Nigeria Backs Palestinian President’s UN Video Address After U.S. Visa Denial
New York, Sept. 20, 2025 — Nigeria joined 144 other United Nations member states on Saturday in supporting a resolution that allows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address the UN General Assembly via a pre-recorded video message after the United States denied visas to his delegation. The measure passed with 145 votes in favor, five against, and six abstentions. Opposing votes came from the United States, Israel, Nauru, Palau, and Paraguay, while countries including Albania, Fiji, Hungary, North Macedonia, Panama, and Papua New Guinea abstained. Under the resolution, Abbas’s speech will be introduced by a Palestinian representative based in New York. He and other Palestinian officials will also be permitted to deliver remarks virtually during the ongoing 80th UN session, including at high-level meetings on the two-State solution. Nigeria’s Position Nigeria’s UN envoy said the country backed the resolution to […]