In previous years my delegation has expressed concern about the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America on Cuba some 35 years ago, which continues to impose hardship on the people of Cuba. Equally disturbing is the fact that, after four successive General …
My delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for the reports that have been made available for the consideration of this agenda item, both during the mid-term review session and in this Assembly. We wish to place on record our gratitude to the members of the Bureau of the mid-term review sess…
I join others in extending our delegation’s gratitude for the work carried out by the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council during the fiftieth session of the A…
At the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen in March 1995, world
In December 1995, this Assembly initiated the debate on the implementation of the outcome of the Summit. For the second year running, this item has been inscribed on our agenda, underlining the importance that we all…
My delegation wishes to express its satisfaction and joy in seeing Mr. Razali Ismail preside over the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. His unanimous election is an honour to him personally and also to his country, Malaysia, with which Ghana has forged very warm and special relations. We …
My delegation is speaking today to join the numerous speakers in the Assembly who have expressed their disappointment that the Conference on Disarmament could not place before us the consensus document that was called for by the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session.
We believe that the adopt…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of office as the President of the Council this month. I also thank you for giving me the opportunity to address the Council on the tragic developments in Liberia, as detailed in the report of the Secretary-General now under consideration.
My Government is…
Permit me at the outset to express the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for his very informative report on public administration and development, contained in document A/50/847, and to the United Nations Group of Experts on Public Administration and Finance for the report on it…
Let me join in congratulating you, Sir, on the work you are doing as President of the Security Council. I wish also to thank you for this opportunity to address the Security Council once more on the question of Liberia, a subject of great importance to my country and to other African countries.
Onl…
When I spoke on this item last year in this Assembly, I stated that the question was the qualitative exercise of power in the Security Council. I would now like to elaborate.
We have heard the various proposals offered for the reform of the Security Council. We have noted the zeal with which some i…
First of all, let me thank the Assembly for its condolences, which I will faithfully transmit to the Government and the people of Ghana and to the family of Ambassador Kenneth K.S. Dadzie.
Yesterday was a sad day for Ghana, when we learned of the sudden death of this distinguished son of our countr…
We are very pleased that Mr. Freitas do Amaral is presiding over this important occasion, not only because of our confidence in his sterling qualities and acknowledged capabilities, but also because of the long historic links between Portugal and Ghana — links going back 500 years. We wish him every…
I am honoured to speak before the Security Council today, and I thank you, Sir, for that honour.
My Government has deemed it proper that I should bring before the Council the positive developments in the Liberian peace process and the enormous financial and material resources that would be needed f…
It gives me great pleasure to introduce, on behalf of the members of the African Group
As we are all aware, the tragic events in Rwanda following the death of the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, led to a massive exodus of Rwandese refugees — millions of them — across the borders to Zaire, Burundi…
The African Group was unable to select one candidate for the one Joint Inspection Unit post available to Africa. Therefore the African Group is submitting to the Assembly for decision the names of four candidates from Africa who are competing for the position. The candidates are Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Yo…
I am happy to inform the General Assembly that the Group of African States has unanimously endorsed the candidatures of Côte d’Ivoire, Congo, Uganda, Sudan and South Africa for the five seats allotted to Africa.
This being my first time at the rostrum, let me first congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and on the able manner in which you have conducted its affairs so far. It is the hope of my delegation that your guidance will speed the process of reform of the Un…
On behalf of the Ghana delegation, I have the honour and pleasure of conveying to you, Sir, our congratulations on your election, by acclamation, as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Your election is an honour not only to you personally but also to your country, Côte d’Iv…
Thirty-two years ago the General Assembly took the momentous decision to set up the Special Committee against Apartheid to sensitize international opinion to the inhumanity of the obnoxious system of apartheid in South Africa. Even though apartheid was recognized as an institutionalized system of ra…
On behalf of the Ghana delegation, I have the honour to explain our position on the decision the Assembly has just taken on the resolution contained in document A/48/802/Add.1, of 12 April 1994, on the financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Vio…
