Six Women, Including This Ghanaian, Join the UN’s Disability Committee
PASS BLUE – When I was growing up in Ghana, if someone had told me that one day I would hear my name announced as a member of a United Nations treaty body, I would hardly have believed it. But this is where I find myself, after many year..
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Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Bawumia meets Dep. UN Secretary General
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday, 11 July 2018, met with the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Mrs Amina J. Mohammed, to discuss the leadership role that Ghana is providing on several initiatives that harness ..
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‘Historic moment’ for people on the move, as UN agrees first-ever Global Compact on migration
After more than a year of discussions and consultations among Member States, local officials, civil society and migrants themselves, the text of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was finalized on Friday. In a stateme..
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Women vital for ‘new paradigm’ in Africa’s Sahel region, Security Council hears
Making the case was UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, fresh from a mission to South Sudan, Chad and Niger; all countries where women and children are paying what she called the “stark cost” of conflict. “With today’s confli..
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New Ghanaian Battalion takes charge
UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) saw a change in command of its 850-strong force operating in furthering peace in south Lebanon, last week. At a transfer of authority ceremony held in the Battalion headquarters in Al Qawzah on 6 J..
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