Statement of Nigeria at UNESCO
Executive Board Session 179
1 to 17 April, 2008

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Nigeria's President Obasanjo presenting the National Award
of: Officer of the Order of the Niger: [OON] to Professor
Omolewa: Ambassador and Permanent Delegate - on Thursday
21 December, 2006 in Abuja, Nigeria. Below is a picture
of Professor Omolewa shortly after being given the
Officer of the Order of the Niger Award:

Ambassador Michael Omolewa with former President of Mali:
Alpha Oumar Konare and Chairman of the African Union;
plus representatives to the October 2006 UNESCO
Executive Board 175th Session in Paris, France

United Kingdom's National Commission for UNESCO Inaugural Annual
Conference held from 16 to 17 June, 2006. Nigeria's Ambassador and
Permanent Delegate: Professor Michael Omolewa was there as a
Distinguished Guest. Below is his photo with young Matthew Cooper -
a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Culture of Peace
and Non-violence:

Convocation Lecture at the Federal University
of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria:
14 December, 2005

Beijing Foreign Studies University Honorary
Professorship Award in International Studies
Yifu Building, Beijing,
China: November, 2005

Inaugurating the 33rd Session
of UNESCO's General Conference
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris:
3 October, 2005

Welcoming President Kumaratunga of Sri Lanka
and President John Kufuor of Ghana
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris: 3 October, 2005

The Fourth UNESCO Youth Forum
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris: France
30 September to 2 October, 2005

Closing the 172nd Session of UNESCO's Executive Board
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France:
29 September, 2005

Opening the 172nd Session of UNESCO's Excecutive Board
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France:
20 September, 2005

Information Meeting for Permanent Delegates
concerning the 33rd Session of UNESCO's General Conference
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France:
13 September, 2005

The Future of UNESCO - Statement at the
Informal Forum for Permanent Delegates
UNESCO Headquaters, Paris:
6 September, 2005

Fifth International 'Sharq Taronalari"
"Festival: "Melodies of the East""
Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Sabbath 27 August, 2005

Babcock University Academic Congregation Colloquium:
"Meeting Global Challenges in University Education"
Venue: Ogun State, Nigeria: Tuesday 16 August, 2005

7th Session of the Intergovernmental Council [IGC]
for the "Management of Social Transformations" [MOST]
Room IV, UNESCO: 25 to 27 July, 2005

29th Session of the World Heritage Committee's
Official Opening! Durban: South Africa: 10 July, 2005

"Cultural Diversity: Universal Values":
65th General Assembly of the German Commission
for UNESCO: Bonn, 6 - 7 July, 2005

Third Meeting of the UNESCO Committee:
for NEPAD: Tripoli: Libya, 7 to 8 May, 2005

At the dinner in honour of the African
World Heritage Experts, etc.
Somerset West: South Africa, 17 March, 2005

At the Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: 3 to 4 March, 2005

At the Plenary meeting of UNESCO African Group
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: 2 March: 2005

On the visit of His Excellency Jean Ping, President:
59th session of the UN General Assembly
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: 28 February, 2005

The first International Experts Committee on the Action
Plan for the Safeguarding of the Cultural
Heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem - Al Quds
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: 26 and 27 January, 2005

On the last meeting of the series for the
Caribbean States for the Convention on the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Dominica, Roseau: 17 to 19 January, 2005

UNESCO/OECD Guidlines on Quality Provision
in Cross-Border Higher Education
Paris, France: 17 to 18 January, 2005

During the visit of His Excellency Gilberto Gil Brazilian
Minister of Culture and UNESCO Artist for Peace
11 January, 2005

Ad hoc working group on the relations between the three
organs of UNESCO: Information meeting for Permanent
Delegates and Observers to UNESCO
Paris, France: 8 December, 2004

Issues of Memory: Coming to Terms
with the Slave Trade and Slavery
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: France
4 December, 2004

During the first official visit of His Excellency: Svetozar Marovic,
President of Serbia and Montenegro to UNESCO headquarters
Paris, France: 19 November, 2004

International Conference on the Safeguarding and
Restoration of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: France 3 November, 2004

UNESCO - What Future?
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: France
2 November, 2004

UNESCO/OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in
Cross-Border Higher Education: Drafting Meeting 2
University of Tokyo, Tokyo: Japan
14 October, 2004

The 170th Session of UNESCO Executive Board
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: France
5 October, 20054

Launching of the publication> Minorities: From
Non-Discrimination to Identity by Dr. Ion Diaconu
Permanent Delegates Cercle, Miollis, Paris
30 September, 2004

The visit of His Excellency: Dr. Sam Nujoma,
President of the Republic of Namibia
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
27 September, 2004

Intergovernmental meeting of Experts on the Preliminary
Draft Convention concerning the Protection of the Diversity of
Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: France
20 September, 2004

First meeting of the Forum of African
regional and sub-regional organizations to support
cooperation between UNESCO and NEPAD (FOSRASUN)
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris: France
13 September, 2004

International Literacy Day, 2004:
Cape Town: South Africa
8 September, 2004

Re-lighting of the eternal flame at the monument
of the unknown chestnut: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
24 August, 2004

Cross-Cultural Networks in the History of Modern
Education: International Standing Conference for
the History of Education: Geneva, Switzerland
(ISCHE XXVI): 16 July, 2004

Opening of the 28th session of the
World Heritage Committee: China

The inscription of the White City of Tel-Aviv –
the Modern Movement (Israel) - on the World Heritage List

Education and Development in the Commonwealth:
at the University of Nottingham: UK

Speech to the African Group at the
United Nations: New York, USA

Closing the 169th session of UNESCO Executive Board

Opening the 169th session of UNESCO Executive Board

Perspectives on international quality assurance,
accreditation and recognition of qualifications

International seminar on Slave Trade in the Caribbean

History: imagination and reality, Carthage 8th International
Meeting Beit al-Hikma Academy, Tunisia

Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors

International Symposium on Dialogue
among Cultures and Civilizations: Sana'a, Yemen

Dialogue of Civilizations, Religions
and Cultures in West Africa: Abuja, Nigeria

The 2003 ADEA Biennale: Grand Baie, Mauritius

International Conference on Inter-cultural
Dialogue and Culture of Peace: Libreville, Gabon

Réunion sur l'élaboration de lignes directrices
UNESCO/OCDE sur: La garantie de la qualité
dans l'enseignement supérieur transnational

Décennie des Nations Unies pour
l'Alphabétisation: Port Louis, Maurice (île)

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Ambassador Michael Omolewa with former President of Mali:
Alpha Oumar Konare and Chairman of the African Union;
plus representatives to the October 2006 UNESCO
Executive Board 175th Session

His Excellency: Professor Michael Omolewa at the Atlanta, Georgia
USA held 90th anniversary of the Journal of African American
History (JAAH) organized by the Association for the Study of
African American Life and History (ASALH) in September 2006

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Recently, the Permanent Delegate and Ambassador: Professor Michael
Abiola Omolewa attended a gospel event; and met with Dr. T. L.
Osborn: World Missionary Evangelist and Head Servant of GOD at
OSBORN International Ministries. Below is a picture of
Professor Omolewa and Dr. Osborn during the event:

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