PHOTOS: Nigeria’s Tijani Muhammad-Bande Performs First Official Assignment As UNGA President
Nigeria’s Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Tuesday, assumed duty as President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
The 74th session opened yesterday with Muhammad-Bande performing his first official assignment by presiding over the sitting.
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The session was attended by UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and the Under-Secretary-General for the General Assembly and Conference Management, Mr Movses Abelian.
In his opening address, Muhammad-Bande said: “I will collaborate and coordinate with the Security Council and the Secretariat to ensure that greater attention is paid to prevention rather than reaction to full-blown conflict.
“I will also advocate for effective early detection and warning systems as well as mediation, negotiation and peaceful settlement of ongoing conflicts.
“I will work to engender cooperation that addresses drivers of conflict such as poverty, exclusion and illiteracy,’’ he said.
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PHOTOS:
PRESIDENT OF THE 74 SESSION OF UNGA ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICE 6. The President of the 74Th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and Nigerian Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Prof Tijjani Mohammad Bande Flanked by his Immediate Past President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and his wife with the Bishops at the Church of the Family in New York. 
PRESIDENT OF THE 74 SESSION OF UNGA ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICE 5B. Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms Amina Mohammed, Former INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega SSAP Mallam Garba Shehu at the Church Service to Usher in The New President of the 74Th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and Nigerian Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Prof Tijjani Mohammad Bande Flanked by his Immediate Past President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and his wife with the Bishops at the Church of the Family in New York. PRESIDENT OF THE 74 SESSION OF UNGA ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICE 3. From Right; Secretary-General of the United Nation General Assembly, Mr Antonio Gutteres, The New President of the 74Th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and Nigerian Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Prof Tijjani Mohammad Bande, his wife, the Immediate Past President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms Amina Mohammed during the Church Service that Usher in the New President of 74th UNGA at the Church of the Family in New York. 
PRESIDENT OF THE 74 SESSION OF UNGA ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICE 1. From Right; The New President of the 74Th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and Nigerian Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Prof Tijjani Mohammad Bande Speaking at the Church Service during the Church Service that Usher in the New President of 74th UNGA at the Church of the Family in New York.
