UN General Assembly Archives - Freedom Online ...express yourself Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:18:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://freedomonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-icon-32x32.png UN General Assembly Archives - Freedom Online 32 32 UN Passes Slavery Reparations Resolution Backed by Nigeria and Ghana https://freedomonline.com.ng/un-passes-slavery-reparations-resolution-backed-by-nigeria-and-ghana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-passes-slavery-reparations-resolution-backed-by-nigeria-and-ghana https://freedomonline.com.ng/un-passes-slavery-reparations-resolution-backed-by-nigeria-and-ghana/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:18:28 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=274578 Nigeria, alongside Ghana and over 120 other countries, has supported a United Nations resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as one of the most severe crimes against humanity and calling for reparative justice. The resolution, led by Ghana, secured 123 votes in favour  at the UN, while Argentina, Israel, and the United States opposed it. […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/un-passes-slavery-reparations-resolution-backed-by-nigeria-and-ghana/feed/ 0 UN agency appoints Nigerian Energy Expert Ekpenyong as Peace Ambassador https://freedomonline.com.ng/un-agency-appoints-nigerian-energy-expert-ekpenyong-as-peace-ambassador/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-agency-appoints-nigerian-energy-expert-ekpenyong-as-peace-ambassador https://freedomonline.com.ng/un-agency-appoints-nigerian-energy-expert-ekpenyong-as-peace-ambassador/#respond Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:00:21 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=206853 The United Nations United Nations Positive Livelihood and Awards Centre (UN-POLAC) has appointed a Nigerian Oil Wells Control Expert Dr Victor Ekpenyong as its Peace Ambassador. UN POLAC, is an international group founded in 2001 and dedicated to the ideals of the UN General Assembly on global peace advocacy. Ekpenyong, Chief Executive of Kenyon International, […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/un-agency-appoints-nigerian-energy-expert-ekpenyong-as-peace-ambassador/feed/ 0 At UNGA, Horn of Africa nations seek global solidarity, real reforms https://freedomonline.com.ng/at-unga-horn-of-africa-nations-seek-global-solidarity-real-reforms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-unga-horn-of-africa-nations-seek-global-solidarity-real-reforms https://freedomonline.com.ng/at-unga-horn-of-africa-nations-seek-global-solidarity-real-reforms/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:45:30 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=206095 Leaders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea, have  made a strong plea for action to rescue a world teetering on the precipice of climate catastrophe and struggling under the weight of an outdated and unfair global financial. The leaders made the call in their statements at the ongoing UN General Assembly’s general debate in New […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/at-unga-horn-of-africa-nations-seek-global-solidarity-real-reforms/feed/ 0 Russia’s weaponization of food, energy impact all countries, says Zelensky https://freedomonline.com.ng/russias-weaponization-of-food-energy-impact-all-countries-says-zelensky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russias-weaponization-of-food-energy-impact-all-countries-says-zelensky https://freedomonline.com.ng/russias-weaponization-of-food-energy-impact-all-countries-says-zelensky/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:44:20 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=205676 President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told world leaders in the UN General Assembly that alongside its ongoing nuclear threat, Russia is also weaponizing essentials like global food and energy markets, and using them “not only against our country, but all of yours as well.” Since the start of the war, Ukrainian ports in the Black […]

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