Ghana wants UN to prohibit use of nuclear weapons
Ghana today (October 4, 2016) expressed support for a United Nations General Assembly conference to discuss a universal and legally binding instrument that will prohibit the use of nuclear weapons and their total elimination. It affirmed that ..
Mahama re-nominates Hilary Gbedemah for UN CEDAW
President John Dramani Mahama has re-nominated Ms Hilary Amesika Gbedemah, a lawyer and gender consultant, to serve on the Advisory Board of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Mrs Martha Am..
Ghana Leads Global Campaign To End Child Marriage
Ghana yesterday (March 17, 2016) spearheaded a global campaign to end Child, Early and Forced Marriage in view of its harmful effect on the victims. At a breakfast meeting on “Ending Child Marriage in Ghana And West Africa “ held at the Pe..
Ghana Makes History with First Ever Flag Raising in Yonkers
The Ghana flag was for the first time raised in front of the Yonkers City Hall in New York to commemorate the 59th independence anniversary. It is the first ever by an African country in Yonkers. As part of the ceremony, a traditional invocati..
Ghana’s Permanent Mission to the UN celebrates Independence Day
GNA – Ghanaians have been urged to use the occasion of Ghana’s 59th independence anniversary to rededicate themselves to what they can do to make the country better. ‘Our forebears sacrificed a lot to get us independence, s..
