Ghana voted against Russia in a United Nations General Assembly resolution in October 2022, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The vote was held to denounce Russia’s annexation of three Ukrainian territories, which occurred months after Moscow launched an offensive against Kiev.
“I need to put this on record,” President Akufo-Addo said during a meeting with a German team led by Svenja Schulze, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Akufo-Addo went on to say that Ghana led the African independence battle for good reason, owing to a historical position of being opposed to major power dominance over world affairs.
It was the premise on which Ghana joined over 130 other countries in voting against Russia, and it is a position that we will maintain. “We do not approve of great countries trampling on little nations. We shall express our displeasure with our limited resources.”
Today (February 24), the war in Ukraine enters its first year, with Ukraine’s friends, particularly the United States, committing to support them in their struggle against Russia.
Ghana votes no to Russia.
Ghana voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution criticizing Russian aggression on Ukraine, including the recent annexation of four areas following a contentious referendum.
Ghana was one of 143 nations that voted ‘YES’ with 35 ‘ABSTENTIONS’ and five ‘NO’ votes.
A UN statement on the vote read: “The results were 143 Member States in favour, with five voting against, and 35 abstentions. The countries who voted against were Belarus, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria.
“A majority of those countries abstaining were African nations, alongside China and India.
“The resolution “defending the principles” of the UN Charter, notes that the regions of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia are temporarily occupied by Russia as a result of aggression, violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence,” it added.
The YES vote is consistent with Ghana’s position that Russia must terminate the conflict it began on February 24, 2022, and respect the territorial arrangements in place before to the start of hostilities.
This was Ghana’s second pro-Ukraine resolution. The previous one occurred in March, just weeks after the war began, when Ghana voted to condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine.
