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"Mr President, it is true, Minister, that is it difficult for Nigeria to imagine such a contrast, a very explosive cocktail of tensions.
On the one hand, the population is living in poverty –which is still extreme – particularly in the north, while, on the other hand, there is an immense wealth of oil resources being exploited by companies that are polluting Nigerian waters without hesitation. There are also religious conflicts between the Islamic North and the Christian South, the presence of Boko Haram and therefore hard-line terrorism, which has led to the tragic deaths of two hostages. There is still political corruption. There are social troubles against the backdrop of poverty, but you have spoken, it is true, of the democracy that is beginning to emerge, of Nigerians taking charge of their own destiny.
In spite of everything, violence is still part of their daily lives. The paradox of all this is that we can clearly see the role that Nigeria plays – and you have described it well – at international level and at African level, particularly in Western Africa. It contributes, as you said, to promoting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), whose headquarters are in Abuja. It has increased conflict resolution initiatives. In recent years, it has led mediation meetings in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. It is involved in many UN peacekeeping operations in Africa. It has even recently deployed an entirely female police force in Liberia.
On the subject of this Nigeria that we are talking about today in the resolution, with its clear and sombre face, we wanted nonetheless to condense the very specific requests that you have asked us to relay. We are asking them to demand that oil companies operate with transparency and respect for the environment and that they clean up the damage caused to the environment. Amnesty International has written entire reports on this issue. We have called for a law criminalising homosexuality to be abolished, then, and I say this with force – it is one of my group’s priorities – for the imprisoned trade unionists to be released, and finally, for both a fairer distribution of wealth and religious tolerance to be guaranteed, since intolerance is still a breeding ground for terrorism."@en1
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