2005 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 1

The power to exercise overall control of the executive functions of ECOWAS is vested in the Authority of Heads of State and Government.

It is the highest authority of the organization. It is made up of the Heads of State and Government of the Sub Region.

Nigeria supports the South-South cooperation as a foreign policy objective for mutual understanding among Asian and sub-Saharan African countries

Nigeria is rated in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries as the sixth largest oil producer

The Nigerian-Cameroon crisis over the Bakassi Peninsula occurred owing to the interpretation of the treaty of 1913 and the decision of the International Court of Justice

The major achievement of the OAU was the decolonization of Africa.

Other achievements are as follows:

1. United stand at the United Nations.

2. Attainment of independence

3. Settlement of disputes

4. Regional economic cooperation

5. African Development Bank

6. Eradication of apartheid.

An indication that Africa is still the center-peice of Nigeria's foreign policy was the creation of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies

Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization from 1982-1992.

Others were:

Trygie Lie of Norway (1946-53), Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden (1953-61), U. Thant of Burma (1961-72), Kurt Waldeim of Austria (1972-82), Boutros Ghali of Egypt (1993-93). The current Secretary General of the Organization is Dr. Koffi Annan of Ghana.

One of the organizational weaknesses of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is its inability to punish erring members.

Some member countries exceed the production quotas while some do not mind the fixed prices. Such defaulters always go unpunished.

A Security Council resolution requires the concurrence of all of the 5 permanent members.

Nigeria mediated in the dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia under the umbrella of OAU.