A New Dawn. A Collection of Speeches of President Olusegun Obasanjo. Vol. 2

The editor of this volume has compiled transcriptions of the Nigerian President's key speeches delivered between May 2000 and May 2001. There are some sixty speeches from a variety of political and state occasions international summits and conferences official openings and inaugurations. Reflecting Nigeria's prominence and diverse involvement in sub-regional pan-African and global affairs the speeches at home and abroad encompass wide-ranging social economic diplomatic foreign and health policy issues. Examples include: the address at the G15 Summit in Cairo; OAU summit addresses; commentaries on the impacts of globalisation/liberalisation in Nigeria; diplomatic meetings with Russia and the Far East; Budget addresses; meeting Thabo Mbeki relations with South Africa and Nigeria's role in promoting peace democracy and prosperity on the continent; and a speech from a pan-African conference on human trafficking and NGO activism.