On behalf of my delegation, Sir, I wish to congratulate you sincerely on your election as President of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. This session is indeed historic, coming as it does in the wake of a Millennium Summit that witnessed the presence of the largest-ever gathering of p…
An overwhelming desire has been expressed by Member States during this debate for reform in the work of the Organization. I am therefore happy and privileged to be part of this process. For if the United Nations is to be able to execute its envisioned responsibility diligently and efficiently, it is…
The unprecedented hope which greeted the Madrid Peace Conference was reversed three years ago as the international community began to witness the degeneration of the peace process into a state of almost permanent stalemate. The inversion was caused by the lack of progress in the negotiations, owing …
My delegation supports the statement made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the African Group and the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
My delegation wishes to commend Zimbabwe and the Coordinating Bur…
The Ghana delegation are honoured to address the General Assembly and to associate ourselves with the statement on the follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons made by the representative of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77.
The United Nations World Assembly on Ageing, held in Vienna …
Mr. President, I am pleased to join previous speakers in congratulating you and the other members of the Bureau on your election to guide the work of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly. Given your vast diplomatic experience and personal attachment to the principles of the Charter, I ha…
As the world marks the fiftieth anniversary of the forcible dispossession of the Palestinian people of their lands, homes and property, the international community's concerns over the slow progress of the peace process have been assuaged by recent positive developments, which culminated in the signi…
My delegation believes that the clear convergence of views on the need for equitable representation on and an increase in the membership of the Security Council reflects a trend that augurs well for our active and positive consideration of this subject matter. An underlying factor in this trend is t…
My delegation is happy to observe that since the General Assembly, in its resolution 35/2 of October 1980, invited the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC) to participate in its sessions in the capacity of observer, since the subsequent establishment of the AALCC permanent observer mis…
At successive sessions over the past six years, the General Assembly has adopted, by an increasing majority, resolutions requesting an immediate end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba. It is a matter of deep regret that the United States has n…
I follow preceding speakers in expressing the pleasure of my delegation at seeing you, Sir, preside over this meeting, and I convey my gratitude for the opportunity to address the Council as it considers the Lockerbie affair.
Ghana condemns international terrorism in all its forms and manifestation…
In previous statements, my delegation has stressed the need to enhance the credibility of the Security Council through a substantive reform guided by the principles of democracy, the sovereign equality of States and equitable geographical representation. The reformed Security Council should be trans…
During the Assembly's review of the situation in the Middle East last year, my delegation expressed its gratification at the positive developments which had culminated in the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Accord on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on 28 September 1995, followed by the w…
Ghana welcomes the Secretary-General’s reports on “Oceans and the law of the sea” contained in documents A/52/487 and A/52/491. The reports are well written and comprehensive. They address several pertinent aspects of the ongoing harmonization of international legal and policy issues in relation to …
The World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen in August 1995, brought into sharp focus the profound nature of underdevelopment in the world and created a sense of urgency for mobilizing energies and resources at the national and international levels to implement strategies to eradicate…
The delegation of Ghana congratulates His Excellency Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. His long experience in the affairs of this Organization and the great qualities which he brings to this high office assure us that under h…
I stand in the name of the African Group, which I have the honour and the privilege to chair for the month of July, to convey our sincere gratitude and appreciation to our Secretary-General for submitting to this Assembly his measures and proposals for the reform the United Nations Organization.
Th…
The delegation of Ghana is pleased to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/51/L.56, which invites the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to participate as an observer in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly.
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is a key component of the new reg…
Ghana welcomes the Secretary-General’s reports on the Law of the Sea as contained in documents A/51/645, A/51/404 and A/51/383. The reports are well written and quite comprehensive, and we thank the Secretary-General and
The entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in…
For some months now, the Middle East peace process has appeared to be in a state
When, at its previous session, the General Assembly reviewed the situation in the Middle East, it noted with satisfaction the many positive developments that had occurred in the peace process. It noted in particular th…
