UN Security Council resolution 160
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| Date: | October 7, 1960 |
| Meeting: | 907 |
| Identifier: | S / RES / 160 |
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| Poll: | Pro: 11 Ent. : 0 Cons: 0 |
| Object: | Admission of Nigeria to the United Nations as a new member |
| Result: | Accepted |
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The Resolution 160 of the UN Security Council is a resolution that the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously in the 908th meeting on 7 October 1960th She dealt with the admission of Nigeria as a new member in the United Nations .
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The newspaper owner and party leader Herbert Macaulay developed into the leading figure of an emerging Nigerian nationalism. In 1938, serious demands arose for the first time to grant Nigeria the status of a British Dominion , i.e. to put it on a par with Australia or Canada . As in other African countries, the Second World War , in which Nigerian soldiers took part on the side of the British for freedom and democracy , acted as a catalyst for independence efforts. In 1954 Nigeria was divided into four regions, which were ruled by elected governors and were given their independence in the course of the decentralization of Nigeria. In 1957, self-government with a parliamentary system was introduced in the (south) west and (south) east regions of the country. The power of the central government remained weak in comparison with the autonomy of the regions. The north predominantly rejected the influence of the headquarters, it was not until 1959 that, like the regions of the south, it decided on self-government on a parliamentary basis within the framework of an "independent federation of Nigeria".
At a conference in Lancaster House in London in 1957 and 1958 the course was finally set for independence. In December 1959 there were general elections for a Nigerian House of Representatives, in which the majority of the seats were reserved for the north due to the larger population. On October 1, 1960, Nigeria was granted independence by a law in the British Parliament.
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The Security Council announced that it had examined Nigeria's admission as a new member of the United Nations and recommended that the UN General Assembly approve it.
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Nigeria joined the United Nations on the same day (October 7th).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://rulers.org/nigareg.html
- ^ Walter Schicho: Handbuch Afrika, Volume, p. 82
- ^ The 193 member states in alphabetical order. (No longer available online.) In: crp-infotec.de. July 20, 2011, archived from the original on March 24, 2013 ; Retrieved July 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
