The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has cancelled a planned ‘surprise welcome’ event by the Ministry to celebrate the successful adoption of a resolution declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
The event, which forms part of the ministry’s tradition of celebrating major accomplishments and proud moments for Ghana, was intended to take place on President John Dramani Mahama’s arrival from the US on March 30.
In a statement on Facebook, he expressed his appreciation to Management but affirmed that there was more work ahead to be accomplished.
“I have expressed my appreciation to management for their thoughtful gesture and instructed that all such plans to offer me a surprise welcome at the Airport be cancelled immediately. I would have strongly opposed the idea if I had been consulted. This is not a personal victory, and besides, there is more work ahead of us.”
UN Resolution
The United Nations (UN) has adopted a resolution declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement as the Gravest Crime against Humanity.
At the UN General Assembly in New York on March 25, where the resolution was tabled by the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, 123 Member States voted in favour of the resolution.
While the United States, Israel and Argentina voted against the resolution, 52 other countries abstained.
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