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1961-09-24

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1964-09-24

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1. “And being a member of the African community and feeling ourselves completely bound to its destiny and accepting our involvement in everything that pertains to it, obviously all questions pertaining to Africa must be considered as questions pertaining to Nigeria. The peace of Africa is the peace of Nigeria. Its tribulations are our tribulations and we cannot be indifferent to its future. I will deal with this in greater detail later in my statement. 8. We also know that we belong: to that organization called the Commonwealth, an organization of peoples or States of diverse racial groups and different experiences, but bound together because of certain common political experience and having certain attitudes with respect to certain questions affecting them.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

2. “I say this because there have been misnomers and misrepresentation, and countries have been called neutralist. Nigeria is r not a neutralist country. We are independent in everything but neutral in nothing that affects the destiny of Africa. The moment Africa is affected we are involved. We want to make this absolutely clear; Nigeria finds itself involved in anything affecting the African continent anywhere, any square inch of African territory—we are involved. We cannot be neutral, so that neutralism, used in a broad sense, should exclude our country when it comes to African affairs.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

3. “At the last session I came here holding the portfolio of Minister of Economic Development and serving as the Chairman of my delegation. Therefore, I think it is fitting and proper that I should explain to the Assembly the main tenets and bases on which the Nigerian Government expects to conduct its foreign policy. That will give the Assembly an insight into our general attitude towards the various problems that confront the Assembly and the world community to which we belong. 7. Our foreign policy is based on three basic pillars; the concept that Nigeria is an African nation; it is part and parcel of that continent of Africa and therefore it is so completely involved in anything that pertains to that continent that it cannot be neutral and must never be considered as a neutralist country.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

4. “Permit me to say that, apart from the suggestion which has come from some quarters that the new United Nations library should be dedicated to his memory [see A/4908], I would like to suggest that a special memorial should be built in Leopoldville, in the Congo, in memory of the Secretary-General, who lost his life in that part of Africa in quest of peace for that troubled country, the Republic of the Congo. I think that such a memorial would be a constant reminder to all sojourners who travel to that area of the African continent when peace and tranquillity find their abode in that region once more. 6. This is my first intervention in the general debate of the Assembly as the Foreign Minister and the Minister of Commonwealth Relations of Nigeria.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

5. “"Therefore, I wish to send, on behalf of the Federal Government and the peoples of Nigeria, our heartfelt sympathy and condolences pot only to the United Nations as an Organization, but to the entire world, for the peace of which he laboured, and to his relatives." 4. Those two messages are short and precise, but ; they do give an insight into how we Africans feel I the loss of this great man. In conjunction with other Africans who have made this statement, we feel that there should be a thorough investigation, a more comprehensive and complete investigation, of the circumstances that led to the death of the Secretary- General. 5. It has been suggested that a memorial should be built in honour of the Secretary-General.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

6. “His death will be a most serious blow to the United Nations Organization, which he has served most faithfully and with unswerving loyalty. His loss will have a far- reaching effect in the affairs of mankind, which now mourns him." The Prime Minister sent the following message: "I was most sad to hear of the death of Mr. Hammarskjold. In him the world has lost a great statesman. Throughout the years that he has been Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Hammarskjold has done his best to bring about peace among the nations. He should always be remembered for trying to hold a balance between the East and West. During the years that he held his position, there were many difficult situations. In all of them he played a magnificent part.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

7. “I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Slim once more on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly during its sixteenth session. 2. I want also to state ones more on behalf of my delegation and the Government of Nigeria how deep the loss of the Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, has been not only to the Organization or to the Swedish Government, but also to the Government of Nigeria. To indicate to the Assembly how much our Government feels this loss, I shall read out two messages which were sent by the Governor-General of Nigeria and the Prime Minister. 3. The message of the Governor-General reads as follows: "I am deeply distressed to hear of the death of Mr. Dag Hammarskjold while in search of peace for a troubled African country.”

   1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)