We thank the penholder, France, for its efforts in working with all members of the Security Council to ensure broad agreement on resolution 2695 (2023), on the renewal of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
As a long-standing troop-contributing country, we believe that UNIFIL cont…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Mozambique and Ghana.
We welcome the multi-layered and integrated plan of withdrawal articulated by the Secretary-General for the transfer of the tasks of the United Nations Mul…
Let me begin by acknowledging the seventeenth report of the Secretary- General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat (S/2023/568) a…
I begin by thanking Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing to the Council. I also thank the two civil society representatives for their perspectives and welcome the participation in this meeting of the representatives of Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Italy and the obser…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), Gabon, Mozambique and my own country, Ghana. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his informative briefing. We also thank Ms. Al Jerbi…
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, which gives much cause for concern.
We regret that the period under consideration witnessed some of the worst violent clashes in recent times and that, despite th…
I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. We have also taken note of the remarks of Mr. Danny Haiphong.
The consequences of war are grave, and it is in that regard that the Charter of the United Nations has clearly proscribed the use of force or threat of force in State relation…
I begin by noting the objectives for this meeting and reaffirm Ghana’s support for the human rights pillar of the work of the United Nations.
We thank the briefers for their perspectives and encourage the further efforts of relevant United Nations
bodies in helping the Democratic People’s Republic…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Madam President, for convening this meeting on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. We listened carefully to the briefing provided by Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and we want to encourage an …
I acknowledge the United States’ leadership on the important issue of global food insecurity, which thrice in its successive presidencies has found expression in the Council’s work. I assure you, Madam President, of Ghana’s support and cooperation during your presidency this month and congratulate A…
I thank Mr. Gregorian, for his briefing. We have also listened to the views expressed by Mr. Sergey Chaulin.
At the outset, I reiterate Ghana’s position against all acts of terrorism, wherever they occur and whosoever the perpetrators may be. Terrorism, as we know, is a canker on any society. We th…
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, as well as the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Interim Force in…
The briefing we just received from Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari gives much cause for concern. It is regrettable that, despite an overwhelming desire around the world for peace in Palestine and Israel, the actions on the ground manifest the contrary. We regret that the period under consi…
Let me begin by welcoming the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic.
Ghana commends the delegation of France for its tireless efforts in achieving a broad consensus on the just adopte…
I thank the briefers for their perspectives on developments relating to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
More than 500 days after the Russian Federation first invaded Ukraine, the prospect of peace is still a distant one. The mistrust that the war in Ukraine has created among its country’s nationals …
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Today alone, the Council has convened two meetings on the situation in Ukraine. That regrettably demonstrates the divergent interests in the ongoing conflict and the evolving complications that arise with the continuation of the w…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Mozambique and Ghana.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) (S/2023/490) and avail ourselves of this opp…
I thank France and Ecuador for calling for this meeting, and the briefers for their perspectives.
As Ghana understands it, until there is a fundamental shift in the position of the Russian Federation, the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was terminated on 17 July, has no further hope of implementa…
I thank the United Kingdom for convening this high-level debate on artificial intelligence (AI) and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his important briefing to the Security Council this morning. We are equally grateful for the expert views provided in this meeting by Mr. Jack Clark and Mr. Zeng…
It has been 510 days since the war against Ukraine began. Regrettably, today we are further from finding a resolution to the conflict than when it started, and deepening differences could cause
widespread and long-term damage to multilateralism and our shared ambition for global peace and security.…
