Ghana will cease to be a member of the UN Security Council, by close of year, 2023.
This is because the country’s two-year term on the world body, will expire in December, since it joined the Council in June, 2021.
The General Assembly of the United Nations on Friday June 11, 2021 elected Ghana to serve a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council for the period January, 2022 to December, 2023.
Ghana secured 185 votes out of 190 votes cast.Ghana obtained the highest number of votes compared to the four other Member States that were elected, further cementing Ghana’s high standing in the comity of nations.
Ghana’s President, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as Chair of ECOWAS was expected to provide synergy for the country’s membership of the Security Council, particularly in addressing the conflict situations in some parts of the West Africa region and the Sahel.
Ghana was also expected to bring to bear on the work of the Council, her experience in conflict mediation, prevention and reconstruction.
Speaking at a media engagement ahead of the Un Security Ministers meeting in Accra, The US representative on the UN, Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield, described Ghana as a doyen of peace, and called on other countries to emulate Ghana.
Ghana until end of this month, will no longer be a member of the UN Security Council. And we are grateful to Ghana for the successful tenure and leadership they have exhibited, while on the Council, she said.
Ghana, for the first time on the African Continent is hosting the UN Security Ministers Meeting in Accra.
Sustainable peacebuilding, economic independence, and civilian protection, will be the focus.
The high-level gathering aims to secure crucial political support and concrete commitments to enhance UN Peacekeeping efforts to address current and future challenges and needs.
The UN security meeting is timely, coming at a time when global peace and security is seemingly threatened with the current spate of wars and political uprisings among countries.
According to the West Africa Network for Peace Building, the first two quarters of 2023, recorded 3,631 human security-related incidents, leading to 5,625 deaths and 4,711 injuries.
The flagship event, co-hosted by the United Nations, marks the fifth such meeting at the Ministerial-level and the first to be held on the African continent.
The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the UN, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, challenged participants to come up with ideas to tackle problems of global peace.
“Sustainable Peace building has become important for all of us, and I implore all of us to look for new and realistic ideas to solve the many challenges of peacekeeping, that keep evolving,” he added.
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, indicates the meeting provides a platform for comprehensive peace building.
Ministers and delegates from more than 85 countries are expected to be in attendance, from December 5 to 6, 2023.
The Accra meeting is the latest in a series of high-level events that have enabled world leaders to pledge resources to help missions fully implement their mandates.