Ghana congratulates Sierra Leone on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. We thank it for convening this all-important meeting, and our thanks also go to President Maada Bio, the Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Autho…
My delegation thanks Judge Tomoko Akane, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her presentation of the Court’s report on activities over the period from 2023 to 2024 (see A/79/198).
We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of Uganda on behalf of the A…
In Ghana’s capacity as Chair of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), I have the honour to introduce the annual draft resolution on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, contained in document A/79/L.7, of 10 October 2024. At the outset, I wish to th…
As the world commemorates the International Day against Nuclear Tests, Ghana is grateful for the opportunity to underscore, in its national capacity, the imperative need for a universal ban on nuclear testing and the removal of that pathway of doom for countries that yet still, against the grain of …
I take the floor after the voting in explanation of Ghana’s vote in favour of the resolution just adopted (resolution 78/316), entitled “Safety and security of nuclear facilities of Ukraine, including the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant”.
Ghana’s position on the war of aggression against the terri…
At the outset, let me congratulate the Secretary-General for the thematic report on the responsibility to protect (R2P) (A/78/901) and join other speakers in thanking the Secretary- General’s Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, Mô Bleeker, for her statement.
Ghana aligns itself with t…
I have the pleasure to introduce for adoption draft resolution A/78/L.70, entitled “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, 2025.” Next year will coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the development of the methods of quantum mechanics. That historic breakthrough has had a signifi…
Ghana regrets that, as a result of the absence of national and regional consensus on the presentation of resolution 78/282, it had to abstain in the voting on the intention to declare 11 July of each year as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.
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Ghana regrets that the Security Council could not find the will to reflect in a consensual manner its views on contemporary issues relating to outer space, for which 115 Member States have agreed a treaty to govern its exploration and use. We are particularly distressed because since 1967 the broad …
As a result of the use of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council (see S/PV.9609), today’s meeting is regrettable. It highlights once again the strong concerns that Ghana and many other countries have with the continued maintenance of that anachronistic privilege, which has often been…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing.
Less than 24 hours ago, the Security Council met following reports of the Russian Federation’s aerial attacks across many regions of Ukraine. We are gathered once again in this Chamber following reports of attacks
by Ukraine again…
My delegation would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his solemn briefing.
Six hundred and seventy-four days into the war in Ukraine, the international community is nowhere near a resolution of this most unfortunate conflict. In recent times, the front lines of the co…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari and the other two briefers for their perspectives on the precarious and volatile security situation prevailing across the Middle East against the backdrop of the war in the Gaza Strip that has been ongoing since the horrific attacks …
On behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Gabon, Ghana and Mozambique (A3) — I express appreciation to Japan and the United Arab Emirates for their efforts, which culminated in the adoption of resolution 2721 (2023). The common resolve of the Council in addressing the concern…
Let me begin by commending the United Arab Emirates for all the efforts it has put into resolution 2720 (2023) to enable the Security Council to obtain an outcome that we hope will scale up the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
While we believe it is time for the hostilitie…
I have the honour to deliver this joint statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3).
We thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing and welcome the participation of the representatives of the Syrian Arab Republ…
I have the honour to deliver this joint statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3).
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pederson and Director Lisa Doughten for their briefings and welcome the participation of the representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Islamic Re…
In December 1981, then President Daniel Arap-Moi of Kenya, in his capacity as the Chair of the Organization of African Unity, wrote to the Security Council for resources to enable a pan- African peacekeeping force to be deployed to help stop the fighting in Chad. Regrettably, that support was never …
At the outset, let me thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Major General Patrick Gauchat for their briefings.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), which addresses some of the crucial issues surrounding the Middle East peace process. We r…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khalid Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The Security Council’s meeting today takes place against the backdrop of heightened tensions on t…
