Nigeria: Govt Accedes to UN Convention On Statelessness

22 September 2011

Nigeria has formally acceded to the 1954 convention on the status of stateless persons and the 1961 convention on reduction of statelessness, as President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday handed over the country's instruments to the United Nations (UN).

The Federal Executive Council had, last week at an emergency session, approved the ratification of the Convention before its accession was taken to the global body as part of Nigeria's continued efforts to protect human rights globally.

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