{"id":13362,"date":"2025-09-28T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13362"},"modified":"2025-09-28T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:20:29","slug":"ghana-ratifies-treaty-on-prohibition-of-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13362","title":{"rendered":"Ghana ratifies treaty on prohibition of nuclear weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"292\">Ghana has officially ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), reaffirming its longstanding commitment to global peace and security.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"481\">The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the development during the commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in the US.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"843\">The ratification builds on Ghana\u2019s historic leadership in global disarmament, dating back to 1962 when the country, under Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, hosted the\u00a0<em data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"677\">World Without a Bomb Conference<\/em>\u00a0in Accra. Since then, Ghana has played a key role in advancing Africa\u2019s nuclear-free status and supporting global efforts to eliminate weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"1118\">Officials say the move reinforces Ghana\u2019s support for international legal frameworks such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and highlights the country\u2019s belief in effective multilateralism as the foundation for building trust and ensuring collective security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"a-single a-10\">Ghana\u2019s final ratification of the TPNW\u2014signed in 2017 and approved by Parliament in July 2025\u2014places the country among a growing number of states working towards a nuclear-free world. It also underscores Ghana\u2019s foreign policy priorities and its role as a consistent advocate for peace both in Africa and globally.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has officially ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), reaffirming its longstanding commitment to global peace and security. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the development during the commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in the US. The ratification builds on Ghana\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,3507,386],"tags":[4120,4119,1055],"class_list":["post-13362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-national","category-security","tag-minister-for-foreign-affairs","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-samuel-okudzeto-ablakwa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13364,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13362\/revisions\/13364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}