Ghana committed to global peace
The government of Ghana has renewed its commitment to the ideals of the United Nations, particularly towards global peace and stability.
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The Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, told a Mock United Nations General Assembly Session in Accra that the government was strengthening its collaboration and partnership with the world body to ensure the achievement of the basic aims of the organisation.
The mock UN Session was organised by Life-Link Friendship Schools Ghana to select Ghana’s delegation for next year’s Global Mock Model UN Sessions to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York and at the US State Department in Washington DC in April 2016.
Over 200 schoolchildren from selected schools in Accra, Tema and other regions took part in the one-day session which deliberated on wide range of issues, including security, terrorism, and child protection on the theme: “The threat of terrorism and the protection of children”.
Life-Link Ghana organises Model United Nations conferences for students at all educational levels with the aim of developing practical leadership skills in the youth. The conference, organised by Life-Link Friendship Schools, Ghana, in partnership with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the United Nations office in Ghana as part of the activities to commemorate the UN Day in Ghana
Students act as diplomats representing various UN member countries and agencies.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Mahama Ayariga, hailed the Model United Nations programme as an educative programme that develops the leadership skills of participants.
He recounted his own participation in such a programme when he was a student and believed that the learning experience he had contributed to his development in leadership today.
The Executive Director of Life-Link Friendship Schools, Ghana, Mr Ernest Gyimah-Danquah, announced that Life-Link, Ghana, had initiated the “UN Youth Delegate” programme which would develop Ghanaian youth to represent Ghana on the side-lines of the annual UN General Assembly sessions.
The programme, he said, would include a TV show to showcase the potential of Ghanaian youth in the area of critical thinking, team work, diplomatic leadership and international relations in practices.
The UN Day conference ended with the selection of the overall best delegate who would be sponsored among other issues to the Global Classrooms Model UN conference in the USA next year.