- The support by the international community to Nigeria's insurgency challenge has been lauded
- This was stated by Nigeria's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Professor Tijjani Bande
- He says Nigeria also lauded the international support given to neighbouring countries and the shrinking of the Lake Chad
- According to Bande, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, China, Canada and others countries have been helpful
Nigeria has lauded the international support to the country and neighbouring countries in addressing the challenges caused by the Boko Haram terrorists and the shrinking of the Lake Chad.
NAN reports that Nigeria’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Professor Tijjani Bande, stated this in New York at the ‘Security Council Open Debate on the Role of States, Regional Arrangements and the United Nations in the Prevention and Resolution of Conflict.
Legit.ng notes that Bande said: “As we all know, the Lake Chad region has been facing its worst crisis ever, primarily because of the impact of climate change.
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“However, the ability of the Lake Chad basin countries to obtain international support and attention is paying off.
“An array of countries – Norway, Germany, UK, U. S., China, Canada and others – have joined the UN to provide financial and technical support to the on-going efforts to not only conquer Boko Haram, but also work at the same time across the whole pillars, as the only way forward.
“Indeed, so successful has this been, since the visit by the Security Council in March 2017, and the various pledging conferences – Abuja, Oslo and Berlin – that we are even talking of recharging of the basin, to restore and or stabilise the livelihood of some 45 million people affected by this unfortunate situation.
“Through it all, ECOWAS, AU and the UN have been working very well together to galvanise support, towards the same end”.
Bande pledged Nigeria’s resolve to continue to support efforts at maintaining peace and security in all regions of the world.
According to him, more than ever, there is the need to strengthen collaboration between the UN and the various regional and sub-regional organisations around the world.
He said the need to ensure that effective and mutually reinforcing mechanisms (both regional and global) that are flexible and responsive enough to ensure peaceful coexistence among communities are prioritised were critical.
Bande said it was imperative to ensure that a means of financing regional bodies-led peace support operations that were authorised by the Security Council would be predictably and sustainably worked out.
He added: “We owe this to the millions that suffer and are waiting for our help. In this regard, I wish to commend the Secretary-General on the current AU-UN partnership on peacekeeping, as this is a right step in the right direction."
The envoy said in the effort to prevent and resolve conflicts, there is the need to also take due cognisance of the structural challenges to peace and security.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that following the outcome of the conference of international donors against Boko Haram crisis and other insurgencies in Africa, an amount of $2.17 billion was raised and another $467 million concessional loans was earmarked for tackling crisis bedevilling the Lake Chad Basin region.
The two-day humanitarian conference which was held in Berlin between September 3 and 4 by the governments of Germany, Norway and Nigeria had in attendance the United Nations.
Issues bordering on how peace and development would be ensured in the troubled region were points of concern at the conference.
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