Nigeria has been re-elected by acclamation, for the 45th time, to chair the United Nations, UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, widely regarded as UN’s most strategic committee.
Nigeria has chaired the UN special committee on peacekeeping operations from 1972 till date.
Nigeria is the 14th largest troops contributing nation to UN Peacekeeping operations and eighth in Africa, according to the last data published by the UN Peacekeeping Department.
The data showed that Nigeria contributed 2,170 peacekeeping personnel in 2016, made up of 403 policemen, 46 military experts and 1,721 troops, out of which 232 were females.
After the re-election, Nigeria introduced two new paragraphs for adoption into the 2017 report.
The first was on the impact of illicit financial flows on resource mobilization and sustainable development, with a call for a return of proceeds of such flows to their countries of origin.
The second took note of the Donald Kaberuka report on potions for funding AU peace support operations authorized by the Security Council.
The two texts were adopted alongside other major recommendations.
The UN Special Committee was established by General Assembly resolution 2006 (XIX) of Feb. 18, 1965, to conduct a comprehensive review of all issues relating to peacekeeping.
