Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa deliver Nigeria's first speech at the UN General Assembly, 7 October 1960

Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa led the Nigerian delegation to the fifteenth Regular session of the United Nations General Assembly during which he made this, the country’s maiden speech to the World body on 7 October 1960, the day Nigeria was admitted as the 99th member of the Organization.