Ghana Assumes UN Security Council Presidency Tomorrow | General News

Ghana will, tomorrow, assume the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for a month.
As President of the council, Ghana will maintain a high-level debate on 'Threats to International Peace and Security' on November 10, 2022, to be chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The debate will probably be on the theme: “Counter-terrorism in Africa - An imperative for peace, security and development”.

An announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration mentioned throughout the month, Ghana would search to construct consensus within the council and throughout the UN on the necessity to make sure that peace operations took into consideration the altering safety panorama.

That, amongst different issues, meant addressing underlying causes and drivers of battle, linked to the rising youth bulge and poverty, it mentioned.

High-level debate

Giving additional particulars, the assertion mentioned the high-level (Heads of State) debate sought to focus consideration on ongoing counter-terrorism measures in Africa and the way greatest the Security Council would help that effort, together with by enough, predictable and sustainable financing.

“The debate will also look at how the Security Council could work with regional arrangements to address the terrorism threat,” it added.

It mentioned the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, would ship an announcement, whereas there could be briefings by the African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat; the EU Representative (President of the European Council), Charles Michel, and the President of the International Crisis Group, Comfort Ero.

Other actions

Other actions to be undertaken by Ghana throughout the month are a press briefing by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, Harold Adlai Agyeman; a briefing of the broader UN membership on this system of labor and Ghana's priorities in the course of the month by Mr Agyeman, and an open ministerial debate to be chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on the subject: "Integrating Effective Resilience Building in Peace Operations for Sustainable Peace”.

“The objective of the ministerial debate is to start a conversation on reconfiguring UN peace operations to ensure a situationally determined balance between kinetic and non-kinetic actions aimed at restoring peace and addressing the underlying causes of conflict,” the assertion mentioned.

West Africa risk

Ghana is assuming the presidency of the Security Council on the time terrorism and violent extremism have gotten a serious risk to West Africa.

“Increasingly, extremist teams have developed the capability to finance their operations by illicit worldwide networks and transnational crimes corresponding to human trafficking, piracy and mercenary actions.

“More worrying, in West Africa, the attacks in the coastal areas have been described as 'a tip of the insurgency iceberg', given the potential and the ambition of terrorist organizations to expand their reach beyond the Sahel until they can control territories in other parts of West Africa,” the assertion mentioned.

Unaddressed structural elements

It made reference to proof, together with studies of the UN Secretary-General, which indicated that unaddressed structural elements might contribute to the resurgence of conflicts throughout or after peace help missions.

“The rising traits and dynamics linked to conventional and non-traditional safety threats confront the Security Council with new challenges.

“These require the council to devise new approaches to ensure a balanced response to both military operations and the underlying causes of conflict to ensure sustainable peace,” it mentioned.

Furthermore, the assertion indicated that strengthening peace operations in up to date instances was a essential problem for sustainable peace amongst nations and likewise constructing the credibility and effectiveness of the Security Council.

Ghana's election

On June, 11, 2021, the General Assembly of the UN, at its assembly in New York, elected Ghana to serve a two-year time period on the Security Council from January 2022 to December 2023, with Ghana's agenda specializing in enhancing world peace and safety for sustainable and inclusive growth, significantly in Africa.

Ghana secured 185 votes out of the 190 votes solid, the best variety of votes, in comparison with the votes obtained by the 4 different Member States - Brazil, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Albania and Gabon - that had been additionally elected, additional underlying Ghana's excessive standing within the UN.

It was the fourth time Ghana was elected to serve on the Security Council, the earlier instances being 1962 – 1963, 1986 – 1987 and 2006 – 2007.

In August 2006, President Akufo-Addo, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, chaired the assembly of the Security Council which took the choice that halted Israel's large incursions into Lebanon.