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Ghana at the United Nations

Flag of Ghana
Flag of Ghana.svg by Theodosia Okoh (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1957-03-08
ISO 3166-1
GH / GHA
Admitted by
A/RES/1118 (XI)

International organisations

Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.

OrganisationJoined
United Nations 1957-03-08

Service on principal organs

Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.

Economic and Social Council

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 2011 2010 2004 2003 2002 1996 1995 1994 1990 1989 1988 1981 1980 1979 1972 1971 1970

Human Rights Council

2026 2025 2024 2017 2016 2015 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2023 2022 2007 2006 1987 1986 1963 1962

Permanent representatives

1 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Kofi Annan 1997-01-012006-12-31

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations, 19 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 6 March
Accredited diplomats
29

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 2000
Adult literacy rate 76.49 2021
CO2 emissions per capita 0.702086 2024
GDP 1.1421e+11 2025
GNI per capita 2,630 2025
Life expectancy at birth 65.695 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.383994 2024
Net official development assistance received 1.57198e+09 2023
Population 3.50643e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 21,050 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 16,030 2025

World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.

General Debate statements

69 statements to the General Debate since 1957, 220,132 words in all. The longest was 1960, at 7,995 words, delivered by Mr. NKRUMAH.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×23, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×7, Vice-President ×2. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.

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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Ghana
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Ghana.svg by Sodacan (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Ghana
Location. Ghana (orthographic projection).svg by Image source: Martin23230;<br/>, Derivative work: Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

95 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.

TreatySignedRatified or acceded
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 5 Aug 1958 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 9 Sep 1958 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 28 Jun 1962
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality 18 Apr 1961 -
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 18 Apr 1961 -
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 4 Oct 1963
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 4 Oct 1963
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 24 Dec 1958 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 24 Mar 1988
Convention on the Rights of the Child 29 Jan 1990 5 Feb 1990
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 31 Jul 2012
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 -
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 8 Sep 1966 8 Sep 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 7 Sep 2000 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 1 Aug 1978 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 2 Jan 1986
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 8 Apr 1957 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 20 Jun 2003 29 Nov 2004
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 30 Oct 1968 a
Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946 - 7 Apr 1958 d
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 15 Jan 1964
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 10 Apr 1990
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 -
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 10 Apr 1990
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 11 Apr 1980 -
Agreement to establish the South Centre 17 Oct 1994 -
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank 4 Aug 1963 30 Jun 1964
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 30 Dec 2024 -
Articles of Association for the establishment of an Economic Community of West Africa - 4 May 1967 s
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods 5 Dec 1974 7 Oct 1975
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 19 Oct 1977 5 Dec 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 Apr 1979 8 Feb 1982
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 16 Jun 1958 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 16 Jun 1958 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 16 Jun 1958 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 18 Aug 1959 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport - 29 Aug 1962 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport - 29 Aug 1962 a
European Agreement on Road Markings - 10 Aug 1960 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 31 Mar 1978 -
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2009 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 6 Jul 1959 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 14 May 1975 24 Jun 1975
United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships - 29 Aug 1990 a
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character - 22 Mar 1960 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 7 Apr 1958 d
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 4 Nov 2016 a
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 - 28 Aug 2008 a
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 17 Jun 2002 21 Feb 2003
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 7 Oct 2008 s
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 19 Aug 2011 18 Dec 2012
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 28 Dec 1965 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 18 Jul 1998 20 Dec 1999
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 12 Nov 2001 6 Sep 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime - 21 Aug 2012 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 12 Sep 2003 -
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2004 27 Jun 2007
United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes 25 Oct 2025 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 10 Nov 1987 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 25 Apr 1975 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 6 Sep 2002 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 29 Apr 1958 -
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 20 Sep 2023 14 Jan 2026
Convention on the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 29 Apr 1958 -
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 29 Apr 1958 s
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks - 27 Jan 2017 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 30 Jun 1999 -
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority 12 Jan 1999 23 Sep 2016
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 9 Apr 1968 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 22 Jul 2020 -
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 21 Mar 1978 22 Jun 1978
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 9 Jul 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 3 Oct 1996 14 Jun 2011
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 30 Jun 2000
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 3 Feb 2011
Arms Trade Treaty 24 Sep 2013 22 Dec 2015
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 26 Sep 2025
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 27 Dec 1996
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - 22 Jun 2020 a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 30 May 2003
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 30 May 2003
Minamata Convention on Mercury 24 Sep 2014 23 Mar 2017
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 24 Jul 1989 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 30 May 2003 a
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes - 22 Jun 2020 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 29 Aug 1994

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - non-voting
A/RES/80/296 - yes
A/RES/80/293 B - yes
A/RES/80/294 - yes
A/RES/80/293 A - yes
A/RES/80/297 - yes
A/RES/80/299 - yes

Provenance

Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2GH wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902773+00:00
iso3GHA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902783+00:00
m49288 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135362+00:00
nameGhana wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902754+00:00
un_admission_date1957-03-08 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902763+00:00
unsd_nameGhana un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135372+00:00

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