Buhari tasks world leaders on peace

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for concerted efforts in the eradication of Violence and Racism in all parts of the world.

He also restated Nigeria’s Commitment to Peace and protection of the rights of all women as well as providing an enabling environment for them to realise their full potential.

The President made the call at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

He called for peace, security, development and human rights as the foundation for a collective well-being.

“There can be no peace without sustainable development and no sustainable development without peace with the full respect for human rights”

“We also recognise that inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all people in the world is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

“We declare that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance present the very opposite of the noble purposes of the United Nations.

“We recognise that tolerance of cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious diversities are essential for lasting peace, understanding and friendship among peoples, nations, cultures and individuals”, he added.

He called on world leaders to emulate the life the former South African President lived, by building a just, peaceful, prosperous, inclusive and fair world.