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Nigeria at the United Nations

Flag of Nigeria
Flag of Nigeria.svg by Jon Harald Søby (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1960-10-07
ISO 3166-1
NG / NGA
Admitted by
A/RES/1492 (XV)

International organisations

Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.

OrganisationJoined
United Nations 1960-10-07

Service on principal organs

Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.

Economic and Social Council

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Human Rights Council

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2015 2014 2011 2010 1995 1994 1979 1978 1967 1966

Permanent representatives

5 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande 2017-05in office / not recorded
Joy Ogwu 2008-05-072017-05
Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi 20072014
Ibrahim Gambari 19901999
Emeka Anyaoku -in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, 828 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 1 October
Accredited diplomats
27

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1991
Adult literacy rate 70.41 2024
CO2 emissions per capita 0.566918 2024
GDP 2.90794e+11 2025
GNI per capita 1,360 2025
Life expectancy at birth 54.635 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.555429 2024
Net official development assistance received 3.5964e+09 2023
Population 2.37528e+08 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 123,848 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 478,150 2025

World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.

General Debate statements

64 statements to the General Debate since 1961, 207,395 words in all. The longest was 1961, at 10,056 words, delivered by Mr. Wachuku.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×21, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×7, Vice-President ×2, Head of State ×1. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.

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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Nigeria
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg by Lumia1234 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

86 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.

TreatySignedRatified or acceded
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 26 Jun 1961 d
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 17 Dec 1975 -
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 26 Jun 1961 d
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 31 Mar 1962 19 Jun 1967
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 22 Jan 1968 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 27 Jul 2009 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 20 May 1987
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 19 Apr 1991
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - 27 Jul 2009 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 24 Sep 2010
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance - 27 Jul 2009 a
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 16 Oct 1967 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 29 Jul 1993 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 29 Jul 1993 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 1 Dec 1970 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 26 Jun 1974 31 Mar 1977
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 23 Apr 1984 13 Jun 1985
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 28 Jul 1988 28 Jun 2001
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 25 Nov 1960 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 28 Jun 2004 20 Oct 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 20 Sep 2011 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 2 May 1968 a
Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946 - 26 Jun 1961 d
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 6 Jun 1969
Convention on psychotropic substances - 23 Jun 1981 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1 Mar 1989 1 Nov 1989
Agreement to establish the South Centre 30 Sep 1994 22 Feb 2001
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank 4 Aug 1963 12 Mar 1964
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States - 16 May 1966 a
Articles of Association for the establishment of an Economic Community of West Africa - 4 May 1967 s
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 6 May 1977 25 Oct 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 Apr 1979 19 Dec 1980
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 26 Jun 1961 d
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 26 Jun 1961 d
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 26 Jun 1961 d
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 18 Oct 2018 a
Agreement concerning the adoption of harmonized technical United Nations Regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these United Nations Regulations - 18 Oct 2018 a
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections - 18 Oct 2018 a
Agreement concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles - 18 Oct 2018 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 - 7 Nov 1988 a
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 - 5 Mar 2004 a
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2009 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 15 Mar 1962 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 10 Sep 1975 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 26 Jun 1961 d
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 29 Jul 1993 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 13 Sep 1983 13 Mar 1991
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 - 19 Oct 1999 a
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 - 11 Mar 2003 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 14 Nov 2011 -
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 - 10 Oct 2018 a
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 11 Jul 1980 17 Nov 1980
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1 Jun 2000 27 Sep 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 1 Jun 2000 16 Jun 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 28 Jun 2001
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 14 Dec 2004
United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes 25 Oct 2025 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 24 Sep 2013 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries 4 Apr 1990 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 25 Sep 2012 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 24 Sep 2013 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone - 26 Jun 1961 d
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 3 May 2024 -
Convention on the High Seas - 26 Jun 1961 d
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas - 26 Jun 1961 d
Convention on the Continental Shelf - 28 Apr 1971 a
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks - 2 Nov 2009 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 1 May 2003 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 17 Mar 1970 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 7 Aug 2019 27 Nov 2023
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (with Protocols I, II and III) 26 Jan 1982 -
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 20 May 1999
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 8 Sep 2000 27 Sep 2001
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction - 27 Sep 2001 a
Convention on Cluster Munitions 12 Jun 2009 28 Feb 2023
Arms Trade Treaty 12 Aug 2013 12 Aug 2013
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 6 Aug 2020
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 31 Oct 1994 8 Jul 1997
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - 27 Sep 2010
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 28 Jun 2001 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 24 May 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 1 Feb 2018
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 31 Oct 1988 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 15 Mar 1990 13 Mar 1991
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes - 22 Mar 2023 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 29 Aug 1994

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - yes
A/RES/80/296 - yes
A/RES/80/293 B - yes
A/RES/80/294 - yes
A/RES/80/293 A - yes
A/RES/80/297 - yes
A/RES/80/299 - yes

Provenance

Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2NG wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902323+00:00
iso3NGA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902336+00:00
m49566 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.134978+00:00
nameNigeria wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902306+00:00
un_admission_date1960-10-07 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902316+00:00
unsd_nameNigeria un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.134992+00:00

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