for this inalienable right must now be assured and fulfilled without any further delay or obstacle. 28. The international community has come to pin its hopes on resolving the Palestinian issue through the two – states solution which recognises the legitimate right of each state to exist in peace and security. The world has no more excuses or reasons to delay the implementation of the long list of Security Council resolutions on this question. Neither do we have the moral right to deny any people their freedom or condemn them indefinitely to occupation and blockade Mr. President, delegates of member countries, 29. UN is 70 years old. It can count many more than 70 major achievements as the world’s forum and family reunion. It is my hope that in the next 70 years, it will achieve control of climate, help to eliminate communicable diseases, eliminate major and local conflicts and therefore eliminate the problem of refugees, take major steps towards reducing harmful inequalities between nations and within nations and above all, eliminate nuclear weapons. 30. Mr. President, as this is my first address in this Assembly, I thank you and the delegates for listening so patiently. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by luvprince4real(m): 9:54am On Sep 29, 2015 |
The guy above me don save bubu. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by amazingspiderma: 9:59am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Listened to the speech yesterday and read again to see if there was clear road map for fighting insurgency,but none given. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Nobody: 10:01am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Well much respect to the office of the President. But is climate change our problem in Nigeria? How many industries do we have functioning or how many functioning industries do we have in the countries around us that will make climate change our most pressing worry? Has Buhari mentioned climate change in Nigeria before or he thinks he can travel out and raise nonsensical issues to be our problem...... Na WA oooo |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by obstead200(m): 10:01am On Sep 29, 2015 |
ArewaWarrior:well, if this was actually his address to the UN, then, inspite of myself, I must say the our Presido really tried (or at least his speech writers did a wonderful job of making sure he does not embarass himself and NIgeria) 2 Likes |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by drnoel: 10:03am On Sep 29, 2015 |
egift: Bullshit foolish speech. The Nigerian problems are Boko Haram, Economic decline, Unemployment, shorttage of food supply not climate change. What did PMB and his 30 deligates go to UN summit to do again? |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by emekaxy: 10:06am On Sep 29, 2015 |
GiantParrot: That excerpt also got me thinking before I read your comment, I have tried to look around the twin strategy of Adaptation and Mitigation to see what effort has been put in that area....and yet I can't see anything APC and lies.. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by LexingtonSteele(m): 10:11am On Sep 29, 2015 |
In other news: Barrack Obama is one of the most intelligent world leaders I've ever seen. Did he write the speech he delivered or the words just came to him? Awesome! |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Forwetinnah: 10:13am On Sep 29, 2015 |
overhypedsteve: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His minders are phoolish I swear...let me hear them blame Joy Ogwu for this!! Unbelievable...Other heads of States are there to address pressing issues in their Countries, our mallam went their to be a clown |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Forwetinnah: 10:16am On Sep 29, 2015 |
drnoel: ....i just dey wonder like Alice in Wonderland. The people phoolish die!!!!They think pretending all is well in this Country changes the reality on ground? Booooohari leave Elephant wey him carry for head dey pursue Ant. *Claps once* 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Yksoul(m): 10:17am On Sep 29, 2015 |
baba is working |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by luvprince4real(m): 10:17am On Sep 29, 2015 |
LexingtonSteele:that guy was so on point, so presidential. no note anywhere, it seems he know the problems of d world. He knows what to say and when to say it. 1 Like |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by JAMANZE: 10:21am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Does baba one chance even know the meaning of ecosystem |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by drnoel: 10:39am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Forwetinnah: no mind those ignoramuses insulting me below and above u. Imagine rubbish? Look NIgerians call a spade a spade. Ur problems are worse than climate change so why would u condone a president that will go to the world and tell them about climate change? Attack the president and his team and not me. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by lordmayor4(m): 10:40am On Sep 29, 2015 |
GiantParrot: Climate change is a conspiracy my brother. It's where the NWO hooks their planned decimation of the earth population and support of same sex marriage and all. How suddenly they found out there's water now In Mars. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Okaka27(m): 10:46am On Sep 29, 2015 |
drnoel:and was it not PDP 's reign for 16 yrs that amounted to the problems u mentioned, the same PDP u voted for n lost. Stupeed I'd!ot |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by password88(m): 10:51am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Buhari continue de buhari anyi Of all the menances facing this country its climate change that you could bring forth to the UN. Its well. Wot type of change should we expect from this government ![]() |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by amazingspiderma: 11:00am On Sep 29, 2015 |
password88: Climate change. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by drnoel: 11:17am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Okaka27: PDP/APC who cares? I didn´t vote cos I believe voting for one tout to remove another tout is mediocre |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by GiantParrot(m): 11:42am On Sep 29, 2015 |
petrov10: Lol. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Nobody: 11:49am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Mostly on black sign of filthiness.
Nigeria changing from bad to worse under a government of we know it all.
APC !! backwardness |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by ernesty20(m): 11:52am On Sep 29, 2015 |
RANGO23:berra shut the hole u call mouth. What is climate change compare to boko haram? U need sense |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Nobody: 11:53am On Sep 29, 2015 |
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Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by soropee: 11:57am On Sep 29, 2015 |
Funjosh: We're saying that his speech is inconclusive. He would have at least mention the Lake Chad Basin & it's degradation as a result of climate change. Nigeria is blessed with renown environmentalist that would have obliged to write better speech that would have addressed this issue conclusive. |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by shaddoww: 11:59am On Sep 29, 2015 |
U need to have seen d applause he got, he was d only African leader who didnt result to bashing of one country or d oda n he used dat as am opportunity to reach out to palestine, since d failure of d last administration to vote during d vote to determine their independence contributed to d failure of their being independent by now |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Okaka27(m): 1:29pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
drnoel:then shut d Fok up an allow God to do his thing . Country must better Wether u like am or not |
Re: Full Speech: Buhari Addresses UN General Assembly On Climate Change by Nobody: 2:14pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
LexingtonSteele:He was reading off a teleprompter. His entire speech was written. |
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