Ghana Assumes United Nations Security Council Presidency From Nov 1
Ghana is expected to assume the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
Ghana will hold on to the role for the whole of November 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has said.
In the course of the tenure, the Ministry says, Ghana will focus on ongoing counter-terrorism measures in Africa and how best the Security Council could support such efforts, including through adequate, predictable, and sustainable financing, and how to work with regional arrangements to address the terrorism menace.
H.E. Mr Harold Addai Agyeman, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations in New York, will brief the United Nations (UN) Press agencies and the Wider UN Membership on the Programme of Work and Ghana’s priorities on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
An Open Ministerial debate will be chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey on the topic “Integrating Effective Resilience- Building in Peace Operations for Sustainable Peace” on Thursday, November 3, 2022.
On November 10, President Akufo-Addo will chair a debate at the Heads of State level on the topic “Counter-terrorism in Africa: An Imperative for Peace, Security, and Development”.
The Ministry said, “the country hopes to build consensus in the Council and across the United Nations on the need to ensure that Peace Operations, including kinetic and non-kinetic interventions, take into consideration the changing global security landscape by fully addressing underlying causes and drivers of conflict, linked to the growing youth bulge, poverty, climate change, and the absence of resilient institutions.”
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
